[Mr. knobsParticipant]

So, is this a known issue?

I’ve got an SQ5 where the main encoder will jump around and even go the opposite direction when turned quickly. Turning it slowly, I can eventually get it where I need it to go. But it seems to be getting worse. It’s the only knob that I’ve noticed issues with. And it’s not really been used that much. It’s either defective or perhaps dusty but certainly not “worn out”.

[Mr. knobsParticipant]

Yup, there’s got to be a way to make pfl and meters work on the SQ series with AMM. Please, Mr. Allen and Mr. Heath. Please implement this.

[Mr. knobsParticipant]

@Lee7
So I can put a QU-Pac on stage and mix it at front of house from a QU-16 or SQ-5? btw, I would need inputs (and outputs) at both locations.

[Mr. knobsParticipant]

I’m reviving this because…

We’ve been functioning in the Behringer X32 ecosystem for many years. I’m trying to figure out how to transition to an AH ecosystem.

The X32 Rack has been a very useful piece of kit for us. It can do a bunch of things including acting as a stage box. We have no Behringer stage boxes. The thinking was “why buy stage boxes when, for a few dollars more, we can get a standalone mixer that can do a dozen extra things?”. We only use them as stage boxes occasionally. The fact that the Qu-Pack can’t function this way, looks like a big drawback. It’s hard to justify a purchase of Qu-Packs (or Qu-SB) for the small jobs AND buying stage boxes and a bigger control surface/mixer for the big ones. It seems that even for 4-5 times the cost, I can’t replicate the functionality/modularity that we currently have.

I’m looking for suggestions and comments.

Btw, we do a lot of corporate AV so our needs are different than permanently installed churches or local/regional sound companies that only do music stages. One day the X-32 rack is a 5 input mixer for a meeting with front panel control. Another day it’s a recording interface plugged into a computer. Another day it’s mixing a few wireless mics outdoors for a wedding with ipad control. And on another day it’s adding 8 or 16 analog inputs and a handful of outputs at the end of a cat-5 cable run (or in the middle of the run) for a theater show or in a ballroom (putting the I/O where we need it).

[Mr. knobsParticipant]

“My primary complaint with the SQ is the fact that the internal pres, outs and converters are not up to par with my DX168 sonically.”

Are there any measurements showing the difference in performance? Back when the M32 came out there was a decent review and write up in one of the European magazines showing some performance differences between the X32 and M32. I’m wondering if there is something like that available for these AH products?

Given what I know about human perception, I tend to need some kind of quantifiable differences on paper to show that it’s not just my wishful (or remorseful) thinking that is driving my dissatisfaction with a given product.

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