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Vestax PCV 275
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| Jah |
hey! after mucho debate in a new mixer it hink i will purchase a vestax pcv 275 i really like the djm 600 but i played around with it and besides the effects dunno theres something unsettling about it and its over double the price! anyway vestax seems the go i was wondering if any of you guys a. could tell me a little about this decision :P is it a right one? i really see no other mixer in its class at that 1000 dollar price range... (aus) and b. for thos eof you that have one some reviews on it? btw are there differant models? the one i see on pictures in the net seems to be silver but the one i saw at my local shop is gold!?
anyway cheers!
oh also is it likely any new mixers coming out now will be better/drop the price down? is it just me or the mixer world
doesnt seem to have THAT many new models annually...?
spose thats a good thing
jehan |
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| DJ Darchinova |
uhh.. are you talking about the 175? Because that costs around $1k and the 275 is around $1500...
Out of the DJM-500 ($1500) and the 275 i would definately choose the djm-500.. the effects are just the icing on the cake and the feature list is a lot larger. The cueing on the Vestax is also quite crap.. :(
I've also seen Sanity sell the older version of the 275 (PMC-270A) for i think $1100 and probably cheaper at like the DJ fatcory.
BTW, in the 175 you cant hear eq. changes so watch out..! :D |
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| JohnSmith |
Well, first off, there are a bunch of threads about this mixer in this forum, it's a very popular topic. I have one myself and i love it. I was choosing between this and the DJM500 too, but in the end i decided on this one. it was about 1/3 the price.
it sounds just as good, some people say better. it is 3 channel, not 4 like the DJM, but it takes 3 decks, and that is all you need. it also takes 6 line sources.
i don't know why darchinova said the cueing is crap.. just like any other mixer, you turn on a channel for cueing, or you turn it off. you can cue them all, or just one, or whatever you want.
there is also split cueing, a button you can press. then you hear what the crwod hears in one side of your cans, and the cued track in the other. this is useful if it's too loud and bassy in the place where you are.
the only thing that the vestax PCV 275 doesn't have is individual led meters for each channel. it's kinda annoying at first, but what it DOES have, is a separate one for cueing. so, you see the master one one set of stereo LEDs, and you see whatever track you are cueing on the CUE leds. it works out nicely i have had no problems.
things to know:
it's a bit small, if you have fat fingers, you might not fit them betweeen the EQ knobs easy
unlike some vestax you can hear EQ changes in the cans.
It comes in gold. I think the pic on the vestax site is just because they used a flash or something. i have never seen it looking like that anyway. |
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| DJ Chrono |
the 275 is a good decision, you wont be disappointed. The first thing I said when I took mine out of the bow was "...it's gold!!" I assume they are all like that, but it really surprised me.
I have one problem with it., and it may be my fault for using bad connecting wires (mini with 1/4" addapters, non gold), but the s/n ratio is pretty poor. it's about -40 db when there is no signal, and the specs say it has -80 or 90 or something.
I am assuming its my wires, proper professional 1/4's cost like $100 for a pair, so I'm just dealing with it.
I got mine of of ebay for $400 US including shipping, new, and it's in perfect condition. you could check on there |
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| Veldrid |
| I am damn pleased with my 275. It cost me $389 from Hollywood DJ. |
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| dj_inferno |
| I have seen the 275 in gold and in silver... |
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| JohnSmith |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Chrono
the 275 is a good decision, you wont be disappointed. The first thing I said when I took mine out of the bow was "...it's gold!!" I assume they are all like that, but it really surprised me.
I have one problem with it., and it may be my fault for using bad connecting wires (mini with 1/4" addapters, non gold), but the s/n ratio is pretty poor. it's about -40 db when there is no signal, and the specs say it has -80 or 90 or something.
I am assuming its my wires, proper professional 1/4's cost like $100 for a pair, so I'm just dealing with it.
I got mine of of ebay for $400 US including shipping, new, and it's in perfect condition. you could check on there |
yeah, get better wires. you don't need super high quality professional ones. I got these from a store for like $30
http://www.araccessories.com/perfor...audio/ap031.asp
The sound quality difference is definitely noticeable from the ty 25 foot long unshieilded RCAs i was using before.
I also use a 10 foot gold plated 1/4" jack to go to the monitors.
speaking of which, that is one more thing that annoys me about the Vestax PCV275. it has no monitor, booth, or record out. all it has is two masters, one RCA and one 1/4inch.
it's manageable, but it would be nice if you had the other outs too, especially a record one.
I got mine for $300 used from a trance addict. it was barely used though, and it works great. |
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| DJ Darchinova |
| quote: | Originally posted by JohnSmith
i don't know why darchinova said the cueing is crap.. just like any other mixer, you turn on a channel for cueing, or you turn it off. you can cue them all, or just one, or whatever you want.
there is also split cueing, a button you can press. then you hear what the crwod hears in one side of your cans, and the cued track in the other. this is useful if it's too loud and bassy in the place where you are. |
Oops... i was refering to the 600 where the 600 has the cueing pan of either cued track and track playing - so you can control the volume of the headphones of the track. This is very useful because when the track playing and the track cued are heard the in the headphones, the track playing is always louder due to the additional sound from the outside noise. And from this the 600 can change volumes.. this is quite useful for DJ's who mix in their headphones or want to have even hearing in there ears after a party (one sided monitoring).
Other than this and the 600's effects, the 275 is quite a quality mixer. The 275 is definately money wise compared to the 600 and when you actually mix on this mixer you have a feel of a 'professional' due to those beautiful metals knobs.
Since the 275 and the 500 are the same price in Australia, its a matter of if you want effects and an extra channel (500) or if you want quality and a great x-fader(275). |
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| JohnSmith |
yeah, i guess cue panning would be nice.. i've never found much use for it myself. on most mixers it's just the full volume of the track that you hear, line faders and cross faders are not counted.
but the gains ARE. so if you need to crank up one song a bit, you can crank up the gain. then, you just have to remember to crank it back down before you mix over though, because it will be louder.
I never really considered the idea that the live track will be louder, because it's also coming out the monitors. it makes sense i guess... but, i usually mix with both headphones on to get a perfect mix. I kinda ignore whats on the speakers and just focus on whats in my cans. i don't know, maybe other people can't do that, but it works for me. maybe my headphones just have better isolation? I'm not sure. i am getting some sennheiser HD280s next though, those have massive isolation, -32DB
as for prices.. i still think i got a kick ass deal on my 275, for $300 american. i can't belive that the 275 and the DJM500 are the same price in australia! that's insane! over here the 500 is TRIPLE the price of the 275. |
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