From: 0junk4me on

On 2008-07-03 philallison(a)tpg.com.au said:
>** The pots used in the Midas Venice are near impossible to clean -
>they are fully sealed types.
>IME, they all go bad after only a few years and cause major
>problems, then there are the dodgy ribbon cables.
>A desk to avoid.
A friend of mine in the midwest who *will* not read this
group concurs with PHil's opinion here.
ONly been behind one, iirc short faders.


>> A friend of mine (my former repairman, who now installs & repairs
>>electron microscopes) told me that there my be electromagnetic
>>crosstalk in the system. Due to poor shields and/or high power
>>speaker cables near mic cables.
>** Wot ridiculous BOLLOCKS !!!
IF there's poor shielding it's inside the desk imho. Again
iirc the Venice was MIdas' attempt at the budget end of the
market.



Richard webb,
replace anything before at with elspider