Buying stuff when you have absolutely no need of it
Lets share some stories about…
when you bought stuff you really didn’t need for your setup
OR
You want stuff right now that you really don’t need
Heres mine…
I’ve found a deal to buy a Xone DB4 for less than the price of a Pioneer DJM 900. I currently have a Xone:22. It would be a huge upgrade but… I don’t need it!
Yet I so want 
When I get that feeling, I buy tunes.
I wanted to get my feet wet into dj/production so i bought a midi keyboard and a dj controller.
I wanted to do finger drumming but i bought a traktor f1 instead of a midi fighter. so now i have a barely used f1 and midi keyboard,
i sold my dj controller to get a TT, mixer and a6. (I find that I like this set up more and music soothes me after a hard day at work)
I continually look on craigslist and ebay for “bargain” turntables, then research the hell out of them, only to finally come to the conclusion that I don’t need to drop the ching on tables at this point. But I really freakin want some!
I also went to guitar center the other day for a 25 key MIDI controller. I’ve got a 49 key for production, but it’s big and it’s a bit of a pain to use on my couch while watching TV. Fortunately, the controller I was looking at on guitar center’s website (said $99) was priced at $199 at the actual store which was what I needed to not be lazy and just move my 49 key around for now.
Gold plated iPhone
Yup.
Its called RGAS,
Theres no cure
There is a cure - spending an absolute FORTUNE, in the hope that better gear = a better DJ.
Once you learn the lesson that the shiny new gear doesn’t make you a better DJ, AND you’re surviving off rice and noodles for 2 months, the RGAS SLOWLY starts to subside…
For some…
I bought a set of Roland V-Drums back in 98 for over $8k never played drums before and did absolutely not need them as I was programing all my drums at that time (I’ve since become an ok drummer). Also bought a Ensoniq Paris HD recorder was about $5k I needed that one but still.
I’ve done some impulse buying with DJ gear and lights too. But happy to say I’m almost cured until next must have thing comes around.
Lucky the Beheringer controllers did not come out within a month after they were announced I would have bought them all even if I don’t need them, now I know I don’t need them and the lust has settled 
I bought an RMX1000 cos i seen Jordan Suckley use one once.
I was Cured of RGAS… True Story.
I thought about what i wanted in terms of a controller and what would be the next features possibly added to the software and decided on the APC80.
Got TT’s and Mixer with Innofader…so its the best of both worlds. Old School and Controller with colour buttons and lots of faders.
Learned how to map my functions and …
CURED!
I recently jsut upgraded my S2 and Maschine Mikro to the S4 MKII and Maschine MKII…I dont feel that guilty anymore but the Maschine Studio is coming out next month and I cant stop thinking about it lol…After seeing what NI did with the Screens I would be surpised if an S6 came out in a year!
…also found this pretty funny article on music radar about G.A.S.
http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/7-stages-of-gear-acquisition-syndrome-585947/8#!4
Im cured,
as long as i stay away from DJM2000’s and the upgrade to the RMX stays just a thought in pioneers head
but i could do with a nice rane 62 and some custom 1210s 
..and a bigger producing monitor
..and maybe a custom desk
..that new CV colour looks nice
..and maybe some RAM
..gold plated headshells you say?
You might be able to pick up a pair on this very site… 
PM me.
Yeaaaaah… I’ve been toying with that idea too… 
You won’t regret the DB4. I moved up to one from a Xone 22. Still learning new tricks with the EQs and effects. And it looks so damn sexy.
Haha i dont even have the cash for anything atm, new car is first and foremost
I want an Launchpad, really thinking about buying one, thinking that it might make me start using Ableton properly, though I do not need one nor do I need to start using ableton, it’s a virus to buy buy buy
RGAS has bitten me hard, but I do think that it’ starting to calm down a bit.
Coming from a HP and a RMX, and now currently to a MBP, DJM 900, and X1 mk2 + sl 1210’s? RGAS!!! 
i almost bought a z2 just cos one day i thought they look decent, even tho i have the s4 and dont need the z2, hell i dont even dj outside of my house haha, just what can i say i love djing and it will never go away…
I used to buy a lot of stuff on a whim - mostly gadgets and electronic goods more than DJ gear. I haven’t done that in a long time though. Any time I think about buying something expensive, I think “do I really need this?” and let it sit for a while. Often, the answer is eventually “no”. My original DJ setup was 2 decks and a 2 channel mixer and it still is today, many years later, just different decks and a different mixer.
My attitude with DJ gear is basically “I can potentially do a shit load of stuff with a basic setup, so I should really try and master that, only adding stuff if it’s absolutely necessary”. I’m a long way off from mastering using a basic DJ setup still. Sometimes I see pics of people’s setups and they have a room full of gear, with a 4 channel mixer, decks, CDJs, a MIDI pad/controller etc., then I listen to their mixes and think “I could make that on my setup”.
i was bored last week, and inevitably the RGAS kicked in, so i built a production desktop, i should add, i’ll never use it! but i couldnt help myself
