Show your home DJ booth (Part 2)

Nice set ups!

Mine is not as fancy or as grand as some set up, However I do have a long history with my set up over the years.

I don’t have pictures of my first few set ups, that included some interesting gear, So I made a list below of some of my older set ups then added some pictures from my archives of set-ups.

Please bear with some of the quality of them, some where taken with an old Nikon 2mp camera (was HQ back in the day lol).

(perhaps this should be in a separate post / topic)“?”

My first two set up’s are not really worth the mention, but where kind of a non-pitch controlled Turn table with 4 speeds, (16, 32, 45 & 78) lol a tape recorder, then wired into a set of speakers.

Followed by a set of JVC’ belt driven turntables that did have pitch control and a make shift 2 ch mixer from Tandy’s (a UK Electrical store from the 80’s) @25 quid.

Then I got myself an upgraded mixer, was a phonic MRT60, Think this was a bit more fancy with more channels and a cross-fader and mic duck. (Got the user Manuel somewhere still), lol (no pic’s)

Sold the JVC’s and got a new set of 1210’s Mk2 (These, I still have and use to this day). Them the Phonic Mrt 60’s cross-fader died and channel fader’s where worn and channel bleed. So I got a Gemini PMX 15, this was a two channel mixer and is shown here along side the later added CDJ 100, and Intimidation Apex gold.

Unfortunatly no close ups of the Gemini.

So a new mixer was required with the addition of the CDJ 100 (sorry now the oppostion :wink: )

I first tried the Allen and Heath Xone 32, ( lol again showing my age) Which was a great sound, however as you might see in the images, was a little long or big for my shelf set up, (Bering in mind I was only about 18 at this point and all cash was spent on new gear and vinyl records),

So I exchange this with the addition of +200 (799 quid In total), for a RANE Empath 3ch, made in the USA, The mixer I am still using again to this day! Just go’s to show how good things where made back then, alongside “No made in china” marks anywhere might have something to do with it. (Just my option).

I Then added some more bits to the set up like a Korg Kaoss Pad 2 and Sony Mini-disc recorder. Before everything was recorded to cassette tape.

Then Moved to Holland and anther few upgrades. First was the CDJ 400k,

The I sold the KP2 and got a KP3.

Moved house again,

Then I sold the KP3 and CDJ 400, and got an Akai MPC One retro.

Added my First Denon SC5000, (the first Unit I got, b-stock form Music store) that later returned and was refunded.

Followed by the second unit, that died after I updated it to 4.0. (Black screened out), This was again refunded back to me.

Now to my current set up and looking soon perhaps to get a new mixer. (But shhh, don’t tell the misses).

2x Technics 1210’s mk2. Rane Empath Mixer. Prime SC6000 Player. Tascam DR100 SD recorder.

Thanks for taking the time, sorry for the long post.

On-a side note, I noticed the PSP 1000 in a few pic’s lol

dopeNL

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