So, I guess its my turn to show off my beautiful little setup for you all.
On the left is my Behringer Xenyx 802 8 channel mixer, which I route all my audio outputs into, and send out to my PA system, which happens to be a 12" Siesmic Audio PA Speaker. In the middle, is my Novation Twitch, Which has six Chroma Caps on it ;D. I use the Twitch to control Serato DJ, which I love. Next to it, is my Akai LPD8, which I have MIDI mapped to the effects bank for Serato.
I really like it, the performance pads are nice, and have a nice feel to them, my only problem is that jogwheels would be nice, mainly for song navigation, since it is a bit of a struggle with the touchstrips. Other than that, I love everything about it.
I switched out my LPD8 for my MPK25, which is much better, especially with Serato 1.7, and the more comprehensive mapping you can do. The multiple Pad banks and the two control banks make it awesome for a shit ton of controls. I actually posted a mapping for the MPK25 for Serato DJ 1.7 over here (DJ TechTools - Psychuls Akai MPK25 Serato Mapping)
I am now very happy I had that towel. The other day I set down a pop next to my Twitch, and for some odd reason it ended up getting spilled, but!, voila!, I had the towel! Hahaha it was just some lucky coincidence