Well, it had to happen sooner or later.
I lost a gig because I listed SAC on my equipment list. The headlining act choose another sound vendor based on the console in use and they'd never heard of SAC. Didn't have the opportunity to discuss SAC with the band -- they based their decision solely on the info I gave to the event promoter. We did the gig last year (same promoter, different acts) and they loved us.
On the plus side, losing one gig doesn't justify having a far more expensive board. OTOH, if this becomes a regular occurrence I'll probably have to accelerate my movement to a new board on my A rig.
Yeah, I could have rented a board *IF* I had known it was going to come down to this. Never got the chance to discuss the possibility, however.
Cheers,
Randy Hyde