So i got me a Denon DN-X1600...

... and let me tell you, my Zero4 can EAT MY PANTS! The 1600 blows its clear out of the water, in ever which way...except cool color wise. all the faders and knobs are soooo smooth and tight, like pushing your arm threw a wall made of butter.

it took around 15 mins from opening the box, installing the drivers, updating the firmware, to having TSP running smoothly with the built in soundcard... TSP 1.2.4 to be exact, no updating for this guy! if it aint broke, dont fix it!

one downfall tho, i ripped the faceplate off to install my innofader, and no lucky lucky, as far as i can tell the original innofader will not work, altho im waiting on elliot to give me some options to try out...if not ill sell it and get a pro. theres room and all, but theres a 4 pin male inside the mixer where the fader plugs into, and all the innofader comes with is 5 pin female.

anywho, im frucking pleased with the 1600, i would have to say hands down the best mixer i have come accross yet.

 

Nice. I'm still saving for one myself, and my Zero4 is almost out the door too (trading for some 2 channel sortafied goodness).

You and your 1.2.4, tsk tsk. 1.2.7 devours 1.2.4 AND your pants.

 

well the reason im keeping at 1.2.4 is because the one (really) bad live experience was when i first upgraded to 1.2, i rememebr the left deck dropping out completely at least 4 times threwout a 1.5 hr set. to the point were i had to restart my computer everytime... luckily the person i was battling played real vinyl to conquer the silence....and my dignity.

so now that 1.2.4 has got me threw MANY gigs flawlessly, i will not deceive my fair maiden.

yea i sold my zero4 for $855, bought my denon only 4 months old(with receipt) for $900 with express shipping included from MTL. as well i sold a couple TSD packages that i stocked up on from the sale, bought ANOTHER Zero4 for $450! and its in MINT condition, twas a good weekend it twas.

 

I am still curious how Denon "blows its clear out of the water, in ever which way" Zero 4? Can you be more specific? I am considering purchase, but I am not convinced that it is better than the Zero.
Ooh, and I am not selling my Zero, I love it.

 

1)the faders are smoother and not as loose
2)the knobs are think rubber other than small plastic that become loose after alot of use
3)the leds are by the EQ, and are alot more accurate
4)theres space between the eq knob
5)the dry/wet is a knob other than a very loose fader
6)the sound is AMAZING
7)the eq frequencies are bang on, other than a large selection of eq settings in which only one of them sound good
8)a specific MIDI section, as well as the entire mixer being midi capable
9)BEATBREAKER
10)RVSLOOP
11)you can actually hear the headphones at quarter volume

i have owned a Zero4 for a long time now and know them inside and out(literally, i have taken it apart a few times...down to the nitty gritties) and once i fired up the denon i was shocked about how much better it is.

i love(d) my zero4, but the denon has taken the cake!

 

Good buy, I think the latest denon mixers or a couple of the best on the market at this time.

 

SOLD. Got a new sortafied mixer on the way but following that, DN-X1600. Then of course I'll need more decks to set it up with...then another table to put it on....oh crap.

 

yea i cant stop playing with it(thats what she said), the only downfall is that i cannot get the original innofader to work with it. it has a 4 pin male that the crossfader plugs into, and the one that comes out of the adaptor board is a 5 pin female. i let elliot know what was up, either theres some nifty workaround or ill have to buy the innofader pro... which i really dont want to since i just bought my innofader last month.

 

I'll buy that Inno off you if you need to get a Pro. Just started a custom job on a Vestax and it's got the oldskool faders, not even PCV.

 

im just waiting to hear back from Elliot but if you are interested ill send it your way, how much would you want it for? PM me sucka!

 

For shizzle. Let's talk price offline.
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Saw that you pm'd me. Try again please, good sir.

 

did you not receive the PM? ill do it up again ya!

 

Yeah dude, I got a notification that my inbox was full. Cause I'm sooooo popular. All the little kiddies wanna know what my Audio12 sounds like on Traktor Pro S8.

 

so i upgraded to 1.2.7... and ill be stress testing the bejesus out of it this week, and so help me if it lets me down....ima comin for YOU!

 

Read my sig....he he he he he.

 

Cant read it, too busy playing with my DNX1600! BADABOOSH!

 

I just de-Innofadered my Zero4....now I have one coming from you, and one free....for....?

 

where are the innos for AI shipped from anyways? the tracking number elliot sent me is a Canada Post tracking number, but the last update stated it left the origin country and is en route to Canada?

as long as it lands by friday ill be a happy fella, you might actually get your contraband from me tomorrow, and all its sketchy goodness.

 

Innos ship direct from the factory in Taiwan, as far as I know.

I have to fabricate some sort of 90-degree mount plate and extension...it's getting daunting and I have to talk to Elliot again.

 

for the S4? i betcha make alot people happy if you sort that one out!