I think the guys very talented - frankly he can play how he likes - esp as he's probably playing a lot of his own productions anyway, in which case the lines between a dj set and a live PA are blurred.

However when I see Rithie Hawtin mixing on four decks with no headphones on just playing a bassline here and a beat there and f*cking about with effects (badly imo) it does make you wonder....but perhaps thats just Ritchies problem. :)

I've moved to Traktor scratch and there's no way I would go back, I use it in vinyl emulation mode so I'm still mixing live. The effects are good and also it's much cheaper as I'm only forking out for one track for £1.50 instead of 6 or 7 quid for maybe only one track I want. Also there's no problem with getting parcels delivered - just so much easier. I can spend ten or 15 quid and feel like I've got half a new record box.

@Igneous - I use a Dell laptop and once you tweak it (switch the wireless card off and play about with the latency) it works fine.

has anybody heard the rumours that Technics are stopping manufacturing of 1200's/1210's soon?