I read all the information about this two mixers (including the topics in this great forum) and i just cant decide.
The intended use is vinyl mixing (no timecode).
This are the things i like about the 23:
- filter/cue bottons placement, seems more comfy (and the actual presence of the cue botton in each channel btw, in the 22 is just a knob for both of them)
- line/phono knobs instead of bottons
- resonance knob
- mic imput and knobs on top
- the placement of the fx loop on/off botton, which i think i'm gonna use, but not a 100% sure
- the possibility of purchasing it new
- its black (as my turntables)
- on/off botton
Things i like about the 22:
- cheaper (but only available used)
- longer faders (can someone confirm this? I speak for what I saw on photos)
- general construction quality seems to be better (once again, speaking only by the photos I saw)
- no fucking wings
- did i said cheaper?
- did i said no wings?
The fx loop on/off botton on the 22 is way to close to the master gain knob and it's a botton I tend to press very quickly and may be violently
I don't like the overall look of neither of the two, the 23 at least is black and has all the controls on top but the 22 has no wings. Audio-quality-wise I cant tell because i couldnt test them and also i cant figure out if in the future the x2 series (22, 42, 92) is going to be "hyped" or is going to be seen as the old/worse version (this matter because of the resale possibilities and i know is an entry level-cheap mixer but i want to take all matters in consideration). I forgot to mention that the overall quality construction seems to be better on 22, specially im worried about the "sides" of the mixer or "the walls" so to speak that seems to be very thin on the 23.
If someone tested both of them and can tell me if there is any good reason not to buy the 23 or viceversa i would be very glad! Sorry if there are mistakes, english is my second language.
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