Recent content by Steve Fernino

It's also about reliability.

That's why I liked firewire 800.

And that's what I mean. The rest of that gear is Pro gear not necessarily for the DJ... But DJ specific gear like CDJs controllers, mixers etc are all or mostly consumer grade connections. TBH all of our industry's gear should have been XLR & Powercon ages ago. Not just mixer outputs or mic ins...

I agree... However personally for me I feel that I get a lot more gear that I need and use into a rack setup. I never liked table top setups. I started at with 1 in the late 80s, but after going to racks, even big racks... The setup was faster, easier and allowed for more gear including active...

Thanks Bren! It's been too long. I'm coming out of retirement. I was always about quick turnaround and setup while using the best gear possible for the job. That was the goal for all the systems that I had designed for that company. I could see your point but for me it was never about that...

Yes, it was a nice piece, but is also no longer made. Sad really. I always felt the Denon offerings were superior in feature set, equal in quality & way more reasonable in price than the Pioneer offerings. Pioneer really wasn't in the rackmount market. They just made a select few pieces.

That's why it was disappointing that they discontinued these units. It was one of their worst decisions IMHO. The 6000 is nice and so is the NV. The D4500II was a good concept for the DJs late to the digital party. But the death of the HC4500, left a gaping whole in the market. Honestly I feel...

I like the 6000 as a small rig or a backup piece. The last version of the system I designed when I worked for Mike up in CT had a MP25 & dual HC4500s with a BU4500 tray system. With it I could control 4 decks in Torq (what we were using at the time). I also had the option of Megaseg (which we...

Imho I that the HC4500 is better than any of the current offerings out there, unless you are Turntablist DJ.

Personally I've always been more a fan of the sound & flexibility that I get from Rane & A&H. I used Mp24s for years. I loved the Mp44. My favorite was the digital Mp25. The live board I worked on was an A&H Zed14. I loved that too. I also always liked the Xone boards. Personally I was never a...

And as for the mic inputs, I completely agree But that's where highend rackmount components come in to play. More flexibility than that is intended with a one size fits the majority all-in-ones.

I can understand Ricky, but as a mobile I actually used all those high end bells & whistles. In fact back in the very early days, of the DJ Idea Sharing local live events in New England and during my time working with Denon, I demonstrated how many of those features could be used to make mobile...

Very true Proformance. Many DJs were always sound challenged, but I saw myself as a sound guy and a DJ. The new status quo is about DJs being the next Tiesto or Deadmaus. Who play preproduced sets to thousands of people. The industry had changed so much.

While it's a bit off the OT. I saw this and had to respond. This has been a pet peeve of mine since I began my industry hiatus a few years ago... While I like the NV and the Denon 6000s, I have to completely agree with this statement. Back when I was freelancing with Denon DJ, someone above...

Thank you.