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Posted by PaULiN0 on Jun-03-2014 16:50:

Xone 42 or DJM-850?

Getting a new mixer pretty soon and I'm leaning on the xone. Has anyone tried both, which do you prefer more?

Posted by PaULiN0 on Jun-03-2014 21:43:

Yeah true.

Posted by DJ RANN on Jun-03-2014 22:19:

Xone 42 in a heartbeat.

I do like the layout of pioneer mixers, but they sound like crap, the FX are nothing but toys that get old real fast and the build quality is abhorrent.

A&H also got the layout design right of the 42. It's a joy to use and those filters sound so damn good. It's also got a 3 band EQ which was the last critical negative of the A&H naysayers (I never had a problem with 4 bands though).

Great mixer. Nearly as good as mine

Posted by PaULiN0 on Jun-03-2014 22:22:

I owe ebay almost a grand and I do love quality, and the mixer looks pretty badass in black. I could get one for 725$ rather than paying 1400 for a 850. I'm selling my Ecler Hak360 which was fun but limited. I'm in the market now cuz my ableton license expiry things isn't working.
I could sure use some good filters.

Posted by DJ RANN on Jun-04-2014 00:47:

$1400 for an 850. Is that the going rate? the 42 is worth two of them and half the money. Nice choice!

Posted by miamitranceman on Jun-04-2014 03:57:

Get an Ecler Evo 5.

Posted by djdk on Jun-10-2014 08:50:

42

I love mine, tis a joy to use

Posted by Guest on Jun-10-2014 13:22:

42 any day, 24/7.

Posted by PaULiN0 on Jun-11-2014 00:26:

I can't wait to play with it. It comes this thursday.

Posted by PaULiN0 on Jun-12-2014 22:51:

Its here guys holy shit I made the right decision. Tightest and most comfortable mixer i ever used. The channel faders are nice and long. The cue section is so versatile that i always find a sweet spot when mixing with headphones. I could never do this with other crap like pioneer for example. My only complaint is that I have to route from record out to USB RCA IN into the xone instead of having just usb cable to record, but thats no biggie. This baby is for keeps

Posted by PaULiN0 on Jun-12-2014 23:08:

Yeah i'll post more feedback later on. I know i'm no mixer genius but I thought the mixer would sound soft because its digital but i was wrong it sounds just as good as the rest of the line up. I know this because i had the 32 and sold it (forgot why, maybe cuz of the gains in the back)

Posted by PaULiN0 on Jun-13-2014 00:10:

Posted by Nemesis44 on Jun-13-2014 00:43:

Can't go wrong with A&H. I still have a Xone 464 which is huge and pretty useless by modern standards but it still sounds amazing.

EQ response is miles better than on a Pioneer. I still work on Pioneers when I play clubs, but the skills are so transferable as they have pretty much the same layout so having a touch of luxury at home is always nice.

My A&H is nearly 15 years old.

Cheers
Nem

Posted by Adam420 on Jun-16-2014 15:35:

The 42 is an analog mixer

Posted by PaULiN0 on Jun-17-2014 00:11:

Yep my mistake, its analog mixer with built in sound card.

Posted by Adam420 on Jun-17-2014 17:03:

Never really got the sound car part though. I never use that feature, don't even really know what it's for, lol.

Posted by Adam420 on Jun-17-2014 18:17:

Yea but it's only for one channel

Posted by Adam420 on Jun-18-2014 03:45:

Haha yea I was jamming with a friend the other day and he has an older DJM 600 and the master volume is a fader rather that a knob

Posted by DJ RANN on Jun-18-2014 20:27:

I remember back in 1997, my mate who had more money than sense, sent me on a mission to get him a DJM 500 which hadn't been released yet.

I somehow found one through a DJ store in central london that had got their hands on one from Japan, 6 months early, and mate paid a disgusting sum for it.

Quite possibly the only one in consumer hands at that time.

I'll admit it was fun to play on and the payout was good, but that was where my hatred for Pioneer mixers began.

The sound quality was less than my Vestax PCV 275 which was 1000 pounds less.

Worst of all, after three months of careful use (still before they were released), the headphone pot started to go. Then the master fader started going.

By two years in, the thing was virtually unusable.

Now maybe it was a pre production model and that's why is disintegrated so badly, but then when I was selling DJ equipment, it really didn't get much better. At least pioneer weren't to shitty about returns.

But the main reason I got my PMC 55 is the layout; so fucking good and the quality is incredible.