Allen & Heath Xone 32 User Reviews at zZounds

Allen & Heath Xone 32 Customer Review submitted December 13, 2006

By a customer from yahoo.com

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Musical Background: DJ

Music Style: hip hop and house

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Sound: The sound quality is fine, big room, small room, recording or whatever it sounds good at any volume so you can hear all the crackles from your dirty records or the full bass and pristine highs from your clean ones. Feature: I guess two filters would be cooler, but only having one makes you work a little harder at it, and in the end you can do as much cool stuff as you need to. People are complaining about the cue l.e.d.s, but really at the end of the day the lights aren't just on and off, if you listen to the right part of both songs, say a strong kick, and thats the level you're trying to match, then you can do it, if you're just matching overall input voltage then for sure it won't match because one record will not be in the same condition as the next, so you listen and you watch the red led come on a little bit on the kick or a little bit somewhere else. The knobs at the back have suited me just fine, i've gotten used to it now and it's cool. These guys are right about the channel faders though, you're not buying this to scratch on the channel faders. Cutting sure, it's not super ideal but you can do it. I've already been through a few plastic faders knobs, they're more built for the shape of your finger and so fading in slowly is cool. The standard crossfader is also a bit of a stretch for say scratching, again you can do it and you can find worse, but that's not why you should use it. Ease of Use: It's pretty easy to use once you figure it all out, but there is enough to figure out with filters, eq, lfo etc that it will take you a few recordings to figure out the different things you like and then working it into your style and music genre. Quality: I've used two of them, mine and a my roomate also had one and on both of them the crossfader started leaking big time and needed replacing pretty early on its life. Value: It's a small mixer with big-boy insides, if you're not doing something where sound quality is a huge deal then you can get cheaper mixers with built-in effects for like half the price, but that filter sounds so nice filling up a big room. Manufacturer Support: No idea, never dealt with them. The Wow Factor: It sounds sick and in a dark dj booth it looks sick, those blue filter lights... Overall: It's great, you're paying a lot as well and you don't feel like you're just paying for a name.

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"Beautiful sound, poor knob placement." submitted December 10, 2006

By a customer from mac.com

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Musical Background: Producer/Engineer/DJ

Music Style: Drum and Bass

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Sound: I own the xone 62 and have used the 32, the sound is beautiful! Filters are real nice and warm. Eq's do the job very nicely. Feature: I was almost turned off of xone mixers completely by a review that stated that "4 leds were not enough". When a channel's cue is engaged on my xone 62, the large 12 segment "master" led changes to meter the cue level. This makes the precise gain adjustments a breeze. I would imagine that the 32 works the same, but don't hold me to it. I went with the 62 over the 32 for the extra inputs and because the gain knobs on the back of the 32 was the dumbest placement of any knob, on any mixer Ive ever seen IMO. Again the filters are amazing as well as the sound. The eqs could have been full kill as well. Ease of Use: Gave a 9 instead of 10 because of the location of the channel gains on the back of the mixer. Besides that, everything is laid out nicely. Its not a starter mixer, but if you know how to use filters, eqs, and mix, then you wont spend more than 30 min figuring everything out. Quality: Built like a tank. Sound quality is top of the line. Value: You get what you pay for. Manufacturer Support: the best until proven otherwise, and no problems them so far. The Wow Factor: If it was not for the gains in back again I would have said 10. Also if I am wrong about the cue level showing up on the main leds as they do on the xone 62, then 4 led are not enough. Sound quality and filter functions put this mixer over the top, its just amazing how a poor placement of a knob could turn you away though. Overall: Im sure you would want to eventually expand to more inputs and options in the future. If 3 inputs are good though, then the sound quality of the mixer alone would last you a lifetime.

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"Don't settle for less if you don't have to." submitted July 17, 2006

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Sound: Sound quality is, in a word, phenomenal. No complaints whatsoever. It doesn't seem to add or detract from the sound in any perceivable way. Feature: The featureset is very good for the price range, offering almost everything you need and very little you don't. I LOOOOOVE the filter. I have only two major (minor) beefs with the mixer. First, the EQs are not full kill - this may or may not be an issue for you, as I mix with the EQs killed and an open fader. The other issue is the channel level indicators. 4 lights is NOT enough. It'll put you in the ballpark, but it can't be relied on for good level matching - which can be an issue where you are recording sets in high-volume applications. Ease of Use: Excellent.... the only somewhat confusing aspect is the gains on the rear of the unit. I would have switched the location of the gains and the auxiliary level controls. Quality: Great Value: You can't find a better mixer for the price - it's shortcomings are more than made up for by it's clean sound and that oh-so flexible little filter on it. The Wow Factor: It's a no nonsense peice. Nothing about it's looks or layout will grab you, but it is clean, uncluttered, and not unattractive. The Allen and Heath name has drawn it's fair share of praise, and it's certainly an amazing mixer for the price.

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"Poor Monitoring" submitted February 10, 2006

By a customer from blueyonder.co.uk

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Musical Background: Dj

Music Style: Funky house/ breaks

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Feature: great build and the filter is amazing. Bad points

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Allen and Heath Xone 32 3-Channel DJ Mixer with LFO

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Allen & Heath Xone 32 Customer Review submitted December 13, 2006

"Beautiful sound, poor knob placement." submitted December 10, 2006

"Don't settle for less if you don't have to." submitted July 17, 2006

"Poor Monitoring" submitted February 10, 2006