ASHLY MX 508 MIC LINE MIXER (YOM: ?) (S#: TBD) SUPERB (8-9)
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ASHLY MX 508 MIC LINE MIXER (YOM: ?) (S#: TBD) SUPERB (8-9)

FEATURES: THE MX-508 IS AN EIGHT-INPUT STEREO RACKMOUNTABLE MIXER. DESIGNED FOR A MULTITUDE OF APPLICATIONS, THE MX-508 HAS AN EXTENSIVE MIX OF FEATURES FOR A SMALL UNIT COMBINED WITH EXCELLENT SOUND AND QUIET PERFORMANCE.

THE MX-508 FEATURES 84 DB OF GAIN TO ENSURE FULL OUTPUT WITH LOW-LEVEL OR DISTANT MICROPHONES. SEVERAL YEARS OF RESEARCH WENT INTO THE MICROPHONE PREAMP AND THE RESULT IS A DISCRETE CIRCUIT WITH BETTER THAN -129 DBU EQUIVALENT INPUT NOISE (EIN) AND VERY LOW DISTORTION. LOW AND HIGH SHELVING EQ COMBINED WITH MID-BAND PEAKING EQ TUNABLE FROM 140HZ AND 8 KHZ MAKE FOR A VERY FLEXIBLE TONE CONTROL. PHANTOM POWER OF +48 VDC IS PROVIDED FOR CONDENSER MICROPHONES VIA A SWITCH ON THE FRONT PANEL. PRECISION INPUT TRANSFORMERS ARE EASILY FIELD-INSTALLABLE, AND EACH INPUT HAS ITS OWN 20DB PAD SWITCH. VARIABLE GAIN TRIM AND MIC/LINE SELECTION SWITCHES ARE ALSO FOUND ON EACH INPUT CHANNEL. ROUNDING OUT THE LIST OF STANDARD INPUT FEATURES ARE A PEAK CLIP INDICATOR, TWO AUX SENDS (FACTORY-SET WITH ONE PRE-EQ AND LEVEL AND THE OTHER POST-EQ AND LEVEL, THESE SENDS MAY BE MODIFIED BY A QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN), IN/OUT CHANNEL PATCHING, LEVEL AND PAN CONTROLS, AND BOTH BALANCED XLR MICROPHONE AND TRS LINE INPUTS.

TRANSFORMER-BALANCED LEFT AND RIGHT XLR OUTPUTS ARE STANDARD, AS ARE BALANCED LEFT AND RIGHT TRS 1/4" OUTS. THERE IS ALSO AN INDEPENDENT MONO OUTPUT WITH ITS OWN FRONT PANEL LEVEL CONTROL, AS WELL AS A SELECTABLE HEADPHONE OUTPUT WITH LEVEL CONTROL. THERE ARE PRE-MASTER SUB IN/OUT PATCH POINTS FOR LINKING OTHER MIXERS, SUCH AS THE ASHLY MX-206 SIX-INPUT MICROPHONE MIXER. PEAK CLIP INDICATORS ARE ALSO PROVIDED FOR THE OUTPUTS, AND THE 10-SEGMENT LED METERS MAY BE SELECTED TO MONITOR EITHER PROGRAM LEFT AND RIGHT OR AUX 1 AND 2. MAXIMUM OUTPUT LEVEL IS +24DB INTO 600 OHMS.

THE MX-508 ALSO HAS TWO MASTER AUX SENDS AND TWO PANABLE MASTER AUX RETURNS (ONE STEREO AND THE OTHER MONO). THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL STEREO RCA TAPE/CD INPUT< WITH LEVEL CONTROL TO THE MAINS OR AUX 1. STEREO RCA TAPE OUTPUTS ARE ALSO PROVIDED. THE MX-508 COMBINES TRADITIONAL ASHLY QUALITY WITH INTERNALLY MODULAR CONSTRUCTION IN A PACKAGE OFFERING OUTSTANDING VALUE AND RELIABILITY.

EXTRAS: POWER CORD

MODIFICATIONS: NO MODIFACATIONS

HISTORY: STUDIO

COMMENTS: GOOD CONDITION

THIS UNIT WAS NEVER TOURED