Since I may be forced to change mixers, I need help:
Need quality 3/4 channel mixer with great Eq section and faders. Don’t need fx, midi nor audio interface included, for as little cash as possible.
I went down the Denon DN-X1100 road (500 Euros), but after few months, bass knobs started making noise. So I need replacement mixer. After some research it seems my options are extremely limited: Xone 42 or pioneer djm 700 for some more cash. Empath is out of my price range, and Ecler mixers I can’t get hold of in my country, so forget about them.
If nobody has any other advice next to xone 42 and djm 700, I just need to know how is build quality of xone 42, considering it’s made in china as of late. If they are known for having problems as well, I might go with djm 700.
Ofc most important for me now is Build Quality, so recommend me one of these just based on that.
I never tried a Xone42, but I own a Xone92 and a Xone4D, and the build quality is just awesome!
I have Xone92 since some years ago, and I never had a problem, so imo, just get the Xone42
Here and on other places on the net there have been noumerous concerns about china construction, but I’ve never heard a confirmation that it has impacted quality.
I’m an engineer spending a lot of my time in China. My guess is that the PCB’s allready came from china and they just moved the assembly there. I doubt that the SOURCE of the components really changed. I think it’s just chinese hands bolting it together.
Do you suspect your macbook to be rubbish? Made in china!
Some of the silver ones were made in China, I had a xone 62 silver, made in China. Build quality was superb. I have a xone 22 now, great build equality.
