@robbocurry
I suppose there are plus & minuses between the two. What I liked about the CQ was it’s small form factor, built in wifi and the FBA amongst other thing’s such as 96k for multitrack purposes.
I doubt the audience can tell if it is 48 or 96k. I wasn’t overly sure about the reverb as I found it quite metallic sounding. But since I have had a look through the user guide I hadn’t realised that there are other FX other than the 4 on view. So I will try the space verb this week as that may be better and more suited.
I did like the ability to set all channel gains at once, but not so keen on the gain assist on vox’s. I have now disabled that. Best kept for instruments.
Getting back to its small footprint, I can place it at the side or behind the drum kit and connect all drum mics direct without the need of using my drum snake. Plus, you hardly notice it from the audience’s perspective. It is also light compared to my shallow 8u rack box containing my QUSB, AB168, router and power board. That will be used for PA hire were more channels are required.
But I think the more that I use it the better the experience will be. I had no use for the 18T as the screen would be wasted.
The app seems rock solid, but a new iPad is probably on the cards as I am using a 2014 iPad Air 2.
I will keep you updated on how this weekend’s shows go.
