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What does everyone feel is the best board of this category? I'm talking about the 70's/80's style analog boards such as Sound Workshop Series 30, 34, 40, and Harrison and MCI boards. Or other boards of the same type.

What exactly does recaping invole?
And what else should/can you do to a console to make it sound better?

Anybody have anything?

Any mods/upgrades in general?

What does recapping involve anyway?

I just purchased a Sound Workshop Series 34 board and I was wondering if anyone knew of any mods/repairs/or upgrades I could do to it. I have no idea when of if it has been recapped or even serviced. So that's on the list. I also read once about someone getting the power cord replaced, possibly to a...

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I had originally wanted to get a Series 34 that was for sale, but that fell through. So I am now looking at a 1600 Series. It has 28 inputs (16 parametric eq, 12 sweepable EQ) 16 buss, 28 monitor, 4 flexible sends, matrix arms tape-based automation, patchbay, complete outboard 24-Track tape machine ...

Oh man, there's not even anything to discuss...always, always, always through an amp. Nothing sounds like a nice tube amp. Long live analog.

Thanks a lot for the info. I am greatful. I'm trying very hard to start up my own studio and this is my first step.

How would I go about getting it recapped? Can I get someone to come out ot my Studio to do that?

I have a chance to get a Sound Workshop Series 34 board, abut I am not sure how good it sounds and I can't hear it before I purchase it. Anyone have any expereince with Sound Workshop boards? Mainly the Series 34?