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advice need: Whats the best mixer I can get for $100 - 150 USD? (pg. 2)
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| Nabistai |
| quote: | Originally posted by Hitokiri ^_^x
I heard a lot of negative things about the vmx300's |
And what might that be? |
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| Tiger777 |
| I'm interested to hear that too... Negative things? The vmx300 is the best mixer in it's price scale! |
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| Hitokiri ^_^x |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nabistai
And what might that be? |
When i was reading through old threads about comparisons with decent-priced mixers it seemed that the harshest remarks were against behringer, or more specifically the vmx300's. It was always like "DO NOT BUY BEHRINGER IT SUCKS!", exactly like that, with all the capital letters and all. Numarks, stantons, vestexs, etc. on the other hand had negative remarks as well, but they weren't so bad, or to me it wasn't so bad. They would say things "vestax's crossfader is too stiff" or "after using xxxx mixer i would never go back to my old stanton". Minor remarks like these compared to the more harsher remarks against behringer just stuck to my mind and so i have this mentality that behringer isn't so great.
I don't know though, I never used any mixers except one so i guess i shouldn't say anything. Oh btw...doesn't vmx 300s have a beat matcher anyway? |
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| Tiger777 |
ya, it does have a beatmatcher, but i cover it off since it only destracts me... :haha:
Baaah, don't beleve them. It's the "only buy technics if you want to be a good dj" attitude. I mean, the behringer DJX700 is an EXACT copy of the pioneer DJM600... Only difference: The price. Any why? 'cuz behringer makes the parts in the country of destination itself. That saves alot of money on port costs and taxes. So, in fact, When you buy a pioneer djm600, alot of what you pay on it, goes to the governments of the countries the mixer passes... |
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| TwiloNYC |
| I thought the DJX700 is a copy of the DJM 500, but just silver like the 600... considering it doesn't have the sampler. I'm interested to see how it performs, considering how much cheaper it is to the Pios. |
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| DJ Tranz |
| quote: | Originally posted by TwiloNYC
I thought the DJX700 is a copy of the DJM 500, but just silver like the 600... considering it doesn't have the sampler. I'm interested to see how it performs, considering how much cheaper it is to the Pios. |
Well it's a copy of both, the pioneer djm 500 and 600. Actually the sampler on Pioneer djm600only hurts the sound quality of that mixer, and out of a few dozen people that I know that have djm600, none of them use the sampler.
IMO both djm500 and djm600 are POS. decade old 16bit technology that has no plans for change, when everyone is already using 24bit technology, even the entry level mixers such as Numark and Behringer.
2 Hitokiri>
Vestax mixers have gone down the drain, we even stopped selling their line of mixers, except for the last one that we are getting rid off, the pmc250 for only $399.95, and that's it for Vestax,Come to think about Vestax being so bad, we don't even carry their turntables anymore.
Other mixers to Consider:
Tascam XS3 2channel mixer
Tascam XS4 2channel mixer
Numark DM3001X 3channel mixer with eq kill switches. Cheers. |
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| Hitokiri ^_^x |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Tranz
2 Hitokiri>
Vestax mixers have gone down the drain, we even stopped selling their line of mixers, except for the last one that we are getting rid off, the pmc250 for only $399.95, and that's it for Vestax,Come to think about Vestax being so bad, we don't even carry their turntables anymore.
Other mixers to Consider:
Tascam XS3 2channel mixer
Tascam XS4 2channel mixer
Numark DM3001X 3channel mixer with eq kill switches. Cheers. |
Whoa. Vestax doing that< bad? Thanks a million for that tip dj tranz, I was on the verge of buying a vestax 175 too. I'll start scouting the numark's now. Wait...this might sound a bit noobish, but what is the difference between 2 channels and 3 channels?
p.s. After doing a bunch of price searchs, indeed, behringer looks like a damn fine mixer for under 150. But damn, the beat-counter just kills it. Is there a behringer like the vmx300 without the beat counter by any chance? |
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| Tiger777 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Hitokiri ^_^x
After doing a bunch of price searchs, indeed, behringer looks like a damn fine mixer for under 150. But damn, the beat-counter just kills it. Is there a behringer like the vmx300 without the beat counter by any chance? |
Heh, no, there isn't any... But, I cover the counters off with small pieces of paper => you only see a red light that doesn't distract you... |
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| El~ZaPo |
I'll recommend the VMX200, its a 2-channel version of the VMX300 but it is cheaper. Most likely you are not going to need 3 sound sources at the same time. If you have for example 2 turntables and a CD player you can still hook them all up to the VMX200, you just flip a switch to change which one you want to use.
And about the beat counters: I'll agree they aren't acurate and I don't use them. I was thinking that for a side project I might try opening up the mixer and do a little soldering so that instead of the counters reading the BPM, they would read to say ZAPO. :) |
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| twizta |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Tranz
Well it's a copy of both, the pioneer djm 500 and 600. Actually the sampler on Pioneer djm600only hurts the sound quality of that mixer, and out of a few dozen people that I know that have djm600, none of them use the sampler.
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wats so bad about vestax?
and wats a good mixer . range price 300 - 500
thinkin bout the denon 19 inch..but no kill switch..blah |
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| Hitokiri ^_^x |
| quote: | Originally posted by El~ZaPo
I was thinking that for a side project I might try opening up the mixer and do a little soldering so that instead of the counters reading the BPM, they would read to say ZAPO. :) |
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THAT my friend would be f*cken PIMP! |
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| Omegasox |
I don't get why everyone makes a big deal about the beat counters. Just don't look at them, how hard is that? :(
I've only had the VMX-300 for a few months and after a couple of weeks I was completely oblivious to them. |
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