Members Dave Ferris Posted February 14, 2013 Members Share Posted February 14, 2013 I have a chance to pickup a used Mixwiz 12:2 in great shape for a great price. I've owned the Zed10FX for a couple of years now. Channel count and routing features aside, is the MW noticeably superior, sonically, then the ZED10 ? Don't care about the quality of the effects either. This is FOH small format, jazz contexts. Vocals mainly. Ever so often I'll run a line for digital piano, acoustic bass and occasionally stick a mic on the drums and mic a sax. I have really nice speakers comparatively to most people doing these type of gigs--the RCF TT22As. In a few rooms I've noticed they sounded a tad thin or phasey. All I've ever used with RCFs has been the ZED10FX. I've been disappointed in the sound in certain rooms and thinking the ZED might be a contributing factor. And yes I take acoustics of each room into consideration. i know things can't always sound good. And no, I don't wanna mess with a separate EQ. Being the pianist, I have enough to schlep & setup now as it is. Also are the ZED preamps in the 10 of less quality then the larger channel count ZED boards ? I've called AM&S the US distributor and dropped A&H in the UK a line inquiring into the MW vs ZED10 and haven't heard anything. Any pro sound type users opinions would be greatly appreciated. Again I have to point out though it's jazz, not R&R. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bobby1Note Posted February 14, 2013 Members Share Posted February 14, 2013 The MixWiz has more versatile EQ'ing capabilities (dual swept mids). I've never owned a ZED board, so I won't comment on the difference (if any) of the pre's. I think that what most people really mean when they're comparing the "sound of pre's", is actually the sound of the channel-strip (incl EQ). The MixWiz may have the advantage there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted February 14, 2013 Members Share Posted February 14, 2013 Preamps aren't the cause. Perhaps there was something with the room, or cabling setup like a cable wired with polarity reversed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mutha Goose Posted February 14, 2013 Members Share Posted February 14, 2013 I don't want to hijack this thread, but I've seen this question come up a lot: people keep asking about the quality of the pre-amps. What is that people think a pre-amp does? I'm not saying that the quality of a preamp isn't important (it is), but that is just one element (and a simple one at that) in a much more complex signal chain. Why are these the constant "scapegoat"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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