I do NOT want to start a Traktor vs. Serato war. I hereby give the mods an eplicit request to delete any such posts and close this thread if it goes too far.
I'll also try to stave that off by saying that I own both brands (TP2, X1s, a DDJ-SX, and an SL1)...I've owned them more than once each and for quite a long time. There are aspects of using each that I prefer over the other. I honestly don't think I have a real preference overall for one or the other except to say that I slightly prefer Traktor without platters and Serato for DVS.
The prices just don't make sense to me.
TA6 - $300 for 3 decks
TA10-$500 for 4 decks + a loop + midi IO
SL2 - $500 for 2 decks
SL3 - $700 for 3 decks
SL4 - $900 for 4 decks + a loop
Why is the most expensive thing NI makes the same price as the cheapest thing Rane makes? I'm not really concerned with used prices....I'll still decide what's best for me based on what I want to do and what I want to spend. I'm just curious about WHY the new units are priced like that.
Does anyone know?
The only thing I can think of is claims of better DACs in the Rane units, but with the popularity of Pioneer mixers....I feel like....if they really cared about sound quality, they'd have digital outputs to avoid a pair of conversions. Or maybe claims that SDJ is enough lighter-weight than TSP that it can try to claim to be more stable or something....?
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