Allen & HeathZED12FX - Multipurpose Mixer with FX. 6 mono, 3 stereo channels (AH-ZED12FX)

Sound quality is perfect and easy to work with

I feel i am compelled to write a review about this product I bought from Amazon.When buying for a mixer the first thing I look for is how clean the sound is when gain is set to lowest level.Some mixer will have a hum even at the lowest point. The effects were great and it is very easy to use.XLR connectors were made by Neutrik, and they are using Alps faders which gives you an assurance of a very clean sound, no crackling for a very long period of time.

Good quality, we use this and one other for all our radio stations in Africa.

I'll stay with Allen and Heath, the mixing channels sound great.But I should heave been a more critical consumer.I should have known the USB and FX functions would be underwhelming and waste space as they do on most mixers.The biggest problem I have is with the dedicated send and returns being 1/8 jacks, that was a problem I didn't even think to look for. Huh??!?? I'm guessing someone finds that useful..but with the rest of the board being industry standard 1/4 and XLR...strange choice in my book.So long story short, a traditional user loses channels on send/return. Problem.Not a poor quality mixer by any stretch but features are a little odd so just make sure they are what u need.

I ordered the ZED12FX strictly for a karaoke gig. It has only ever had mic levels run through the mono channels. The board has also only ever been run by myself, so I know the gain structure and levels have always been good. Not one channel nor the main bus has ever been clipped! Still lost the pre-amps on one channel. I've run Allen & Heath in the past and found them to be good manufacturers, until now. I'll think twice before ordering one of their products again.

The top rating goes to this Mixer because it delivers! It does what it says it does. Easy settngs to get the presets. Clean pre amps and easy to use overall. So far it has taken care of all the needs I have. I would recommend this mixer. The most important thing is it's Clean!!!

Wonderful mixer! Everything works perfectly, the pre's are clean & transparent and the sound is amazing. 5 stars.

As excited as I was by this high-quality product and all the good things I have heard (and still believe) about Allen and Heath, my USB left channel started getting low when run through the fader after about 1.5 years (just long enough to be off manufacturer warranty). I have treated my mixer well and by no means put it through 'pro' abuse. I made sure to keep it covered when not in use. When I press on a certain place near the slot for the USB fader the channel comes back some. Sounds fine with L-R is set and all the other stuff seems to work. I also tried from two different systems, an XP and a Windows 7. Both had the problem. Without USB this is worth less than half the cost since I use it for online recording and performance. I have a call into A&H 'USA' and will report back, but am very frustrated since I dropped the cash for the 'better' mixer expecting to avoid this type of quality hassle.