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Originally posted by DJ Kibon Yup, I bought the VMX200 mixer, and for the brief time I've had it so far, been very impressed. Very solid mixer for only $250, hard to go wrong.

Hi. I am wondering, coz i feel like getting either the Numark 3002 or the VMX300 ... .

you say that the VMX200 is pretty good? .. hmm .. how about the VMX300 ? ... any inputs? ... coz i will be getting a Pioneer CMX 3000 dual cd player... not sure what mixers go along .... my budget is limited .. so its either those 2 mixers.

No idea. The three models of headphones were just launched at the big tradeshow in the States, so may not even be shipping yet.

I should know more tomorrow about availability and price.

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Originally posted by raveanddie you say that the VMX200 is pretty good? .. hmm .. how about the VMX300 ? ... any inputs? ... coz i will be getting a Pioneer CMX 3000 dual cd player... not sure what mixers go along .... my budget is limited .. so its either those 2 mixers.

I have the VMX300, and it's very good for the price. What do you mean by inputs? If you mean phono/line, it's a 3 channel mixer - each channel has the option of switching from line to phono. You can physically have a line device and a phono device (turntables) hooked up to any one channel, both at the same time, then alternate between them via a switch (one per channel). Thus you can theoretically have 6 devices hooked up to your mixer.... 3 turntables and 3 cd decks (for example). Though they can't all be live at the same time.

Another thing is that the X-fader is hardwired to switch between channels 2 and 3. Thus the x-fader has no effect on channel 1.

Channel 1 has a mic switch too, so if you have a mic plugged in, you'll be operating it through channel 1. The great thing is that you can use EQ effects on your mic, as well as a "talk over" knob - the higher you have it turned up, the more the main signal will go down when you talk. I.e. if you have it all the way up, when you say something in the mic, the music will just die down entirely.

A huge plus for this mixer are the volume level meters for each channel, which helps out a ton on volume matching. There are also 2 levels for main out - one for Left channel, and the other for Right.

There are also kill switches, but only for channels 2 and 3. They're very good: -52 dB for low, -32 for mid, and -15 for high (can't remember the exact numbers).

Headphone queueing works in every way possible: split cue, stereo cue, and a knob adjusting volume between main/cue levels. Plus separate cue volume knob (duh). Very awesome. (Aside: for starting to DJ, this mixer is perfect because pretty much any cue method is available on it. Thus it's recommended that you practice ALL the different methods, so that when you spin out, you will be prepared for anything. I.e. not all mixers have this much cue flexibility at all)

Quality is good overall, though I've had mine for almost a year and already one of the volume faders is starting to feel a *tad* stiff. There's a ***tiny*** amount of bleeding in one of the channels as well, but nothing really noticeable.

For the price, I'd recommend this mixer, as an "entry level" mixer. I put "entry level" in quotations because though it's a "beginner" mixer in terms of price, it's certainly not in terms of features!

lol

isn't it wierd that almost all the new DJ headphones resemble the Sony MDR-V700???

wanna know that I mean? look at Stanton, Technics, Pioneer, and this new Behringer........

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Originally posted by HyPeRSoNiC lol isn't it wierd that almost all the new DJ headphones resemble the Sony MDR-V700??? wanna know that I mean? look at Stanton, Technics, Pioneer, and this new Behringer........

I guess its because it looks simple and nice, thats always good..

oh and the sehnisers(i can't spell) look different, alot different and by different i mean ugly, oops.

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Originally posted by DJ Arsalan I guess its because it looks simple and nice, thats always good.. oh and the sehnisers(i can't spell) look different, alot different and by different i mean ugly, oops.

yes, I agree with you on both comments

about the senheisers (spelling!?), I hate the fact that they're not closed headphones.... they don't cover up your ear, they just "sit on it"..... that is, in my opinion, ugly, not efficient (no isolation), and not comfortable......

then again, it depends on the person who wears the headphones.....

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you sure they'd be good at closing out the sound from the monitor speakers? i thought the holes on the side are for "open sound" but i may be wrong i'm just going off what i was told by someone else

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Originally posted by HyPeRSoNiC about the senheisers (spelling!?), I hate the fact that they're not closed headphones.... they don't cover up your ear, they just "sit on it"..... that is, in my opinion, ugly, not efficient (no isolation), and not comfortable......

Which Sennheiser's are you talking about? The open Senns are NOT designed to be DJ phones.

If you mean the HD-280, it's as closed as closed can get, and are 100% entirely circumaural.

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Originally posted by Dj Dizzy you sure they'd be good at closing out the sound from the monitor speakers? i thought the holes on the side are for "open sound" but i may be wrong i'm just going off what i was told by someone else

I don't think they are - if so, then why would they be advertising these phones for DJ usage?

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Originally posted by Alccode Which Sennheiser's are you talking about? The open Senns are NOT designed to be DJ phones. If you mean the HD-280, it's as closed as closed can get, and are 100% entirely circumaural.

well what do you know! I almost spelled it right! only forgot that double N.......
anyway, maybe I'm not talking about the HD-280...... I don't know much about Senn's models.... do you have a pic of the HD-280 headphones???

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