WFX 2011 and PM-16 Review by Wyatt Johnston

Here’s another WFX review that was brought to our attention. This one comes from Worship Tech, Wyatt Johnston. We’re excited that the PM-16 made #2 on his Top 10 List from WFX 2011.  Here's what Wyatt had to say:

"I bumped into Jeff Pavelec from Stark Raving Solutions on the floor and asked the ‘see anything amazing’ type of question. He asked if I had seen this Elite Core PM-16. I engaged the puzzled look and said “What?” I had never heard of Elite Core, but made an assumption that it was another silly expensive product trying to play in the land of Roland’s M-48 & My Mix personal mixers. I told Jeff, I want a 16 channel product priced between HearBack (yech) and Avioms. He stood up and led me to their booth. It is that product. FINALLY! It addresses some ever present concerns with Aviom A) The plastic body that tends to crack when it tips over, and B) The headphone amplifier that just lacks the presence and power many musicians would prefer. The casing is steel with dial guards to help even more. The knobs are smooth and have a nice resistance level to them. It offers the simplest method I have seen for personal mixing. 16 volume knobs, 16 pan knobs, an on-board ambience mic, basic 3 band EQ, a single nob compressor/limiter, and a master volume. Simple. You do lose the mix-saving ability, but at a better price and easier use, I think the trade of is worth it. This is a NEW company, but they have a solid, US made, product. The input option is one – a 16 channel analog input 1RU device. It outputs to a POE network switch then drops to the mixers from there. No limit to the number of mixers, but like Aviom, if you daisy chain, you need to add a power supply to the 2nd unit. These will probably find their way into our Youth venue very soon. I did not see enough of a reason to ditch our existing Aviom system, but, unless the saving option is a ‘must have’, I cannot see every buying another Aviom rig."

You can visit Wyatt's website to see this article for yourself and see what other products made his Top Ten list by clicking here.