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Which mixer - £650 budget

I'm looking into replacing my DXM06 mixer near the end of the year and my budget will hopefully be around £600-650.

So, I've been looking at the A&H Ozone62 and the Pioneer DJM600.

Can any of you guys give me some recommendations on which mixer you would buy with that budget? It doesn't have to be one of the two above but these seem to be the obvious choices.

My current setup is just 2 x CDJ1000 mk2 and DXM06 mixer, I like to use effects and I mix various styles including trance, techno, electro and minimal.

Cheers

DENON DNX 1500

prolly the pio, i'm not a big fan of the AH62

Damn for 650...can't you get the pio-800??

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Originally posted by Omega_Blue prolly the pio, i'm not a big fan of the AH62

Any reasons why you're not keen on the AH62?

I do like the look of that Denon one but I haven't heard anything about it and I'd like to go for something which has a good reputation.

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Originally posted by agentdansmith Any reasons why you're not keen on the AH62? I do like the look of that Denon one but I haven't heard anything about it and I'd like to go for something which has a good reputation.

i've heard bad things about the denon but then again it could just be all the haters that dislike denon products..

personally i didn't like the 4 band eq, i thought it was unneccessary (though nice). the filters are freakin awesome on the AH but those aren't really necessary. the other thing i really didn't like is there's no blend function on the AH. makes mixing in the headphones a headache. while i'm personally not a pio whore, i like the djm-600. sounds good, nice big knobs, nice cueing system, onboard effects.

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Originally posted by Omega_Blue the other thing i really didn't like is there's no blend function on the AH. makes mixing in the headphones a headache.

Do you mean that you can't control the volume of of current playing track in your headphones? Another words, both tracks have to play at full volume in your headphones? Or am I missing something?

This would be a nightmare for me as I like to beatmatch within the headphones.

Not specifically, but you can work round it slightly by monitoring the aux bus, setting all the sends to pre-fade and using the pots at the top of each channel to control the level of each source in your headphones. Obviously this isn't going to work if you need to use the aux send for other things though.

If you're buying new, I wouldn't get the 600. The sound quality just doesn't cut it when compared to others in that price range. Don't get me wrong it's a work horse and has been proven in clubs all over the world, but personally I just think that if you're spending over £600 on a mixer then sound quality is pretty high on my list.


Out of the two I would get the A&H, but definately take a look at the Ecler Nuo 4 and Nuo 5 too.

Ecler Nuo 4 (maybe a little closer to $700)
Pioneer DJM 400 (around $500)
Mackie d.2 (around $600)
A&H's Xone32 (around $650)

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Originally posted by Ministerio Damn for 650...can't you get the pio-800??

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650 x 2 yeah you can...if only he had another $650

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Originally posted by Spirit5 ' 650 x 2 yeah you can...if only he had another $650

But he's using pounds, not dollars.

Which = around $1300

ugh, never a Nuo for me...no ecler until they fix their EQ.

nasty

no denon either. nasty delay on the faders

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Originally posted by Allied Nations ugh, never a Nuo for me...no ecler until they fix their EQ. nasty no denon either. nasty delay on the faders

What's up with their EQ's? And which Nuo was that on?

I'm only asking as I've just read an excellent review on the Nuo 4.

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Originally posted by agentdansmith What's up with their EQ's? And which Nuo was that on? I'm only asking as I've just read an excellent review on the Nuo 4.

I hate the midrange EQ band on all the Nuos... the bass and treb barely cut anything and the midrange is just huge.


ugly imo

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Originally posted by andydavey Not specifically, but you can work round it slightly by monitoring the aux bus, setting all the sends to pre-fade and using the pots at the top of each channel to control the level of each source in your headphones. Obviously this isn't going to work if you need to use the aux send for other things though.

OK, that doesn't sound too bad. But does that mean that I would never be able to add an effects unit later on?

What's crack with this VCF filter then? As this seems to be the only effect whereas the Nuo5 has loads.

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Originally posted by Ministerio But he's using pounds, not dollars. Which = around $1300

The RRP of a DJM800 in the UK is £1099

You'll be doing well to get one for £1000.


Jarv

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Originally posted by Ministerio But he's using pounds, not dollars. Which = around $1300

Oh I see...my bad..

+ 1 for the xone62. Had one, loved it and then sold it for a djm800.

the eqs on the djm 800 dont come close to the eqs on the xone, and all in all the xone just felt nicer. The filters where AMAZING.

Get a xone and don't look back

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Originally posted by Allied Nations I hate the midrange EQ band on all the Nuos... the bass and treb barely cut anything and the midrange is just huge. ugly imo

And an opinion is all that is...

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Originally posted by J:\Digital And an opinion is all that is...

Wow, strong hostility.

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Originally posted by cbrendan + 1 for the xone62. Had one, loved it and then sold it for a djm800. the eqs on the djm 800 dont come close to the eqs on the xone, and all in all the xone just felt nicer. The filters where AMAZING. Get a xone and don't look back

Thanks for the reply, could you tell me why the filters were amazing? And am I right in thinking that the xone62 only has one effect (VCF filter)? Whereas the Nuo5 has loads.

To be honest, I'm after a mixer that doesn't really need to have an external efx unit added.

The xone has two filters. One for each side of the crossfader, and you assign channels to x or y. The filters arn't independant though. You can't run hpf on one and lpf on the other.

Not knowing anything aboutt he nuo 5 id say it would be similar to the djm 800 and have a stack of digital effects, but no analouge filter.

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Originally posted by cbrendan The xone has two filters. One for each side of the crossfader, and you assign channels to x or y. The filters arn't independant though. You can't run hpf on one and lpf on the other. Not knowing anything aboutt he nuo 5 id say it would be similar to the djm 800 and have a stack of digital effects, but no analouge filter.

Thnaks for the quick reply and excuse my ignorance, but what's an analogue filter? I presume that it is different to the filter effect you get on a DJM600 or DXM06?

I'd really like to know what its like cause from the reviews, this VCF filter on the Xone62 sounds amazing but I am slightly concerned that I may get bored of only having the one effect to play with.

in your case i'd take a look at the nuo 5

the AH62 is a nice mixer but i didn't like the cueing on it

i cue mainly in the headphones too and it just didn't work well for me, had to switch to using the monitors, the mixer wasn't set right to allow clean monitoring in the headphones

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