Very interested in your opinion on those suns too please. Maybe in another thread. Lots of anecdotal posts never a full gig review. It would be much appreciated.
I think a seperate monitor console is way too much complexity. My gosh the rack mounted Behringer (I prefer the midas branded stuff) has the same matrix as the console. If you don't want the physical surface you still can have 16 mix's going on L&R kill 2 and subs kill 1 (has built in crossover if wanted) that leaves 11 monitor or fill mixes. More than I have ever needed for clubs, small festivals and lawn chair gigs.
We even use the M32 with the DL231 a unique stagebox with 2 preamps and a/d converters per channel with the Midas Pro. Pro is FOH with 96Khz and M32 is monitor at 48Khz. All with one stagebox! Midas Pro is going for cheap on the used market and they are incredible mixers. If you go that path I have two of the DL231 stage boxes for sale. Those are the pro preamps. You would have a helluva rig. Add a Midas 1U core mixer if you ever do want separate monitor mixes and for $1000 the monitor engineer is on glass or of course they can use the full size M32 or the M32R a 16 fader desk.
So many options. Here is the link to those DL231's my A1 has them for sale. https://reverb.com/item/81640749-midas-dl231-2010s-blue 2 gives you 48 mixes. They sound amazing and all setup is done on front panel no software. Much better for the field.
I have 2 in my stage rack and a 4 link Cat snake on a reel.
Will do on the review, I heard a band using them a couple years back and couldn’t believe all that low end was coming out of those tiny subs. So since I wanted something a little more portable, I went with those. I started with 2, and I’ll have to see if I need more. The last several years my shows have scaled back in audience/room size. The only thing I can see that I would have liked is the amp panel to have an output/ thru XLR to daisy chain more subs together.
I never thought about the Midas pro 2. Haven’t seen one in the wild locally, so kinda erased that option out of my head. I think that’s the middle ground I was referring, and I see the wing kinda follows that same mentality. Both are just mix surfaces, the work is all done in the stagebox. So there’s a bunch of busses on the console(physical or virtual) but the I/O is based on the stagebox. I’ll have to definitely check into this option as it might be what I had in mind without spending huge amounts of money. Thanks