“While there can never be a perfect product, for me SSL's X-Desk gets within a gnat's whisker of that vanishing point”.

Built from the same SuperAnalogue™ DNA as the AWS 900+, Duality and Matrix consoles, SSL are proud to deliver the X-Desk.  Meeting the demand for a world class, compact SSL mixing desk, X-Desk combines a 16 channel SSL SuperAnalogue™ summing mixer with a compact analogue audio hub for the studio.  Sound On Sound Magazine have the first review.

Small enough to be easily transported, X-Desk fulfills all the essentials of the audio mixing process, with typical SSL attention to detail and depth, including smooth 100mm faders, comprehensive artist & studio monitoring with Dim & Cut buttons, Stereo and Mono Aux sends, channel and Master Bus Inserts and accurate bar graph level metering.

“...it's inevitable that the recent launch of the company's new small-format X-Desk mixer has sent a ripple of excitement through the project studio community, if only because its comparative affordability dangles ever closer the prospect of referring to 'my studio' and 'SSL console' in the same breath”.

“There's no question in my mind that a lot of readers would baulk at the thought of paying this much money for what is, in crude terms, the arse end of a mixer.  But what an arse: J-Lo eat your heart out!  While there can never be a perfect product, for me SSL's X-Desk gets within a gnat's whisker of that vanishing point - and I can't think of any other product that has so dramatically reversed my initial impressions of it”.

“The design manages to be inventive without losing sight of the importance of robust efficiency, and the lack of onboard processing and socketry makes sense as a design choice (not just as a cost-cutting measure), allowing impressive expansion possibilities without simultaneously rendering previous investments redundant or, for that matter, locking you into SSL's own product line.  The X-Desk is a brilliant product which, despite its considerable price, nonetheless represents an excellent long-term investment.  I want one!”

To read the full review, pick up the August Issue of Sound on Sound Magazine (Volume 24, Issue 10).  The SSL X-Desk is available now at £1926 RRP.

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