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PreSonus Central Station Studio Monitor Control Center

Passive audio path. 5 stereo inputs. 24-Bit/192kHz DAC. 3 sets of monitor outputs.

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"This is the best purchase I've made in a long time." submitted December 24, 2007

By a customer from gmail.com
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Sound: what you put in is what you get out. Also the D/A converter sounded better than my interface. Feature: I can't mix without this box ever again. It is designed perfectly for professionals and allows you to check your mix through different speakers plus compare your mix with other sources. I have a CD player plugged into the optical inputs, my IPOD in the RCA inputs and my DAW coming in from SPDIF of my RME interface. Ease of Use: It's really self explanatory. one thing i just discovered is the fact that you can send different mixes to the headphone amps than what you hear in the control room. GREAT FEATURE. Quality: It's built solid. Doesn't feel cheap at all. Value: Just buy it. You won't regret it. There's nothing that comes close to this below $3k. Manufacturer Support: I haven't needed any support with the Central Station I've called Presonus in the past and they were very helpful. The Wow Factor: Works perfectly. This is a great addition to any studio. Overall: I really can't imagine doing a mix without the Central Station now that I've had it in my studio for a while. Only small gripe is that I wish it had AES inputs. But hey, you can't ask for too much with a $500 pricetag.
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"Bad Build Quality, Unreliable, Not Passive" submitted March 27, 2009

By a customer from beatkamp.com
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Music Style: Electronic
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Sound: It is simply not true that this thing does not colour the sound. It does just like anything else. There is nothing passive about it. It is powered and has a big light farm on the front. The build quality is absolutely terrible. Mine has been in the shop 3 times and it keeps leaking audio out the right channel. Even more ominous, rapping the front of the case (like The Fonz) makes it better for a short time. So completely frustrating! It is so rare for a piece of musical gear to be this crappy. Even a $20 Behringer stomp box has a higher build quality. Feature: I did not get any accessories so I cannot judge them. Ease of Use: Very easy to use and install however it will crap out quickly. Quality: This thing is so porrly made that it is hard to believe that anyone promotes it as "studio" equipment. I have a 20 year old MPC that works perfectly (I replace the pads every 3 to 5 years...) and the Central Station is just crap. Now the right channel is always at full volume no matter whether DIM is pushed or the VOLUME knob is all the way down. Perhaps Presonus should put some of their massive advertising budget into actual quality? Value: I cannot say much about the price. Free would be too high. This thing is simply a dead brick. If you have one that works, count your blessings and start saving for the Mackie or Dangerous Music box. Manufacturer Support: No information about the total disaster this product is from the company. Glossy adverts and impressive statistics. None of it is true. This company has terrible build quality and terrible service. I would suggest to them that they hire some decent operations engineers, a good design is nothing if it is poorly manufactured. The Wow Factor: The sex appeal of this thing is very high. It looks exactly like a real piece of gear. It is not. Overall: This thing is garbage. It just stops working. Not nice when every monitor in your room (on the right side) starts blazing away at full volume. Potential for hearing damage and studio damage. I feel I have earned the right to knock this thing; I paid a lot for it. There is a certain amount of trust that musicians put into gear purchases. We assume that there is a minimal build quality with everything (music equipment generally is very well built); Presonus has betrayed that trust and made a complete lemon of a box. Our dear retailers like Zzounds, etc. also put trust into the labels they carry. In my personal opinion, Presonus is a bad apple in the music gear business. This is my opinion.
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"Everything was good the second time around." submitted May 17, 2006

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Sound: its passive so you hear what you get no color, or any other additives. It sounds great. Feature: the features would be nice, but out of the box, the led's didn't work. besides that the talk back is nice, and the fact that you can hook up a sustain pedle as the controller of the t/b is really cool. Ease of Use: real up and down, a monkey could do it. Quality: again I wasn't to impressed with the quality. It was right out of a mint box, and the machine wasn't fully functional. Value: you might want to try the mackie big knob, thats what I was gonna get but they gave me this for the same price. Well now I know why. Manufacturer Support: the people were nice. The Wow Factor: it goes good on my rack with my fire pod and eurika Overall: as long as it works it will be my control station.
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