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Topic: Dolby IMS2000 Vs GDC SR-1000
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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
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From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 03-01-2019 06:13 AM
I have no experience with the SR1000, yet so I can't comment on it, at this time. I can say, we are at 100% success on the IMS2000. That is, zero failures and no lost or botched shows.
I'll agree with Mark that I'm no fan of its user interface (I don't like the Doremi UI in general and the web-version didn't win any points with me either). Like most everything, the more you use something, the more you adapt to it but that doesn't change the fact it isn't really intuitive.
Other things about the IMS that I'm not too jazzed about are its Ethernet commands, plan on using the "wait" cue with all of them if you want reliable control.
But that is about it. So, for reliability, I think there is no contest based on descriptions in this thread. The IMS2000 is, at present, more reliable and probably every bit as capable.
I have not had good stories to tell about the SX3000 either. I've had (or near) 100% failure on them and every aspect of them. I've changed the IMB, the PSD /drives (multiple times, even on the same system) and the eSATA cable. Compared to the previous GDC servers that use a traditional server chassis, the SX3000 behaves like a drunken sailor and is sluggish at responding.
The SX4000, I would presume is more of the same as they appear very similar to the SX3000 but with DTS-X capability (if you don't mind having no more channels than a standard 16-channel AES system.
I hope they get the kinks out of the SR1000 as it does look attractive in many ways. I'm not totally against the web-UI. Really, what's the difference between having an expensive touchscreen that can fail or having a computer, likely already on site, as your user interface. Heck, one could built a cheap computer running linux with a web browser about as cheap as a touchscreen.
Talk to someone that is using the IMS2000 and see what they think about the day-to-day life with it.
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