going on scratch mixers..... but with some 'mix' mixer chucked in...... i'd love to have one of these bad boys:
or
http://www.djstore.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.pl?item=ranempath
an iccle bit more money, but it sounds the daddy........
know what ya mean about battle mixers though....... my old sk2f's taken a hammering, and still a pretty decent mixer, especially for the price, not that slick upfaders curve wise..... but that cross fader had a hammering...... the mixer got beat up taken everywhere........ and is still tip-top.... and i do hate hte way a DJM looks so cluttered, especially when it's dark as feck.......
if it was me....... i'd either get the mixer above...... or be the first person I know to get that Denon........ it looks soooooooooo sweet