I see a lot of people posting their SC6000 setups on the Denon Facebook group. Quite a few don’t use the x1850 mixer. Is the x1850 not a good mixer? I’ve recently got my SC6000’s and am waiting for my x1850 to be delivered to the store. Should I look into getting a different mixer?
I got my SC6000s and X1850 in November and am more than happy with it, i have never had any issues with it.
Prior to that i had the SC5000Ms and the X1800 and again i never had any issues although i did think i bricked my mixer doing a firmware update but thankfully it was just a user [read idiot] error.
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I prefer the x18 due to the full Engine Connect compatibility, including the mixers channel cue light colours matching the platter ring colour for each layer
Some people rely on effects or a resonance control or 6 channels or whatever, so they pick a mixer which has their favourite gizmos
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I use Xone 96 due to 6 channels and a lot of io’s. I had previously X1800 and it was a great mixer.
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The Denon x1850 is a really nice mixer with cool features 
So far i have no regrets buying one, great build quality and connectivity.
And the x1850 has so many features I could dream of, I actually like it very much …
I suggest that you give it a chance, you can always look for alternatives later … The question that I would ask myself is: will this other mixer take my mixing to another level? Or do I just want to have one? With the SC6000 players the hardware integration is really nice here in my opinion …
I have an Allen & Heath Xone 96 as well, both mixers are fun to use, which is actually an important thing. But if I had to nominate the mixer that I had most fun with it would be the Roland MX-1, which I use as an external effect unit with the x1850 at the moment.
On Youtube and elsewhere people use all kinds of mixers. When I see other mixers in the setups of other DJs I only think: Yeah, that is a nice mixer 
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Most people seem fine with it, but to my eye on the forum there seem to be slightly more glitches remaining on the X1850 than the X1800, but if that’s actually the case, it’s probably just due to so many X1800s being in the wild longer and therefore a more mature firmware. Perhaps early adopters are also more likely to report issues and/or suggest features rather than late adopters of a line who mooch off the efforts of the early adopters… especially if the initial release of the line was troubled and resulted in pleas not to abandon the line and solicitations from InMusic to early adopters in ironing out the bugs and ideas for expanding the feature set. In this case, it appears the X1850 uses a completely different firmware and maybe DSP. I hope they didn’t use the SHARC line on the X1850 just for little old me like I wrongly assumed the X1700 was equipped with 
. Having looked inside the X1700s now, I can tell you it’s just TI like Pioneer and Rane. Anyway, if you get an X1850 and something needs fixing, don’t feel bashful about getting involved here. It’s not going to improve magically on its own.
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Got the x1850 along with my 6K’s, and it’s been nothing but flawless
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Also of note: Together the x1850 and the SC6000s look wicked cool. 
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Add a couple of LC6000 and it looks even cooler 
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I also have the x1850 and especially with the connectivity stuff (soundswitch, bpm, lights of the jogwheel at the cue buttons) it is nice. Also the price is pretty solid for what it does offer. Keep in mind that you would have to pay 700 more for the xone 96 and 1000 for the new pioneer. Used gear is of course something different, but then the x1850 would also be cheaper.
Overall a good mixer and up to this date never let me down. Some bugs occurred during the use of Resolume and soundswitch at the same time (not every time, just once). I just had to restart it, after it didn’t do anything. But on the other side there is no comparison, because no other mixer can do it 
You won’t regret it, especially for the beginning. At some point later you might want a different one that has certain features. I got a mp2015 because of the rotary style, but also use the x1850 for most party’s.
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I have to disagree here. Had the mixer for about 2 years and had to send back twice. It’s not great in my opinion
First time the CH Fader Counter knob was faulty and bleed audio through. now the channel 1 fader bleeds audio when all the way down.
Knobs get looses after long time use and the headphone socket crackles sometimes.
Wouldn’t rate it anywhere over 5/10. Denon have developed an mediocre mixer here.
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Wow, that seems like all hardware stuff, am I right? What sort of scenarios has your X1850 been used? Is it covered up or stored at the end of a session? Was it used at burning man? Do you sweat a lot and eat crackers over your gear while mixing? That seems like a ton of issues beyond what I’ve ever even heard about the X1800 for any one person. Then again, didn’t InMusic have to move production of the players to some other OEM midway through one of the model’s run? Maybe the X1850 was also built somewhere else.
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This is most likely the reason. I had the x1850 but realized that I couldn’t carry over my workflow to it. My dn-x600 makes use of external gear better and I can use ableton link to sync the mixer’s onboard fx unit. The x1850 doesn’t receive midi clock and it’s send/return is best only for effectors not that good for sampling though.
Other than that it’s a good mixer for syncing within the engine dj ecosystem.
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The connectivity with the SC6000’s is the reason I went with the X1850. I just wondered why some people didn’t pair them with the Denon mixer. I’m coming from an SC 4 live so hopefully it will be an easy transition. Thanks for the feedback and advice.
Have a blast with them when you get you mixer 
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Thanks, it will hopefully be here in the next few days. I can’t wait lol
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if you like the connectivity stuff, you will have a blast. The Standalone soundswitch function is superb
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I had 2 cdj 2000 nexus control units with a djm 2000 nexus before. I sold the cdj to get the sc6000M instead.
I decided to keep my djm 2000 nxs and not upgrade to x1850 for three reasons:
The first is that finally I’m used to working on my djm 2000, it’s a mixer that suits me quite well.
The second is that I bought it new when it came out at €2300 and if I had to sell it I wouldn’t be able to get more than €800/1000 maximum for it, even though it’s in almost new condition. Too much money wasted for what I would have gained by upgrading to an x1850.
The third reason is that on my djm 2000 I can replace a fader easily in less than 30 minutes if one of them is damaged, 4 screws to remove and it’s plug & play. This is impossible on an x1850, which seems to have much more fragile faders that are soldered on directly. In my opinion, this is unacceptable for a mixer in this price range. I recently bought a second-hand Native instrument Kontrol Z2 mixer for around €280 for a second DVS setup with vinyl decks and even on this one it’s possible to quickly replace a fader!
In the end I didn’t lose much, except perhaps the engine lighting connection to run soundswitch without a computer next to it.
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While I love Denon DJ gear, this is my only gripe with it. Some users never experience it but I have had the rotary pots loosen up after use. It’s like they lose resistance. My Prime Go has it on the master out (hardly used as it’s ‘set and forget’) and the Prime 4 has the filter knobs slacken off. The previous MCX8000, although ‘old’ Denon DJ also experienced this.
My only wish list for a future Denon DJ product is to use pots that keep resistance for longer. I love my gear and what my Prime setup can do but hit me with that tighter-for-longer pot stem for the next incarnations and I’ll be super happy. I’d pay more.
I had a used part-ex Prime Go in my hand from a DJ store only six months after lit had launched and yet every pot could have been spun 360 degrees from the draught of an open door. That had obviously seen some stuff in its short life.
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PMSL
I shouldn’t laugh, but that was funny.
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