herbiethemisfit
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Greetings All!
This is my first post since joining recently. I've been doing a lot of reading so far and I am now looking for a little advice.
I have the opportunity to purchase several used Strand Leko's for a fairly decent price (under $100 each). These units are the ones released around 1992. From what I can gather they are the last generation before the SL series was released. I've managed to find a little documentation on the (data sheets) but not much else.
Question #1 - Does anyone have first-hand experience with these, and if so what are your opinions of them? (common issues, reliability, quality, availability of replacement parts, etc.)
Question #2 - Is that a good deal for these units?
A little bit about my applications. I run lights and sound for a couple different community theatre groups in the area. One is stationed in an old church and the other performs at a few different venues. So my setup (so far) is very portable. I currently have 2 ETC PAR's (with the interchangable lenses), four portable 4-channel dimmer packs, and an Enttec USB-to-DMX converter with Lightfactory software. Up to now I've had to kind of scrounge and/or borrow fixtures from other people and groups, but I can't do that forever and it makes for inconsistant lighting from show to show. What started as a little hobby is now actually starting to pay (a little).
I know these aren't on the level of the latest generation of the SL's, S4's or maybe even the 360Q's with the newer reflector, but I can't afford most of those fixtures at this time. I've read Ship's comments on bulb selection for this style of ellipsoidal, so I'm fairly confident I can get some decent output from them. Thoughts or opinions?
-Jim
This is my first post since joining recently. I've been doing a lot of reading so far and I am now looking for a little advice.
I have the opportunity to purchase several used Strand Leko's for a fairly decent price (under $100 each). These units are the ones released around 1992. From what I can gather they are the last generation before the SL series was released. I've managed to find a little documentation on the (data sheets) but not much else.
Question #1 - Does anyone have first-hand experience with these, and if so what are your opinions of them? (common issues, reliability, quality, availability of replacement parts, etc.)
Question #2 - Is that a good deal for these units?
A little bit about my applications. I run lights and sound for a couple different community theatre groups in the area. One is stationed in an old church and the other performs at a few different venues. So my setup (so far) is very portable. I currently have 2 ETC PAR's (with the interchangable lenses), four portable 4-channel dimmer packs, and an Enttec USB-to-DMX converter with Lightfactory software. Up to now I've had to kind of scrounge and/or borrow fixtures from other people and groups, but I can't do that forever and it makes for inconsistant lighting from show to show. What started as a little hobby is now actually starting to pay (a little).
I know these aren't on the level of the latest generation of the SL's, S4's or maybe even the 360Q's with the newer reflector, but I can't afford most of those fixtures at this time. I've read Ship's comments on bulb selection for this style of ellipsoidal, so I'm fairly confident I can get some decent output from them. Thoughts or opinions?
-Jim