DJM 800 VS. Xone 62

[jonham]

Check the pioneer site frequently for refurbished items. For the past couple of weeks, they had a DJM 800 for $850. It has since sold out but will eventually come back in stock.

[epikeddie]

I agree....every club here in LA has some sort of Pioneer mixer in the booth - DJM800 (most common), DJM900 (also common), DJM2000 (only saw this at one club here in LA), and......I have not seen one A&H unit out here.....

Wow it's been almost over a year since I posted here!

Since then we've been playing out as our duo - illegalPARTY - at pretty much every venue from Los Angeles to San Francisco. I still rarely see the Allen & Heath mixers in the booth. Only place I can remember was Vessel SF, Sound LA (they have Xone 92, Xone DB4, and DJM900 NXS), Pattern Bar LA (they have an awesome Xone 92R), and Verboten NY. Pretty much where all the techno, tech house, and deep house acts are making their tour stops.

We still own a DJM800 but during our "search" to find ourselves as DJs and as House producers, we've really taken a liking to the Allen & Heath brand of mixers. So much so......that we splurged on a A&H Xone DB4! :thumb up:

An update to our setup (we bring our mixer to every show now since this mixer just found its way to us and now we can't live without it for our type of sets):

- A&H Xone DB4
- 2 x Traktor Kontrol X1 MK2 w/ stands
- Maschine MK2 routed to Mic / Line In running as a plug-in
- Ableton Live 9 Suite

With all of the effects on the mixer as well as Traktor's effects, I've had NO reason to even explore external effects units. So with all this.....

It's a pain in the butt to haul all of our gear.....but we really wouldn't want to go back to the busted house mixers with dodgy filters that cut in and out lol.