The CryderSteez Setup

I applied the vinyl when I had everything taken apart, and yes it wraps all the way around. The tonearm is definitely something you don’t want on there when doing it!

Looks great!

Nice decks man, especially the carbon fiber wrap.
How did you do at the corners? just heat & stretch or cut & fold it into the underneath of the casing?
Can post some pics?
I’m about to wrap mine, it does look good & hence a way simpler attempt to pimp up those tables rather than sending them for paint job.

The corners were super easy to do if you’ve got a heat gun OR just do it outside on a sunny day, that heats it up just fine. I just laid it out on top of the deck then cut diagonally as straight as I could at each corner. Heated it up then folded each side down to the vertical part of the frame and took a razor blade to it, super simple. This stuff really is easy to work with once you understand a few things about it, there’s a very good chance some of it will find its way onto my next car:laughing:

Thanks a lot for the tips! I dont have a heat gun but people says hairdryer will do :slight_smile:
Yes mostly people do this kind of wrapping in the automotive pimp business…i read on the forums these ‘wrapping mode’ is really addictive once we can get the hang of it :smiley:

Love your set up man! Nice to see the “reverse evolution” from controller to vinyl turntables. Love the carbon decals on those decks too. I have been thinking about that idea since last year but made me finally go for it when I saw yours. :slight_smile:

one last questions, how thick is the carbon fiber sticker?

It’s a little thicker than your average die cut vinyl decal, I wanna say something like 1/32"?

You have one very very sexy set-up man, looking hot!

Yay, got these stickers on order already…can’t wait!
Do you use squeegee during installation?

Squeegee won’t work on account of the carbon texture, just go slow and you’ll be fine.

Did you ever figure out the gig vs home setup dilemma. Im in exactly the same situation with 2 MK2s DDM4000 and MC6000.

My thought was that once the Behringer PL1s come out ill sell the MC6000 and get those but id be losing some functionality doing the swap.

Id swap in the MC6000 but just as you i like a regular mixer experience between the Techs plus it would be a headache to unplug and replug the MC6000 every time i had to take it to a gig.

I think im settling with the idea of just keeping things as i have them. Maybe pick up an X1 to go with the mixer and the 1200s at home and use out when the place has 900s or 2000s.

Unless i can sell the DDM4000 and MC6000 and use the cash to get a sexy VCI400.

Yeah sort of, if I have to drag my own sound to a gig I’ll usually just borrow my friend’s S4 (I sold mine, along with my EGE VCI-400 because I’m just not interested in using a controller with any regularity) but most of the gigs I’ve had lately have been at established clubs with their own decks and mixers so I just bring an Audio 6 and the X1(highly recommended for control vinyl) though if the club’s mixer is beat to hell or just crappy I’ll bring my DN-X1600 and plug into that, nobody I play with has a problem with it :slight_smile:

thanks!

yeah, more than a month since this reply i finally managed to get mine done…here it is..
changed the LEDs to UV purple, now i need a matching purple slipmat to go with it :slight_smile:


That’s the hotness right there, looks like you did a great job! Did you paint the tonearm pivot black or do some come like that? I was thinking about painting min but that was more trouble than I wanted.

Thanks :slight_smile: i really put time & effort in this deck [yes, ladies can mod too :stuck_out_tongue:], thank goodness i still remember my soldering/electronic skills long after graduated as electronic engineering student..

The pivot is original 1210mk2, it has some minor chips during shipment (hard to see part) but it was fixed using zebra paint marker :stuck_out_tongue:

I love the speaker stands could you tell me what parts you used. I want to duplicate for my setup.

My first post here, I’m just lurking around mostly, but f*ck I love your setup :slight_smile: