Interesting perspective
why when you have not had any problems with your
Yamaha would you not select it for your self? I think the future is much more digital, and in a school setting making the move up to a digital setup has a lot of advantages
In the analog low end mixers, I would tend to not go with
Yamaha or anyone, because
IMO you can get a lot more
mixer and flexibility if you move up to digital with the 01v96 there are many pro sound companies that use these for their low end rigs. I see a lot of A&H speced for schools, some soundcraft, Midas verona
etc but I think looking to the future and the most for the least price with a quality product DIGITAL is the way to go.
If you look at the cost of the
mixer and then add in the rack gear that you should have (compression eq delay
etc etc flexible routing) the
analog mixer + rack winds up costing more than the Digital not to mention recall
etc. Again just an opinion, in the 2 grand catagory
Yamaha 01v96 is hard to
beat.
Sharyn