What will the X/M32 replacement be?

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The M32 Live is still listed on the Berry website and available from stock at Andertons and Thomann and, G4M claim to have 20 in stock!!!
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Re: What will the X/M32 replacement be?

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I think it has morphed into the M32 Live. There's the M32 Live, M32 R and M32R live.

https://www.midasconsoles.com/catalog.h ... ITALMIXERS

But the manual for them still states that the inputs are "8-channel, 96 kHz ready". So upping the sampling rate means you drop to only 8 channels, which makes it a joke (and why I expect they haven't implemented it).
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I think the price has fallen with the transition too, M32 Live is £3099* which makes it pretty decent value even if it'll only do 48kHz.

* IIRC the original M32 was over £6k when it first hit the streets.
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Re: What will the X/M32 replacement be?

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Sam Spoons wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:56 pm * IIRC the original M32 was over £6k when it first hit the streets.

A 2015 review I found gave the US list price as $7999, so over £6k seems about right.
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Wonks wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:16 pm I think it has morphed into the M32 Live. There's the M32 Live, M32 R and M32R live.

https://www.midasconsoles.com/catalog.h ... ITALMIXERS

But the manual for them still states that the inputs are "8-channel, 96 kHz ready". So upping the sampling rate means you drop to only 8 channels, which makes it a joke (and why I expect they haven't implemented it).

I see - just a different name then, really.. :thumbup:
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Re: What will the X/M32 replacement be?

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Sam Spoons wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:56 pm I think the price has fallen with the transition too, M32 Live is £3099* which makes it pretty decent value

Given that the X Live card is an additional £250 or so on the cost of an X32, the UK price differential between the X & M feels rather low now, depending on how much value you attribute to the M version.
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