A & H Xone 3D

Ken Ken · Post by **Ken Ken** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:37 pm

Anyone had the pleasure yet?

RePeter · Post by **RePeter** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:19 pm

not yet... but i'm thniking about going to the launch party at fabric

tokyojoe69 · Post by **tokyojoe69** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:04 pm

And this is when?

Saw Ralph Lawson from 20:20 demo it at Tbar a few weeks ago with the 20:20 soundsystem, was pretty rad stuff.

Cheers
Emil

subterFUSE · Post by **subterFUSE** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:23 pm

Ordered mine a couple weeks ago. Supposed to ship in July.

Ken Ken · Post by **Ken Ken** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:29 pm

ive heard the sound quality isnt as good as the xone 92? anyone else heard this? only 3 band eq aswell. 92 has 4 band. Is it really worth the extra 400 quid just for a built in controller...

nabiscodisco · Post by **nabiscodisco** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:27 pm

I collect mine on saturday - can't wait

subterFUSE · Post by **subterFUSE** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:50 am

only 3 band eq aswell. 92 has 4 band. Is it really worth the extra 400 quid just for a built in controller...

I don't think the 4 band EQ was really that useful. I only use bass EQ when I mix. Anything else is just redundant with the volume control.

I don't know about the sound quality. I have read that the insides are the same as the Xone 92.

Don't forget, it is not just a mixer + controller. It is also a soundcard.

Is it worth the extra money? Depends who you ask. I say yes. The real benefit of the Xone 3D is that it allows much more seamless control of multiple sources. You can run vinyl, or CD on the mixer section... and run Ableton on the MIDI. Plus there is a BPM counter which is linked to the MIDI clock... so Ableton will auto-beatmatch to the MIDI clock.

I still do not have mine yet, so I can't say much more at the moment. I'll report what I think once I've got mine.

hujib · Post by **hujib** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:55 am

I'm looking to pick one up as well in the months to come. 1 big selling point for me is that it keeps a live rig very small. Laptop + 3D + few extra synths. I recently downloaded the manual and it looks like it ships with a rack mount kit as well - good news as it looked too big for one in the picts.

subterFUSE · Post by **subterFUSE** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:43 pm

Just got the call from my buddy who works at the audio store.

He is shipping my Xone to me today.

Will post a full report in a few days.

robtronik · Post by **robtronik** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:00 pm

subterFUSE wrote:Just got the call from my buddy who works at the audio store.

He is shipping my Xone to me today.

Got it at dealer cost, too.

Will post a full report in a few days.

what is dealer cost if you don't mind me asking?

rob.

Sales Dude McBoob · Post by **Sales Dude McBoob** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:02 pm

This is the longest a 3D thread has gotten without Robtronic chiming in...

mike holiday · Post by **mike holiday** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:19 pm

mine arrived on saturday

sounds fantastic .. better then the 002r i just unplugged

BUT i dont have working cartrages ATM so i havn't plugged a deck into it

i'm hitting the store in a couple hours

the thing is solid, feels great, and sounds awsome. right on par with A&H

the downside is that there are only 3 phono inputs and imho they are placed on the wrong channels of the mixer (gotta run in from ableotn on 1 & 2 and decks on 3 & 4, instead of decks on 1 & 4 or 2 & 3)

subterFUSE · Post by **subterFUSE** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:22 pm

what is dealer cost if you don't mind me asking?

$2,000 USD

robtronik · Post by **robtronik** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:25 pm

Sales Dude McBoob wrote:This is the longest a 3D thread has gotten without Robtronic chiming in...

this is one of those areas where I am obsessive compulsive with regard to integrating Live well with a DJ mixer.

Can't help it.

rob.

robtronik · Post by **robtronik** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 6:27 pm

subterFUSE wrote:
what is dealer cost if you don't mind me asking?

$2,000 USD

dayum, that's a good price. When I had mine on order, I got it for $2,300, but then with tax it jumped to 2599 or so. So, $2k is quite a deal. let us know what you think. BTW, I cancelled my order and got the pioneer one...

rob.