Hey folks, I lurk here regularly but don't post. I've been personally involved in this fiasco and there is an interesting twist which I am sure the hallowed Electrical forum may devise an ingenious solution with.

The piece of gear in question is a Neotek Series I. I rescued it from a maniac ...

I find Pitchfork a useful read, in the same way that WorldNetDaily is a useful read.

Know thy enemy. Not Crap.

I realized I neglected to look at the setup you're using right now when I posted my first reply. Given that your Tascam has unbalanced inputs, the fact that you'd be making the upgrade to a board with balanced mic inputs on an XLR connector would already put the Compact a league above the Tascam ...

I bought a Compact 4 two years ago when it was first introduced. It seemed like Soundcraft rushed the product to market, at the time their sales literature only showed renderings of the product, no actual photos. Also there are some strange vestigial features (there is a "low batt" light and the ...