FINALLY found a mixer

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OKAY... after a long couple of months trying to track down a Tascam xs-8 for a reasonable price, i finally bit the bullet and forked over $200 including shipping for a new one off ebay. I cant wait to get it, is there anything i should know when i get it?

thanks all
 
Thanks a lot, is there anything i should know before i tear this mixer up?
 
smr99si said:
Thanks a lot, is there anything i should know before i tear this mixer up?
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it is customary to say a prayer of thanks and a small burnt offering to the gods of music, delivered on an altar between two turntables, before plugging in your new XS-8.
 
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it is customary to say a prayer of thanks and a small burnt offering to the gods of music, delivered on an altar between two turntables, before plugging in your new XS-8.
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nice! before you burn the sage, take off the back panel and install the 4 jumpers to raise the output on this mixer. i waited to do this for a few months and wish i would have done it the day i got it. the manual says a little bit about it, but not much. if you've ever played with jumpers on a motherboard - same exact thing. - jeff h
 
dynagroove said:


nice! before you burn the sage, take off the back panel and install the 4 jumpers to raise the output on this mixer. i waited to do this for a few months and wish i would have done it the day i got it. the manual says a little bit about it, but not much. if you've ever played with jumpers on a motherboard - same exact thing. - jeff h
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what do i need to do this? and how hard is it to do?

thanks
 
it's pretty easy. remove the 8 screws from the bottom cover. looking at the back of the mixer from the bottom, you will see the back of the small circuit board where the jumpers go. look in the manual and there is a small diagram showing where the jumpers go. use a flashlight to look at the top of the circuit board. there are 4 sets of 2 pins - one of the 4 sets is hidden behind a connector. the little jumpers slide over these pins to complete a circuit and boosting signal to both sets of outputs. the manual says to only have an authorized dealer do the work, but it only takes 5 minutes and is really easy to do. hth - jeff h
 
i never put the jumpers in and i don't think i will - yes, they increase the output of the mixer, but without them, it keeps the output to a max of 0db. that's useful because on a larger soundsystem, you don't have to worry about distortion coming from the mixer... which comes in handy a lot more than you'd think.

a rather a consistently clean signal with lots of headroom for gain and frequency boosts, vesus a much louder output with smaller tolerances. if you want a louder output, just turn up your amp. ;)
 
i use my xs-8 at home only. i was on the same line as your thinking originally catnap, but after using it for a good while, i noticed i was running my gains near the top for most records to keep my db at 0. some poorly pressed tracks i could not even reach 0 db. jumpers installed and problem solved for me. i can't comment on using the mixer on a real sound system however. i don't use the XLR outs on this mixer, but boosting the balanced signal to +6db is closer (2 db higher) to the balanced out signal of higher end mixers. i never really got to technically interested in this mixer as it was a cheap $150 mixer that certainly exceeded my expectations.

smr99si - i would give the mixer a good run right out of the box and then decide if you want to boost the output. - jeff h
 
I would boost it for sure. I got one for the same reason as Jeff, and found that the output was not very powerful. The jumpers seemed to have solved things...
 
i've plugged the XS-8 into several large soundsystems and been very happy with its output.

i do know what you're talking about Dyna, and you're right, poorly pressed records can be an issue sometimes. I guess it's up to the individual user.

I actually don't even own my XS-8 anymore - I gave it to my girlfriend. :D
 
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