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Behringer DJ X700 Line noise
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| Spuds6s |
Hey all,
I can have no inputs going into this mixer and i hear alot of line noise going through my speakers. I plugged my speakers directly into one of my components and i hear no line noise whatsoever. Also, if the stupid beat counter is somehow activated, it makes lots more line noise. Anyone else have experience with this and if i send it back to behringer will they fix it or replace it?
thanks all
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| Ibiza Dreams |
| Well, my DJX700 has been acting up a bit too. When my volume fader on my channel 2 is at the max, the left speaker/headphone goes out. I didn't know what the was causing this until one day I put down the volume fader a tiny bit and the left speaker came back on, so everything was cool. The only suggestion I can give you which I have experience with is to give them a call. They have excellent customer support, at least from the one time I did call them and are very cool to talk to. Good luck! I guess we do get what we pay for, but it's still a great deal, when everything is working of course. |
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| dinoXpress |
| my friend has also had some gain/level issues and other messed up crap happen to his Beringher as well, i dont think i will ever buy one of their mixers.. the idea is great and the price is right, but i dont think they are worth the hassle, not worth the price reduction in the long run... |
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| H-Town |
What do you expect when you buy a cheap mixer?
Solution to your problems: Throw the mixer away and buy a Pioneer 600.
Better quality, no hissin, no cracks or whistles, and it will last forever. |
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| Spuds6s |
| aight, sounds good, send me 1000 extra bucks and ill buy it! |
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| Ibiza Dreams |
| quote: | Originally posted by H-Town
What do you expect when you buy a cheap mixer?
Solution to your problems: Throw the mixer away and buy a Pioneer 600.
Better quality, no hissin, no cracks or whistles, and it will last forever. |
Thanks for the advice Captain Obvious
Question: My 1993 Geo Metro has a flat tire
Answer : Take it to a junkyard and buy yourself a new Aston Martin Vanquish... problem solved. |
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| H-Town |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ibiza Dreams
Thanks for the advice Captain Obvious
Question: My 1993 Geo Metro has a flat tire
Answer : Take it to a junkyard and buy yourself a new Aston Martin Vanquish... problem solved. |
I could not of said it any better..... :D |
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| DJ Cubano |
| I went around trying to find some answers for you. To be honest I played on that mixer once at an afterhours and I really wanted to toss the damn thing! I know how fustrated you are, but in all honesty man you would be better off with a cheaper stanton or a vestax then that mixer. I've gotta go up to guitar center later and I'll try to ask them to see if they know anything. |
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| DjSway |
| I have one 2 and so far it's doing great! However, the beat counter light and the lights above the fader don't seem to work well. For $200 with 5 channels, I'll take what I've got.:D BTW how is your sound quality coming out of your mixer? |
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| H-Town |
| quote: | Originally posted by DjSway
I have one 2 and so far it's doing great! However, the beat counter light and the lights above the fader don't seem to work well. For $200 with 5 channels, I'll take what I've got.:D BTW how is your sound quality coming out of your mixer? |
I recon, if you use some high quality cables and not the ty ones that Guitar Center or Radio Shack seems to sell you, your sound should sound fine.
It also depends on what speakers you use, and how you have your amp setup on ohms. |
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| DjSway |
| Im more referring to the recording part, do I use the outputs for Master? Or booth? I have an Audigy 1 card and an M-audio 2416 card, which both sound like a 160kbp recording using Cool Edit 2000, even if I save it as a .wave file. |
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| DJ_Octane |
This was the respons given to me straight from Behringer. I had this problem shortly after I bought mine in October.
Hello David,
Thanks for writing! Sorry for the delayed response... Check out the following notes, and let me know what you think:
Noise can come from a number of places in an audio system. First solution, gain staging. Make sure you have correctly adjusted the in/out gains of each component in the system to maximize signal to noise ratio. EXAMPLE: You don't want to crank the output stage and have the input gain way too low. The result from this will be unwanted noise. Most units will have a "unity" setting for gain controls, which is the optimal setting for S/N ratio for that unit. Set your levels here, and when increased volume is needed, boost at the channel gain first. You usually want the channel stage to be boosted higher than the output stage for best clarity.
Second solution, cabling. You need to use good-quality cable (shielded if possible) that is of the correct impedance (low z or high z) for the application. When using unbalanced cables, you want to make sure that you keep your cable run as short as possible due to the fact that these cables send signal on the ground. This increases the noise (and decreases S/N ratio) the further the signal has to travel. For long cable runs 15' and longer, balanced cable is recommended. The shielding will keep unwanted interference (radio waves etc) from being induced into the signal path. This can also help cut unwanted noise.
Third solution, your electricity: When you are using multiple units with different ground connection paths, you can run into ground loops. There are ways to get through this, the simplest being the use of a direct box with a ground lift switch (Our DI100 retail $59) or ground lift plug. This will kill the loop and the interference (noise) between the two conflicting units. There can actually be ground loops inside the unit itself (this would be a defect and would require the services of a qualified technician).
If you can narrow down your noise source to one of the aforementioned problem areas, you can make your life a lot easier. Give this trouble-shooting method a try, and if none of these methods helps your problem, you may have a faulty unit. If this is the case, contact our Behringer USA Customer Support team for details on having your unit repaired.
Hope this helps guys. |
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