has anyone gone out and fitted the rotary option? is it as good as it would seem, was it worth the expense?

I've had a chance to play with one for a short time. I cant give you an indepth review but it takes some getting used to if you're used to the normal sliders. However, for those long mixes, I find the rotaries to be so much better. I felt like I had much more control and it felt/sounded much smoother....

I love my 3000... I can't complain. definitely nice. If I was patient i would have went with the xone 62.. but I honestly can't complain with this either.

The main reasons I'm going w/ the 3000 are:
- 19" rack mount
- Matches my CMX-3000
- Rotary Option
- Fader Effects for my CMX!
- 4 Channels
- Built in Effects
- Going for the all black equipment look

If these dont matter to you, you should def look @ Tascam X-9, Rane Empath and the A&H Xone also.

Well I played a club with a DJM 3000 a while back and heres what i have to say:

Nice mixer overall, works well, has the typical pioneer efx that they throw in there, flanger, delay, etc. I like the 19" layout and rotary option, but...
I dont think its the best mixer there is, and its not cheap at all. Firstly the sound quality is not as good as many other mixers in the pricerange, a lot of home users will not notice this, but take it to a club where you've got a lot of power to play with and you can hear the loss of frequencies and some induced distortion. The efx will get used rarely, so dont really make that a primary reason to get one, you can always buy pioneer efx controller to plug into any mixer. Also i dont like the headphone cue setup, i cant pinpoint what it was that pissed me off, but i wasnt having a good time trying to get a mix of cue and playing tracks.

For 19 inch mixers i would reccomend the Allen&Heath Xone 32, its 19" has incredible sound quality and most importantly high quality rotary faders, which i find most djs perfer to sliders. If you look at the touring setups of most big DJs they bring a Xone with them, and many clubs have then installed as the house mixer. Vestax also has a 19" mixer in the PCM series (i forget the model) that has rotary faders (important because they increase sound quality for mixes and dont induce noice like faders can) and its got 4 channels as well. Both of these are expensive mixers, but if you are looking at a DJM-3000 then you arent too far off anyway.

Thats my 2-cents.

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Last time I checked, the A&H Xone 32 is a 10-12" mixer with 3 channels. The only rack mount A&H Xones are the 464 (HUGE! ENORMOUS!) and the V6. The only A&H Xone mixer with Rotaries is the V6... which is arguably one of the best mixers made today but also costs over $6,000 (I'd personally go eith the Rane MP2016 setup if we're talking $3,000+ on a mixer). So, I have no clue what you're refering to.

You also mentioned the Vestax PMC46MKII. It only Hi/Low Eqs, no filters, no effects and costs nearly $1500 compared to the DJM 3000 which has a street price of ~750.... That's pretty far off.

My bad, you are correct i meant the Xone V6, yes very expensive, but also one of the best (once you get up there its hard to pick a winner)and i didnt know that a 3000 was only costing $750, i thought they were going for over a grand. Anyway my opinions still stand that its not the greatest mixer for the money.

Thx,

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For Medium to small clubs, the 3000 is more than adequate. I've seen huge clubs set ups w/ a DJM600 which has identical components.

I agree however, that there are better mixers for the money.. but not many choices in the 19" rack mount format. If it came down between a DJM 600 and other 10-12" mixers in that price range, then I would definitely have a hard time deciding. Rane, A&H, Ecler and Vestax make very nice mixers in that format.