Taniith
Active Member
I've seen a lot of discussion about the quality of brands like Chauvet Pro (and Elation Pro) being much better now than it used to be, but I haven't seen much on this part of it:
I've been working with our local Barbizon branch to purchase a bunch of LED wash fixtures to help shove our theatre into the 21st century. The Colorsource Par is the high-bar for our budget, but I asked them for suggestions on Chauvet equipment. Their response was that, while Chauvet has gotten better, you still can't rely on them for things like color matching/LED binning. So, if we bought 6 today and 6 of the same fixture in a year, they wouldn't match, whereas ETC or Chroma-Q's fixtures would.
Don't get me wrong, I love ETC's fixtures, but if we can get 1/3 more of a comparable Chauvet fixture for the same total price... you know how it is.
So, does anyone have any experience here? Is Chauvet's LED binning really that bad?
I've been working with our local Barbizon branch to purchase a bunch of LED wash fixtures to help shove our theatre into the 21st century. The Colorsource Par is the high-bar for our budget, but I asked them for suggestions on Chauvet equipment. Their response was that, while Chauvet has gotten better, you still can't rely on them for things like color matching/LED binning. So, if we bought 6 today and 6 of the same fixture in a year, they wouldn't match, whereas ETC or Chroma-Q's fixtures would.
Don't get me wrong, I love ETC's fixtures, but if we can get 1/3 more of a comparable Chauvet fixture for the same total price... you know how it is.
So, does anyone have any experience here? Is Chauvet's LED binning really that bad?