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Allen & Heath Xone:42 (Old Design)

4+ Channel Mixer from Allen & Heath belonging to the Xone series

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«  Worthy of the greatest. »

Published on 10/28/10 at 15:52
Value For Money : Excellent
The characteristics for General for the table, see for yourself even on the official website:
http://www.allen-heath.co.uk/FR/DisplayProduct.asp?pview=72


UTILIZATION

At the ergonomics of the table, it's not good pioneer, was not apparent simplicity of some buttons / potentiomtres, hence intrt to read the documentation that came with, to understand all its possibilities and to end all questioning.

SOUNDS

The sound is his strong point and that is what is expected of a mixer with good ergonomics and a Gnrale quality workmanship exemplary. The EQ is super efficient, it introduces no breath, the quality of manufacture is correct. Once the filters active it gets a slap, it has an impressive dynamic, the sound is clear, crystalline, I t's all bluff first time I plugged this table on my monitor speakers (Yamaha HS80M). As I am a big fan of strong bass, I'm sure to emphasize this point, rglant the filter as needed.

OVERALL OPINION

Soon, I use it since 2 years, I've tested quite a few tables around me, in stores, I have a DJM 500 for availing oneself of several Sch es. For me, I will not go in rear, A & H convinced me impressed. If I wanted to change the table today, I will go straight to the queen of the night, his big sister, the Xone 92. I exercise my passion for the mix without any claim to particulire, I'm pretty eclectic, but my area is mostly electronic music.

The first thing that made me doubt that it is the LED, the flexibility of the fader / crossfader, I tried to exert a small force to the left / right to see and what emerges is a certain fragility compared with fader / crossfader with Pioneer, but much more pleasant to use. cons by a point that I was immediately put into trust, the systm female jack in the headset when you saw the game there was on the old DJM 500, was doubtful its quality over the long term.

the +:
* Good dynamics, its specific on who inspires transparency, purity. No breath.
* Good filter, EQ effective.
* Good quality workmanship, despite its dubious product impressions on some points, exudes seriousness, ruggedness. once we test the beast, it takes trust and long term I have not had any bad surprises.

the -:
* Ergonomics can be improved and is not intuitive enough for my taste.

The report qualitprix is excellent and I will ever exprience with this choice without hesitation. I have not had a chance to test it with my old Technics 1210 MK2, since I pass on CDJ 1000 MK3. But having had the opportunity to see sven vath in true several times and it is undisputed a fan of full analog with Allen & Heath mixer and a pair of technics, the sound is powerful, c ' Incredibly, you can feel the difference right away compared to the usual numrique DJM 800 + CDJ-1000 MK3. Suffice to say that I am the new PRS vis a vis the Xone: DB4, but if you ask me, I miss the vinyl and if I was advising the ultimate combo, would be a Xone 92 + 2 / 3 Technics 1210 MK2.