Presonus Monitor Station vs. Central Station

[dasbrootal]

Is there any major improvement with the Central Station over the Monitor Station? The MS has everything I need but I see more people using the CS. Just want to make sure I'm not missing something before I make a purchase. Thanks.

 

[FIXXXER]

not sure about the features as i tried the CS only.
both units are just a big piece of plastic crap,
loose plastic pot's and knobs, noise.
in general very poor build quality.

go for something else!

cheers
S.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

not sure about the features as i tried the CS only.
both units are just a big piece of plastic crap,
loose plastic pot's and knobs, noise.
in general very poor build quality.

go for something else!

cheers
S.

I'm starting to feel this way about presonus shit.

 

[rlcramer]

I feel the exact opposite. Had a Mackie Bog knob - noisy piece of junk. Bought a central station - well built, silent, LOVE it.

No experience with the monitor station though.

Just my 2 cents...

Bobby

 

[dasbrootal]

I'm starting to feel this way about presonus shit.

really? i bought a digimax d8 recently that seems to be built pretty well though i suppose it's too soon to tell. either way, thanks for the input guys. i lucked out and found a used central station for mega cheap. i'll chime in if the thing turns out to be shit.

 

[John_C]

Recorded with a guy who used the central station as part of his mobile studio, seemed like a pretty sweet piece of gear. I'm not a big fan of the rubbery buttons but it does the job.

 

[HeadCrusher]

The Central Station is for rackmounting whereas the Monitor Station is a desktop unit.

Apart from that the Monitor Station is active (thus altering the sound you are going to hear) while the Central Station is passive.
I've used the Central Station for some time and it worked fine. Can't really backup all the negative points that were posted earlier.

Apparently if you've got the money this is the way to go though: http://www.cranesong.com/AVOCET.html

 

[::XeS::]

So which unit shoud we buy?
Central station = piece of shit
Big Knob = piece of shit
...
I have a Firepod and it doesn't seem a bad piece of gear...it's pretty solid and well builded. Also Andy uses Central station so I don't think it's so shitty.

 

[HeadCrusher]

No Andy doesn't afaik he uses the Crane Song thing I posted above. Iirc he said so in some interview.

As I said: The Central station seems fine to me. If money isn't an issue get the Crane Song.

 

[John_C]

Active does not instantly mean colouring and bad. In many ways an active circuit for attenuation is preferable as the impedance stays constant, however with cheap components and bad design it can have its own noticeable effect on the sound

 

[dasbrootal]

Apart from that the Monitor Station is active (thus altering the sound you are going to hear) while the Central Station is passive.
I've used the Central Station for some time and it worked fine. Can't really backup all the negative points that were posted earlier.

Apparently if you've got the money this is the way to go though: http://www.cranesong.com/AVOCET.html

that thing is sexy as hell. can't justify a monitor controller that's more expensive than my current interface though.

 

[Mikaël-ange]

James use CS btw

 

[::XeS::]

that thing is sexy as hell. can't justify a monitor controller that's more expensive than my current interface though.

It's also a D/A converter... but 2800$ is pretty insane