Esoteric
Well-Known Member
And you are going to need a good number of replacement power cubes. I can't see those behringer dimmers lasting long on the road.... Never used their lighting gear, but I have spent plenty of time with their audio gear. If you are still looking at buying, I would seriously look at at least an NSI package. Best would be smartpacks from ETC. If you could pick up some used CD80 packs that would also be a good way to go. If you do decide to go with the behringer dimmers, make sure you rack and wire them in a way that you can still pull them or at least be able to replace cards in them.
Yeah, I am sorry to say it but the Behringer is real junk. Worse than Elation stuff. Be careful on the NSI stuff as their dimmers will often operate on a different DMX timing than any moderate or high level console. If you go NSI dimmers, go NSI console.
I love the Smartpacks, and ETC will put a good system together for you (I sold a 36 touring rack not long ago), but if you are looking for a 96 rack I would go with Sensors.
CD80s are good workhorses and if you can do the regular maintenance on them, they will last you (another) lifetime. The best part on these is that you can buy them used for a fraction of the Sensors.
Mike