There are many various things one needs to consider when buying studio equipment, but I never considered these… The guys from Behringer has taken this concept for a funny spin and made “Bulletproof Audio Mixer”video:
I’m not sure that the message will resonate all that well with our female colleagues, but the ad probably does the job – gets people talking about it.
Talking about a bulletproof mixer, my good old little Mackie 1202 has recently reached its 20 b-day. Still working as good as ever. Choose your weapons, ooops… I mean studio gear, wisely. Happy recording!