I picked up a new DX for a mate a few weeks ago for around $599 which was a total steal IMHO, it is for all intensive purposes a 4ch Allen and Heath mixer with a midi controller bolted on.
The buttons were the hard silver plastic variety (I would have preferred rubber TBH) ...its got a 10x10 sound card, so you could use it with various DVS systems, deckadance / torq / Mixxx / Mixvibes
The pitch control per deck is a rotary encoder, personally I prefer a fader, but on a controller I would just hit sync normally anyhow.
Itch is a super piece of software and integration is really tight but I actually think that Traktor layout favors the DX better than Itch, If it were me I'd remap the pitch to key.
There are pro's and cons to each .. the build and soundcard certainly favors the DX, but if you like jogs the S2..... hell. how many 10x10 sound cards can you pick up for $600, never mind an A&H one.
The original 1299 price tag most certainly put most people off buying one in the first place, there's no way A&H were going to compete in the Sub 1k all-in-one controller market, much the same as BMW don't compete with Suzuki in the compact car market - you'll notice the ones being sold @ $599 are all marked as "refurb" I have my doubts, probably they just don't want to be seen to sell at a low price as they end-of-life the DX.
For the current price of a DX is ALOT of bang for buck in the Audio Dept but it completely depends on your workflow and requirements.
If it were me, I'd consider the DX as my "master controller" and possibly add on a 2 of the behringer PL1's or maybe even Denon's if I needed touch jog functionality in the future.
There is "something" about A&H ... but the S2 is a solid lil controller and does come with a full version of Traktor, if you didn't need the ins/outs might be ideal.
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