I'd say a quarter million US $ by the time you install the way you want. http://vintageking.com/rupert-neve-...e-48-channel?gclid=CN3WsO6ukdACFUMcaQodhycOmg

 

I am freakin fine without a NEVE

 

Yep, Neve's are expensive. never used a neve console, never had the opportunity so i'm more in the SSL camp. but i have used external neve pre amps and some of the best pre-amps i have heard have been neve.

never found a good emulation though, waves have a few but they're no where near.

 

Think of it as looking at a nice automobile. You don't need it to appreciate it. Does a high quality console make a better tool that you can hear? Yes. Is it necessary? Probably not.

 

Maybe thats where we are different, I am fine with any automobile that leads me to where I want. Do I want a NEVE Console for free? Yes. Will I buy if I had the money? No. Cause there are lots of consoles/converters to choose from. When a product have a "neve" name it does not mean it sounds good. There are lots of pros who did not like the sound of Neve or SSl or Api.

 

The SSL XL-Desk costs an additional 20k for cabling and setting up the patch bay, this full sized Neve would probably total closer to 300k.

and don't forget that you need a separate machine room for the power supplies which would roughly be the size of the average home studio. and you need to know a "Neve guy" for maintenance and if hes not in your city you'll have to fly him out.

If you learned on a Neve and all your career worked on consoles, this might be worth it, but if you started with a USB mic and ASIO4ALL like I did, no way.

 

I started with Audigy and Cool Edit Pro, so yea, im used to the "authentic" console sound.
Then Adobe came, bought Syntrillium and changed the name to Adobe Audition and who would want to work with daw that sounds like a sunday ballet workshop?