The only real thing that can bring me major dissappointment at a gig is turning up to find an Allen and Heath hardwired between the decks.

I appreciate they sound 'cleaner' (not neccessarily 'better' in my book) but there's far too many off putting things about them to get me to ever be interested.

Seems like much more of a house/trance mixer. It's not designed to get around quickly and be flicking knobs/faders all over the shop. They're WAY TOO BIG for what they do, too. I have small hands and don't need something designed for people with sausage fingers (or a beefburger sellotaped to their palm).

Also the filters are rubbish. If you pay so much for a mixer I'd at least expect a generic copy of the standard DJM fx, or maybe a built in KP2 or something.

And the tone pots don't 'spank' the way the DJM ones do if you throw 'em full open, they're much more reserved and 'processed' sounding. Nowhere near as savage as my (lack of?) style requires.

Anyways, there's my tuppence worth.....