Equipment file · Large-format analogue live console

XL2 console

Midas · 1988

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

The Midas XL2 of 1988 was the first console developed after Klark Teknik acquired Midas. It followed the original XL, launched at the 1986 AES Convention, and preceded the XL3 (1990) and XL4 (1995).

Introduced
1988
Category
Large-format analogue live console
Intended use
Front-of-house touring console
Production
Midas under Klark Teknik ownership, from 1988

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    It began the line that made Midas a leading touring console maker in the 1990s.

  2. 02

    It stabilised Midas after the costly original XL led to the company's sale.

Engineering record

No technical figures are published here until a working source confirms them.

Original pricing

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2026 equivalent

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Use in the field

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Manuals & original documents

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Sources

  1. 1The Story Of The Midas XL3Sound on Sound · case study · 2019-12
  2. 2About UsMidas · archive

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