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I'm looking for a mixer/preamp comparable in quality, overall configuration and price to the APB ProSpec 2U6M2S. APB has been sold to a Chinese firm and, after a hiatus, production has now resumed, but in China, not NJ as before. There is a service center in Canada, but not yet here in the US. The new product has not yet made it onto retail shelves, and I'm casting about for an alternative. The 2U6M2S is a rackmount unit, with 6 mono mic/line channels with preamps, 2 stereo line channels with selectable inputs, and EQ and High Pass Filters on each channel. I currently am using an A&H ZED10 mixer with a Radial Duplex DI box, and the ProSpec apparently blows them out of the water, at about 6 times the cost of the ZED (unclear at this point, but probably around $1,500-$2,000 for the ProSpec). Does anyone have any suggestions?