I know you asked about vestax mixers but you really should have a go with a few others as well, go into a few stores and try what they have. CC's light and sound has a great range (in south melb) they have a website too. Have a look at the range of A&H mixers they have, and possibly the Rane mixers. They also stock a big range of not as good mixers (gemini/numark/etc) but i think if i was getting another mixer i'd save up enough to get the bottom of the range (Xone32) Allen & Heath, I think there just a lot better built and well layed out. I like the effects on the pioneer DJM600 but the eq nobs arn't very smooth, and the slider nobs are crap(IMHO). At home i use a Gemini PS-626pro which is pretty well layed out and has a great cue system but build quality just isn't there and it's pretty much falling apart, it now randomly decides to only work in mono (left channel drops out) which can be fixed by switching power on and off, which to me sounds like plain bad enginering and workmanship.

bouh vestax
buy pioneer

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cant he be banned or something???

nah man he's alright!

Christ, if the 175 is gonna cost ya 950, stuff it and buy the 275.

The 275 has an rrp of 1200 here in Aus, but Derringers here in Adelaide are selling them around 980 - you can buy and get it shipped (possibly free). Other places are also selling the 275 at similar prices, you just have to search around and be prepared to haggle.

Many people on TA have the 275 (myself included) and love it to bits (me included). It really is one awesome mixer, the PCV faders are top of the line (better than VCA), Its just one great mixer, built like a brick shithouse.

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Last edited by Trance Nutter on Jan-21-2005 at 03:21

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Originally posted by BJeT wot stores would ppl suggest r good places 2 go & check out Vestax mixers. I want to check out these three: PCV 175 PCV 275 PCV 07 Pro ne1 got a ruff idea of how much these cost ? I'm going to be buying my dex/mixer early next year but need to get out and start looking at gear now as I won't really have time towards the end of the year. I'm a noo-b but want to get a mixer that is easy enuff to learn on but also has good EQs to keep the learning curve up once the basics r under my belt. Am interested in trance, house and some DnB. Cheers BJeT

I just bought a PCV-175. A really good mixer IMO, but it's nowhere near a $900 pricetag. I paid $299CDN for mine, however, I got quite a deal, and the normal price was $400-$450 CDN. Good EQ, kills, an great crossfader. However, it doesn't have a bunny or hamster switch, which'll hurt if you wanna do a little improv scratching, unless of course you set the tables on the opposite sides. The lack of ability to adjust the fader curve is also a slight knock. The monitoring on the headphones is pretty decent, but I seriously don't understand their 'pre fader listen' feature, I have no idea when it'd ever be useful. Also, when adjusting the EQ, it'd be nice that those adjustments were audible on the monitor output, cuz if you're mixing in a shitty club on a bad spot on the floor and are forced to mix with just the headphones it'd be a very bad idea.

The pcv-275 is the next gen of the exact same mixer. Basically the same features, and slightly diffferent placement of the knobs. Oh, the third channel doesn't have kills. But it can the the pre-post effects for your [if you have one] FX mixer. I was gonna get one of these, until I found out it's almost just an excuse to charge me more money for the same thing. Price tag at retail when I was out looknig was $700-$800 CND.

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