I'm figuring out my next setup, which I'm hopefully going to get this spring/summer, and I've been browsing through the monitor controller options. The Presonus Central Station is supposed to be awesome, but it has quite a bit of features I don't need, such as talkback and headphone amps, since I'm running a purely mixing and mastering setup here. What I like about the unit is the DA-converter and the various input/output setups, but frankly I don't need much more than that.
The TC Electronic BMC-2 looks really cool, but I haven't found much hands-on information about the actual sound quality and converters. The obvious contenders are SPL's controller line, but I've heard some horror stories about their durability and sound quality, and having used two SMC's in two different studios, they both suffered from a messed up balance and stereo image at lower levels.
If there aren't any reasonable alternatives, I'll probably just go for the Central Station anyway, as it seems like a solid choice. I'm not too excited about spending much more than that, but if you guys can shed any information on the alternatives, I'm really grateful
The TC Electronic BMC-2 looks really cool, but I haven't found much hands-on information about the actual sound quality and converters. The obvious contenders are SPL's controller line, but I've heard some horror stories about their durability and sound quality, and having used two SMC's in two different studios, they both suffered from a messed up balance and stereo image at lower levels.
If there aren't any reasonable alternatives, I'll probably just go for the Central Station anyway, as it seems like a solid choice. I'm not too excited about spending much more than that, but if you guys can shed any information on the alternatives, I'm really grateful
