Should I return Audient ASP 880?

I bought one used about three years ago. It has worked really well… Although the power supply blew a capacitor last year. I sent it to a repair facility in Los Angeles recommended by Audient. Been working great ever since.

Based on my experience, I recommended this unit to a friend of mine figuring that my errant power supply issue falls under the heading of sh@t happens….

His experience has been an utter nightmare… Bought the first unit, It quickly went bad… Sent it back and got a second unit… That one immediately went bad… Sent it back… Got a third unit… Same scenario.

So while my personal experience has been good with the unit, something definitely seems to be up with their quality control of late.

This is what is concerning me. I don’t want to get on the bad batch merry go round.

or, I could return it, add $2k to the purchase price and have a Grace.  😂

But alas, not all options are prudent.  Your suggestion of busting it out and plugging it up is sage advice indeed.  

If it’s got a bad part or parts, they should just fail.

I’d stress test it, from cold turn it off and on a silly number of times counting 5-10 seconds in between power ups .

If anything is wonky in surge should stress it. If nothing fails, then leave it on for an extended time : a day or two, but ventilated.

I am gonna do what kcatthedog says and fire that puppy up.

I think, with the internet, you often only get to hear about the “bad” and not the good. Especially with brands available from major retailers. There are probably 10,000 of those units in the world being used but it takes something to go wrong for someone to go online and complain.

If it checks the boxes of your needs then use it! Don’t let a few peoples bad experience steer you away.

I was just kinda psyching myself out for a minute. I pretty much sit in my room and record mostly by myself in working on original material. Occasionally, the other two guys I play with come over and we cut some demo tracks to update our song list for getting gigs as a mostly acoustic trio that plays classic country and rock covers. What’s the worse thing that can happen to me? OH NO!! the Audient crapped out and now I have to plug the Scarlett octopre back in till replaced or fixed. Like I said, it’s first world problems.

I’ve been using one of these as part of a mobile recording rig/utility pres in the studio. Great fast clean sound. No issues at all.

Give it one more chance, sure your buffer is set correctly ?

I really, really, like sound of this thing. So, I hope it  holds together. 😀

I have an 800 for the last 6-7 years. It has been used to cut radio/voice over, and for quick capture of song ideas. It's in my B room, so not something I turn to every day, but often enough. I interface it with a Lynx Hilo, and it's worked flawlessly. It's a good value, I think.