Personally, I think you would be much happier soundwise (ignoring all stealth factors) with the minime...I know someone who does a lot of FOB, but have heard his section as well as fob tapes. He ised to for a decent while run ccm4s->Aerco, but has since changed to ccms4->V3, and for a few shows he ran my minime as well. Not a perfect comparison by any means (same band, different, but similar venues), but liked the *presence* of the mini over the aerco from the section. I also like his V3 tapes generally over his aerco efforts. But stealthing is altogether different. So, it depends what you're overall use will be, but in side-by-side, whether up front or in the back, the mini will generate punchier, more present and really clearer tapes (don't know how much the mini's adc contributes to the last factor, though, but still a consideration because the mini does have the premier adc in the field
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