Originally Posted by
davidgcooke
Hi There - I posted this on the avforum and was redirected here. For many years I have been running a home DJ setup with two Technics SL1200 MkII turntables and a CD/USB player together with an oldish Panasonic amp, Behringer mixer and JBL speakers. Everything was good. Then I decided in my aging wisdom it was time to upgrade both the mixer and speakers. I have the Behringer DJX900USB and a nice set of Q Acoustic 3050i floorstanding speakers. Now when I am setting up my new system with speakers and mixer I am seeing issues I did not have in my old system namely:
1. Have to turn mixer gain down all the way on all channels to avoid redlining. This is for the phono inputs only. Note I did try switching around to line inputs but obviously low sound as need the pre-amp.
2. New mixer doesn't have a mixer gain knob like the old one and it seems like I can barely get the VU to register on the mixer output now.
3. My amplifier is turned up way higher than my old setup to get the same volume (Assume related to 1 above).
So right now I am not sure if it is my amplifier, my speaker cables (still have old ones), my turntable needles (waiting for new ones) or something else. The impedance of the new speakers is a bit lower than the old ones but the amplifier has a low impedance button which I have engaged. Inputs welcome as would love to keep the new speakers and mixer and not revert to the old setup!
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