Just seeking opinions as my DJM-600 is really starting to show its age. The Xone 43 or 43-C seem capable enough but I haven’t used an A&H since the mid-00’s, so my experience with newer stuff is basically null.
Are the new(ish) A&H mixers worth it?
Have only got the 2 channel zone:23C mixer. I can’t fault the build quality whatsoever however their is a few things I’m not to keen on. The sound level meters aren’t that great. Sound wise it’s not that much better than my very old Numark DM 2002X.
Xone 43C is delightful according to my friends.
https://www.digitaldjtips.com/reviews/allen-heath-xone43c/
For analogue/vinyl mixing, you are restricted to only one filter. Which is absolutely fine for a lot of DJs - just to be aware of.
Yeah, got two friends with the 43c, both very happy with it. Should be a huge upgrade from DJM600 anyway.
A new version of the DB4 seems overdue. I’m waiting on that.
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It’s been three years since Xone 96. I would expect something new soon from A&H.
DB4 is dead when it comes to updates, A&H have said it won’t be made Sur compatible. Downside of getting a digital mixer.
Of course it will still work just fine if used with CDJs or vinyl-decks.
DB4 seems to win the hearts of a passionate niche. The rental houses in North East who had them always said nobody ever seemed to ask for them so they ended up selling their own DB4 stock in the end. But those who love them absolutely adore them.
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Best mixer I’ve ever played on is the DJM-V10. Wholly unnecessary for how I mix and how most mix, but the build qualty and features are absolutely superb. The DAC / Pre Amps for vinyl actually make it sound very close to Analogue and very comparable, if only slightly different, to Allen and Heath range.
Geoff, I’d also suggest paying a few hundred extra and getting the PX5 instead. I’ve had it for 4,5 half years, and still very much in love with it. The EFX on it is superb. Worth the extra on that alone.
Homegrove That is a good shout.
…check out the Mastersounds if you haven’t already, since they changed manufacturer, they are the best bang-for-buck in terms of sound quality IMO (they do linear-fader versions if rotary isn’t your thing)
…yeah, that’s a pain in the backside. I’m tempted by the little 2-channel Radius too, such a cool design, and that HPF filter is the best around, comparable to mixing on the V6 for me, can’t believe they aren’t more popular.
The Radius models only have a master isolator whereas the Valves have individual channel isolators.
I cant get my head round.
My Fisher Price has channel isolators, what’s the difference with having just a master isolator.
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That four valve looks canny naughty.
I’d love the rotary version of the valve, but it’s too expensive for me, even the 2 channel-version.
Ok.
But a single master isolator sounds, to a moron like me, pointless compared to 1 per channel.
Hope that makes sense??
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I’d happily kick the wife out and move one in.
Mad_Cyril …yeah, the master ISO isn’t really for mixing per-se, more for messing with track frequencies over a big system… you’ll see the likes of Claussell, Krivit etc. wanking themselves daft with them, which personally I think sounds shit, but horses for courses, used more sparingly they can be quite effective.
The HPF on the Radius is basically a super-smooth subtractive filter… removes the frequencies from low>high as you turn it up…. it’s really all you need for mixing house/techno and is why lots of folks with Xone 92/96’s and Rane MP2015’s scarcely touch the EQ.
NasserAlazzawi …the valve will sound incredible, but I wish they’d just do a valve Radius, you really don’t need EQ’s/Xfader on a mixer of that type (but then I guess they’d have effectively re-made the A&H V6, which they might be reluctant to do).