I shelled out on a Xone 62 last July and must say that it's £800 well spent. As Marc points out, if you are serious about spinning out at clubs, it's more than likely they're going to have either one of these (or it's bigger bro the 464) or the Pioneer 600 installed. There's nothing worse than playing at a club and facing a mixer you know absolutely nothing about.
Apart from being built like a proverbial bricksh*t house, the Xone 62 sounds lovely, has 3 filters for each channel and also has the benefit of having a P & G crossfader. It's good enough to use for production as well. I'd heartily recommend splashing out the cash on one if you can afford it. I will add also that their customer service is 2nd to none. Being UK based does help for us Brits, but I had an unidentified problem with it and it was returned ready to use within 5 days. (I also got a £10000 mixing desk mistakenly a day later but that's another story) ;) www.allen-heath.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Langsman, Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Brendan Nelson' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 10:59 AM Subject: RE: (313) mixer advice > > erm becuase crappy mixers dont stand up to any sort of turntablism abuse - > from the online mixers of yours Ive heard you seem to stick to more of the > blendin thang than the scratching thang which is maybe why your gemini has > lasted well. I bought a kam when I first got decks and it lasted great till > I started scratching and then the xfader popped its clogs in about 5mins :( > I then went to the large 19" 4 channel vestax (pmc15?) which lasted about > 5mins too - in fact even the technics seems to give up pretty easily. I'd > bve interested to see how the new vestax PCV's compare though as they seem > pretty reasonably priced. > > most venues worth there salt tend to have decent installation mixers > nowadays anyway - the last 3 places Ive played have had A+H and most others > seem to opt for the big pioneers / vestax / or formulaSound installations. > Tho I guess you dont wanna get hooked up using proprietry features that > you're not gonna get when u play out (I used to have this prob with hamster > switch) > > Marc..out > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brendan Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 04 December 2002 10:45 > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: (313) mixer advice > > > > > > As a Scotsman I'm not genetically inclined to go and spend > > over £300 on > > a mixer, especially when it wouldn't enhance my actual club > > performances > > one bit (unless I was willing to bring the mixer along every time I > > played out, which I'm not!) and the last mixer I bought, a > > crappy Gemini > > one, actually lasted for about three years. So in a nutshell, > > why would > > I want to buy a Vestax PCV275 rather than the slightly cheaper PCV175? > > > > (I'm buying a new mixer myself, hopefully this weekend...) > > > > Brendan > > > > | -----Original Message----- > > | From: Langsman, Marc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > | Sent: 04 December 2002 10:03 > > | To: 'Matthew MacQueen'; [email protected] > > | Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; joe ruster; Mark S. Krüx > > | Subject: RE: (313) mixer advice > > | > > | > > | > > | > Yep. They updated the fader technology and it's basically the > > | > same thing now but called PCV-275. > > | > <http://www.vestax.com/products/pcv275.htm> > > | > > | have they sorted out the faders then as the bottom of the > > | range vestax used > > | to have appauling faders ... whats 'PCV' when its at home ? > > | Are they nylon > > | now or something ? > > | > > | The best thing about my mixstick (pmc-06proA) is that the VCA > > | fader has been > > | battered solidly (especially during those ghettotech > > | sessions!) for nearly > > | 3yrs and hasnt needed replacing/cleaning once > > | > > | peace, > > | Marc > > | > > | -------------------------------------------------------------- > > | ---------------- > > | This message is intended only for the personal and > > | confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. > > | If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are > > | hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution > > | or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. 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