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Xone 32, 42 or DJM 700 (pg. 2)
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| Ryan0751 |
It's still a BIZARRE design choice.
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
This doesn't surprise me in the least, as you nix with your eyes, not your ears.
Probably much to the entry level DJ's benefit, to be honest. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ryan0751
It's still a BIZARRE design choice. |
Bizarre or not, you learn to mix with your ears instead of your eyes and you're going to be a better DJ. |
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| Ryan0751 |
LOL, I wasn't debating that... just A+H's design choice.
This past weekend I'd played out on a rotary with:
1. No eq's
2. No gains
3. No meters
And it came out pretty good :)
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Bizarre or not, you learn to mix with your ears instead of your eyes and you're going to be a better DJ. |
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| Rememberence_ |
| I have a Xone:32 and I never understood why people see the location of the gains as a downfall of the design. It seems that anyone who has actually used a Xone:32 will tell you they don't give a rats ass. I personally like that they are out of the way, rather than taking up real estate on the faceplate. |
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| Ryan0751 |
What if you wanted to flush mount the mixer?
It might be easy to work around, but it's still odd. I've never seen it on another mixer. I don't even like controls on the front of mixers.
A+H tends to do odd things sometimes. Like the headphone jack IN THE MIDDLE of the Xone S2. Forces you to use the second one underneath the mixer, or wrap your headphone cable around the headphone cable hook they put on the thing. It's weird.
| quote: | Originally posted by Rememberence_
I have a Xone:32 and I never understood why people see the location of the gains as a downfall of the design. It seems that anyone who has actually used a Xone:32 will tell you they don't give a rats ass. I personally like that they are out of the way, rather than taking up real estate on the faceplate. |
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| TranceOwnsLol |
So I guess there really is no comparison with the Xone 42/32 to the DJM 400/700.
BTW, with CDJs, what's the advantage between 400s and 200s from your experience besides that the 400 lets you connect to external hard drives and that it has a USB port. |
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| Ryan0751 |
The platter on the 400 supports vinyl emulation and feels about 100 times better than on the 200.
| quote: | Originally posted by TranceOwnsLol
So I guess there really is no comparison with the Xone 42/32 to the DJM 400/700.
BTW, with CDJs, what's the advantage between 400s and 200s from your experience besides that the 400 lets you connect to external hard drives and that it has a USB port. |
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| djdk |
| I have a 42 and I cant recommend it enough, quality mixer all round really |
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| Sadface |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis
I like my 32 for its size, excellent sound quality, solid EQ/faders/filter and it's built tough.
It's def an entry level mixer but probably one of the best ones around in that respect.
The gains on the back are no big deal, you get used to it real quick and it actually feels more natural not looking at the position of the knob. |
This.
I'm quite happy with mine, and unless you're trying to mount it crazily the gains in the back are fine. I actually really like them there.
Although given the choice I'd go for the 42, but that costs way more. |
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| TranceOwnsLol |
I just asked about the prices of the mixers and the CDJs and here's what I got:
Xone 32 - 660€
Xone 62 - 950€
the Pioneer CDJ 400 is 430€ each.
Are these okay prices? |
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| alefort |
| quote: | Originally posted by TranceOwnsLol
I just asked about the prices of the mixers and the CDJs and here's what I got:
Xone 32 - 660€
Xone 62 - 950€
the Pioneer CDJ 400 is 430€ each.
Are these okay prices? |
Am I ever glad to be in North America. I can get the Xone 62 for 800 CAD, quite the steal compared to the price you've listed in Euros. |
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