Quote Originally Posted by SlimboyPhatt View Post
So you are really telling me to get a DJM800 over an Allen & Heath Xone:92 ????

I really hope not. I can understand the suggestion of CDJ's, but Mark I thought you were a big advocate of the Xone 92.
i used to be. until 6 months after i actually bought one. the thing just falls apart, i'm forever having problems with the faders, crackles etc. the filter's stopped working after about a year. i actually sent the thing for repair at a qualified a+h place and ever since then, it's got progressively worse.

i remember when i first saw the a+e.. it was seriously great - the filter's are what made it for me - i nice smooth way of mixing. more and more clubs started to use them and i thought why not? but now, a few years on and less and less clubs use them and i don't see the point of keeping it anymore. the filter's on the djm800 are just as good and the fx section of the mixer is well worth it - especially cause if you learn that, you're gonna have it avaiable on the m600 and 500 (this will be 90% of clubs imo)... oh and i don't think i've seen a broken djm800 yet in a club...

another gripe about the a+h is the eq. you have to really know the bass cut off point for each style you're mixing (it tends to cut off too much in the mid range too at the lowest point), whereas with the pioneer, the bottom point is a good basis for most music...

so yeah, i'll stick by what i've learnt over the years - buy equipment that's widely available at most clubs. this way, you shine at more places, rather than at those that have what you've got...

either that or get there 6 hours before your set and get your own equipment ready - WEDDING DJ styley!!! LOL