I have the opportunity to buy a Crown Dc 300 amp for $250. Is this a decent amp? Decent price? I have little experience with amps and I would appreciate your opinions. :confused:

Would 2 stereo linked 1176's (Purple or UA) sound good on a mix bus?

I have some nice tracking compressors (1176, Summit) but am using an FMR for stereo 2-bus. Not that it is bad but I would like to step up a notch. I'm mix to a Masterlink and do my own mastering (this is not professional just for my own enjoyment). So would I be better off getting a good analog compressor like the solid state Avalon or Smart or something like a Waves Maximizer L2?

What do you normally do to guitar solos? Do you put them right in the center? I am just looking for ideas. Do you take a different approach when there are no rhy gTRS behind the solo?...

I'm just curious here.

I know there are pro's and con's of EQing your room, but I wanted to get some feedback. I've been moving my monitors around, putting Auralex up (and bass traps), but I don't know if the overall effect of putting in a parametric or graphic EQ (with inherent phase shifts) is overall, better than dealing with frequency inadequacies and having to "learn the room".

I have a DAW studio and I'm new to sync issues. I wanted to know what options are available for good sync, mtc, & mmc. My question is, are the MTP AV & Midi Express XT the same or equal. I hear the MTP AV does more. Can some one explain these two pieces to me. Thanks RO members.

PS

As 3.1 approaches Beta any day now I just thought I'd remind everyone about RADAR 24's new ability to export BWF (Broadacst .wav format) to DVD-RAM and Mac or FAT 32 formatted SCSI drives.

Looking for some advice here...

I am about to go out and drop some bucks on a harward input device for Cubase. I am currently using Cubase and the Tascam US-428.

I have narrowed my options to:

Ehco's Layla and Aardvark's Q10. (I am leaning towards the Layla).

Hey,