Harperh64, your "no way" comment hits home because I was just as skeptical at a community theater gig last year. Our sound guy pulled a dusty mixer from his trunk, something he picked up at a garage sale for maybe forty dollars. We had no choice after the venue's system crashed right before act two. That little box hummed and one channel cut out, but it carried dialogue to the back row well enough. It wasn't about quality in that moment, it was about sheer functionality preventing a total collapse. Have you ever seen a show limp to the finish line on what everyone thought was junk?

Attempted a hallway sprint after reading this and face-planted into my door. My fitness level is officially a joke.