Rocky L
04-05-2012, 09:27 AM
Hello fellow forum members,
I haven't had much time last year (beside the occassional school partys) to spin some music in the public, now my exams are getting close and so is the final year of my high school, I wish to invest in some better equipment.
I currently own this: American Audio Q-D6 DJ mixer together with 2 American Audio Flex 100 MP3 CD Players. It was a pretty nice set a year ago, €450 all with flightcase and stuff. But I feel I've outgrown that system by now, and mixing became boring for me (mainly because of the lack of functions), it had some effects on the CD Players themself. But I don't like that, and you had no good control over the fx.
I'm playing mostly Electro (Dutch) House and lately some Dubstep and Moombahton.
I got a pretty good income for a schoolkid, let's say €500+ every 4 weeks, so actually money isn't that much a problem.
I can still resale the full other set for around 300 euros as it is in pretty perfect condition, and market price is still 450.
I was looking for some Pioneer gear, and saw the 350 Series. I once played on some CDJ2000&DJM800 at a club, and I really felt I missed experience on those.
I couldn't use the mixer at all, besides the basic stuff, since I had no effects on my mixer at home. Neither could I get used to the jogs and sensitivity of the 2000's, because the American Audio jog is really loose, and the buttons are soft, which means it triggers later then CDJ's would.
So I felt like upgrading towards the DJM350 mixer for now and use them with the American Audio CD Players (this probably looks like shit, but it's just for home use for now, and creating podcasts, cause that is one of my ideas for this summer), and after my exams buy myself 2 CDJ350's. Do you guys think this is worth it? Can I go for another 1-2 years on that system?
Thanks for the advice already!
Rocky L
I haven't had much time last year (beside the occassional school partys) to spin some music in the public, now my exams are getting close and so is the final year of my high school, I wish to invest in some better equipment.
I currently own this: American Audio Q-D6 DJ mixer together with 2 American Audio Flex 100 MP3 CD Players. It was a pretty nice set a year ago, €450 all with flightcase and stuff. But I feel I've outgrown that system by now, and mixing became boring for me (mainly because of the lack of functions), it had some effects on the CD Players themself. But I don't like that, and you had no good control over the fx.
I'm playing mostly Electro (Dutch) House and lately some Dubstep and Moombahton.
I got a pretty good income for a schoolkid, let's say €500+ every 4 weeks, so actually money isn't that much a problem.
I can still resale the full other set for around 300 euros as it is in pretty perfect condition, and market price is still 450.
I was looking for some Pioneer gear, and saw the 350 Series. I once played on some CDJ2000&DJM800 at a club, and I really felt I missed experience on those.
I couldn't use the mixer at all, besides the basic stuff, since I had no effects on my mixer at home. Neither could I get used to the jogs and sensitivity of the 2000's, because the American Audio jog is really loose, and the buttons are soft, which means it triggers later then CDJ's would.
So I felt like upgrading towards the DJM350 mixer for now and use them with the American Audio CD Players (this probably looks like shit, but it's just for home use for now, and creating podcasts, cause that is one of my ideas for this summer), and after my exams buy myself 2 CDJ350's. Do you guys think this is worth it? Can I go for another 1-2 years on that system?
Thanks for the advice already!
Rocky L