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Topic: 'MAD' Scanners?

Posted By: rich_gale
Subject: 'MAD' Scanners?
Date Posted: 27 April 2010 at 7:55pm

Im talking about the formed plastic moving head and barrel scanners from about 10yrs ago.

HID and halogen models..

any opinions from users? i have seen them a few times (but it was ages ago) and want to purchase some on the preowned market. maybe 4 units for a mobile disco rig? 2 scanners and 2 barrels?

anyone shed some experience of them?

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REFLEX ALL THE WAY.... (however, im playing with horns again...) That ok Mister Valiant? :)

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Posted By: dmx256
Date Posted: 27 April 2010 at 8:24pm

MAD, no longer in business, made some nice lights. I do believe they were brought out by abstract, and if I were you, I'd buy some abstract vrx scans, with rotating gobo's, great for mobile disco!!

Posted By: freeytrap
Date Posted: 28 April 2010 at 8:51am

i have 6 150w discharge versions 2 with rotating gobos
i would stay away from the rotating gobo ones thay dont traval as well (thay tend to loose there gobos)
apart from that there bright and do the job

i would love a manual for them if any one has a pdf

Posted By: Stray-Sounds
Date Posted: 28 April 2010 at 10:20am

weve got 4 of em, mirror not barrel. they seem pretty nice and keep going. much better than 812

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<a href="http://www.soundhirewales.co.uk/">PA & Lighting - Sound Hire Wales</a>

Posted By: rich_gale
Date Posted: 28 April 2010 at 11:54am

cheers guys:)

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REFLEX ALL THE WAY.... (however, im playing with horns again...) That ok Mister Valiant? :)

Posted By: dmx256
Date Posted: 28 April 2010 at 9:22pm

stray-sounds and freeytrap, are you talking about mad scans or vrx scans?

Posted By: Stray-Sounds
Date Posted: 29 April 2010 at 11:49am

im talkin about mad scans

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<a href="http://www.soundhirewales.co.uk/">PA & Lighting - Sound Hire Wales</a>

Posted By: dmx256
Date Posted: 29 April 2010 at 7:12pm

ah....thought you were on about the vrx models - never had a gobo fall out of one of mine!

Posted By: freeytrap
Date Posted: 02 May 2010 at 10:03am

i aquierd a big pile of not working ones and the non scaning ones so thay wernt the best to start of with but thay work ok
i would love some more though

Posted By: dmx256
Date Posted: 02 May 2010 at 3:06pm

quite few and far between an fleabay!

Posted By: intensesound
Date Posted: 06 May 2010 at 7:02pm

you don't want Q-scan r the 511 you want the ITM the 250 discharge watt version with roating gobo and the best gobo size ever

Posted By: Wikl109
Date Posted: 11 May 2010 at 12:15am

The 'MAD' brand name and the copyright to the designs were bought by Abstract AVR. Abstract then released their own Mad lighting range and the plastic cased ones stopped being produced. The original set of guys who were MAD then formed EVL who now import various light and sound gear.
We have some ITM 250 colour changers. Very bright and very solid.
I have the PDF manual for the ITM series, if anyone needs it send me a PM. I got this directly off one of the guys from EVL.

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Cheers, Chris.

Posted By: freeytrap
Date Posted: 11 May 2010 at 6:24pm

do you have a contact for evl i would like pdf for the 511 mad scan
thanks dylan

Posted By: Wikl109
Date Posted: 11 May 2010 at 7:46pm

Hi Dylan,
The guy I got the manual off was called Gareth Fish. He was the technical support guy with EVL but I think he has left now i'm afraid.
EVL still have a support e-mail though:
support@evl-design.com
It appears the new guy is called Curt Buckingham.
I'm sure they'll still have all the relevant info on the older models on their computer systems. They were very helpfull when I last dealt with them so give them an E-mail.

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Cheers, Chris.

Posted By: freeytrap
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 8:31am

thanks for the contact i will giv them a go

Posted By: intensesound
Date Posted: 07 June 2010 at 6:35pm

not the q scan r you want the itm-r or just the q-scan have 12 of them great beam angle great lights need to no any more on them speak to fish at evl good guy i will be happy to give you all you need on them