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[magnus söderman]

what about yamaha DME 24, it can grow up to 24 in/24 out with help of mini YGDAI cards

/ magnus

[BobWitte]

And do you think the new XTA548 is worth the money ? How do you find the dynamic EQ sounds ?

Great questions. We do value usability and setup ease. It scores an A for that. We value a logical layout and logical approach to all the various settings. Another A. Sound quality - this is hard to judge since we A) cannot do a direct comparison to the original Media Matrix (it is dead) and the fact that the installation had errors in it. If the same people who installed the system also programmed the Media Matrix - well? The XTA does sound better than what we had and we are not done tweaking yet. DEQ is an area we have not tweaked yet.

I don't think I can fully answer you yet... But I hope this helps.

We are happy though!

[russelneale]

UPDATE

The system is up and running with a new XTA548 installed. We did the final install and some rewiring of the system to fix some issues on Saturday.

Last week Wed. we fired up the XTA and tested all of its communications modes - 232, 485, and wireless (we bought all the accessories for communicating to handle any situation). The RS232 mode (USB to 232 converter) was needed for updating the 548's firmware. The 485 converter connects to the 232 output and with 485, if we needed too, we could run hundreds of feet of XLR cable as needed so that we could tune the room anywhere and of course an empty snake channel could also be used. Other than the WRONG settings for the converter documented with the included 548 manual and also documented on the website, we got that up and running. Then we installed the dedicated WIFI hardware - USB with high gain antenna at the laptop and a WISP wireless unit with a 485 port (XLR adapter) close to the XTA548. Other then the many settings, that worked well.

On Thursday we reviewed all of the crossover/parametric settings based on the EAW DSP documentation and programmed the XTA and learned the user interface. The interface is pretty straight forward - a few learning moments for the initial configuration, but in general, a very logical UI.

Saturday we spent about 8 hours at church installing and setting up the unit, mounted the wireless antenna in the amp room and fixed two serious issues that appear to have been wrong since the system was installed in the late 90's. We had about a twenty step plan created and basically just followed it throughout the day. One major problem was that the highs/mids for sidefills were "crisscrossed". One amp ch. did the left fills highs and the right fills mids and the other amp ch. did the the same crisscross with the left mids and right highs. Now we know why these were "off" all the time. Also, two amps that were not rated to 2 ohms had 2 ohm loads on them. We reconfigured them by not powering the 8" speakers of the EAW MQTD412's and directing more power to the 12's (which had been underpowered). The 8's overlapped in all frequencies the 12's of the MQTD's and the 10"'s of the EAW MV1366's.

Shortly after lunch we gently fired up the system with the XTA and verified everything was working and then my son spent the next 4+ hours setting appropriate levels, delays, EQ, etc. while sitting in various locations in the sanctuary and having full access to the XTA wirelessly.

On Sunday early a.m. during the worship team practice and with a live band he did a few more tweaks and the Sunday service went without a hitch and sounded better than it ever has. It probably will take a few more Sundays to make a few more adjustments, but we are really happy with the XTA and it's user interface and the overall sound.

BTW, all of the XTA software and accessory software for the wireless and 232 USB interface are Windows based and all ran perfectly on my Macbook Pro using Parallels and and Windows XP.

Now we just need to upgrade some amplifiers so the Subs aren't underpowered and also the 10 balcony delays aren't underpowered....

what did you do with the dead 88?

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