Originally Posted by
djproben
I still love mine. Which features of it appeal to you? For me, the most important thing I love about it is filter mixing. The effects are cool but that's just not a big part of how I mix. The things I wish were different include the lack of input/output flexibility - there is no effects loop and there's only one set of RCA input jacks per input (so you can't connect an old Audio 8 soundcard easily for example) - and the lack of ongoing support.
When it first came out the company made a big deal of saying they wanted to continue supporting it with firmware updates that would upgrade its features and make it more interoperable with the associated product (the K2); they really dropped the ball on those promises and I don't expect any further firmware updates unless some huge bug emerges. They also got rid of the dedicated forum so they're basically not listening to feature requests. I hope they will at least keep up with MacOS updates if they need to (and they have so far but the last update was 2015). But frankly this is a problem with every single top shelf digital mixer I've seen. The companies want you to buy their newer products rather than keep supporting the older ones, so you're having the same problem if you've got an Ecler Evo4 or 5, a Denon DNX1600 or 700, or one of the non-Nexus Pioneers. Maybe the Rane rotaries or the DNX1800 aren't facing that yet but they're still too new to tell. The point is it's not a reason to say the Xone is outdated; it's still very good at doing the job it was designed for. Just don't expect any upcoming feature updates.