sound guys...

I've heard people ranting about how budget gemini mixers are the best

Its like what your dad says in relation to everything; "get the cheap one, its just as good as the one you pay £100 more for". Sometimes this is the case but when it comes to things like mixers/turntables I beg to differ

About 4 years ago I was djing at a "rave" in an old church hall using an £80 nummark mixer and a pair of Nummark 1600's pumped through quite possibly the worst speakers I have ever came accross. All you could hear were the beats and hi-hats (if thats what they arte called). When you brought a mix in it was like the ground cables had been ripped out, all you could hear was that horrible howling noise. I stayed on the decks untill I could get one of the other dj's on, grabbed my records and got out of there

All the time mate

Not naming names but bars that think broke berhinger mixers give out good sound quality on already ropey speakers set ups

Also hate pioneer 500 and 600 for not having amber lights so encouraging dj's to redline and think it makes no difference to the main rig.

Lack of monitors in venues is a killer

Seen some strange things in my time a guy running

2x 300 watt tops 4 ohms off a berry europower 2500 one perchannel and wondering why they blew everyother gig,

Doing the same with 2x 250 watt subs and getting the same results.

Someone swearing that soundlab were a good make of speakers over warfys the list is endless.

we have just bought four 1850's loaded with 18 void 1000's drivers

Using a matrix 3000 to power two of them and a berry 2500 bridged untill we can afford another matrix



So if your looking for any more bass pressure at gigs conway pm me.

Yeah 1850's don't really do that lol.

I have my tv connected to my 5.1 surround sound system with a red and white jack INSANE!

fiddla is sound

wouldnt class that formula sound mixer in the same boat as a citronic, despite its looks i bet sounds great. their mixers cost a forture and are built on shear sound quality alone.

i get ya

althought a refurbished one would be v v good. there the mixers that are recommended for any funktion 1 system.

There's one saying that sums up Decks, Mixers,Amps,Speakers etc etc


YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR



coming from someone who used to own a shop selling thease products for over 15 years

Unless you know which brands to buy second hand or build your own speakers.

could get a smack head so steal some then give him just enough for a few bags of scag, then youve got some top notch gear and so has he and you paid peanuts

alot of budget faders are the same 'ALPS' faders used in higher end mixers.

for example, the bottom line denon dnx100 (£149) mixer thing has the same faders as the pioneer djm 909 (£800)

that being said, ALPS are no match for p&g, infinium or pxf (eclectic breaks faders)

now vestax are being built in china, its wise to stay clear of them, the quality of their range has dropped loads in the last couple of years.

clubs/bars never spend any money on dj gear, its almost thought of as wasted money - they always tend to fix/replace something when you turn off the music during the busy period and people start to leave due to the lack of entertainment

try it, you look like a twat for 5 minutes, but you'll have new gear by morning