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NasserAlazzawi …was tempted for about 5 mins when it came out, glad I didn’t do it tho

    8 days later

    One of my old wharfedale speakers has finally blown so in the market for some Passive bookshelf speakers price between £2-300 or a decent used set.
    Any recommendations

      • Mmjh

        • Post #2943

        I have some Dali Spektor 2. They’re a bit quiet in the bass area, so would need a sub.

        What I’d really like is some active non-monitor speakers, so I can do away with the amplifier.

          Looking for some foxy wooden ones, slightly retro with black grilles.

          Any ideas where to shop?

          • Amps

            • Post #2945

            One day I will gift myself a pair of these, proper porno decor

            Dubman …used is always a bit of a risk with speakers. Not owned them, but the QAcoustics passive bookshelfs get amazing reviews, apparently sound amazing and the walnut ones look like much more expensive speakers than they are… in your budget too. I think Richer Sounds carry them if you have one anywhere near you.

            mjh …massively depends on your budget, but if you aren’t arsed about them being ‘studio’ speakers, I’d give the active KEFs a listen, and I’d be tempted to give the Klipsch ‘The Sevens/Nines’ a go, solid reviews and look amazing IMO

                  • Dubman

                    • Post #2947

                    Unbroken1
                    Thanks Damo.
                    I’ll have a look.

                      Dubman I can’t express enough my love for Bowers & Wilkins 685 speakers. I have several sets here. Should be within budget second hand, if you can find them locally. Excellent speaker. My PC speakers are actually their smaller brothers, the 686’s and they are excellent.

                        6 days later

                        303abuser …amazing bit of kit, probs overkill for DJ’ing use tho. Have the same issue with the Zen Delay, sounds incredible but really tricky to tame in a live setting.

                        The UA LEfx has ¼” TRS INSERT sockets, plus balanced inputs/outputs on XLR and external power, as well as BPM detection, should work (& sound) great with the Isonoe IMO

                            Unbroken1 Yeah fair enough, just another option to throw money down the pit lol. I still really want a zen delay too.

                              Since I mentioned money pits, I shouldn’t have watched this.

                              Unbroken1 Oooooft. That looks sweet. I like the automatic BPM detection too. That was one of the tricky parts I found with the H9 Max. Sounded great for sure. But was a complex beast, and could never get it dialled in just right.

                              Also looking forward to reviews.

                                10 days later

                                Got myself a second hand Denon sc live 4 this weekend. Things have moved a lot since my previous traktor days it would seem. Linked it to SoundCloud so far and impressed I have immediate access to my playlists etc but cue points on first beats are hit and miss and I have no idea what I’m doing….yet. It’s the perfect unit to just noodle on immediately and the built in speakers are surprisingly punchy. Does anyone use Denon engine DJ want to give me a few starters for ten?

                                One major thing I need to understand is how I can get back to first beat as hitting cue seems to mark a cue point wherever you are in the track which is not what I want to do at all.

                                  Millsy on Pioneer, if the track is paused and you hit cue, it marks your cue point there. It snaps back to that cue point if you hit cue whilst the track is playing

                                      Along_the_Wire on Pioneer, if the track is paused and you hit cue, it marks your cue point there. It snaps back to that cue point if you hit cue whilst the track is playing

                                      …yeah, try this. Cue manually with the platter then hit cue, see if it works then.

                                      Have you analysed all your tracks in Engine? The default cue point should be set there I imagine

                                          Unbroken1 I’ve only tried SoundCloud so far. Need to get an SSD, format it to exFAT and then sort my music collection out. I reckon engine will analyse those tracks with no problem, it’s probably a streaming service thing. I’m also hoping the metadata on the tracks from traktor will carry across but that might be wishful thinking. The thought of having to beatgrid stuff manually again with all my cue points etc gives me chills.