Electar Review: XM1204 powered mixer

History:

Purchase: Why got it: recently put a system in a church:Mackie408M with 2 Mackie C300 ceiling cabinets. Like everything, except the inputs. wanted XLR, mono, and stereo, and enough of them. Where: a loaner that this time. Paid:None Yet. asking $299

What I Like About This Electar XM1204 powered mixer: 4 GOOD xlr (you can feel the phantom)ins, 4 mono in, and 4 stereo in. That means I plug everybody jamming right into this one little box. We fed the out to the computer and go CD quality sound (Shure mics), not a hiss or scratch. If I am not mistaken, we had paid more for one of our microphones than what we are being asked for this powered mixer.

What I Do NOT Like About The Electar XM1204 powered mixer: no SPDIF for true digital output. only 200 watt, (100x2) so gonna need some more gear if to jam outside.

Electar XM1204 powered mixer Quality Rating: Seems sturdy. We are carrying it like a human baby though because it is a loner

Review Summary: Buy it for recording purposes or a small indoor gig. If you need true digital/optical, this one does not have optical or S/PDIF. If you want to jam bigtime, this is ideal too, but will require a big amp to boost the power (only 100Wx2)

Rating of this Electar product: 5

This Electar XM1204 powered mixer Mixers Review Submitted By: kingsportvijay

Review Date: 2002-09-18