Allen & Heath XONE:23 2-Plus-2 Channel DJ Mixer - 2024 report by Whydis
Allen & Heath XONE:23 2-Plus-2 Channel DJ Mixer
Allen & Heath's Xone:23 is a 2+2 channel DJ mixer packed with pro features that would normally be found in the booth of a top-rated club, including an enhanced version of the legendary Xone filter with resonance control, VCA faders, 3 band total kill...
I bought one via Sweetwater recently, was very excited and within an evening of trying to mix my old school boogie funk records, it was obvious I could not match the varying records volumes satisfactorily as a result of not being able to adjust gain volumes to their proper peak points which also leaves the headphone cue volumes weak
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Flawless sound quality,especially considering the price point.
This mixer has great sound quality, but if you play records, especially records from the 70's and 80's you'll find the gain pots to offer useless volume increase
The build quality of the unit is tank-
Anywho if you buy this mixer (and it's a very flat sounding good quality sound mixer) i would advise the decksaver case (which can only be purchased from the UK)... keep in mind those deckasvers are also limited edition
It is a very affordable unit with excellent build quality
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Allen & Heath's Xone:23 is a 2+2 channel DJ mixer packed with pro features that would normally be found in the booth of a top-rated club, including an enhanced version of the legendary Xone filter with resonance control, VCA faders, 3 band total kill EQ, illuminated switches, cross fader curve selector and styling inspired by the flagship Xone:DB4
For I/O, the mixer includes two pairs of RCA line inputs and two pairs of RCA phono inputs
Though the mixer has two faders, each of the four inputs has an independent level control to enable playing up to four simultaneous sources in the mix
It also features dedicated stereo send and return channels for integrating external effects units
The front panel of the unit includes a balanced XLR input for connecting a microphone with level, high frequency, and low frequency equalizer controls
The master outputs are on balanced XLR connectors and the mixer includes a dedicated stereo booth output, as well as a dedicated stereo record out for capturing your mixes to a portable recorder
1/8-inch and a 1/4-inch headphone connectors enable cueing with a wide variety of DJ headphones
For control, the front panel of the mixer features gain knobs for all four channels
The four inputs are slit into left and right sides, each with a 9-segment LED light meter, separate high, mid, and low frequency total kill EQ knobs, a VCA channel fader, illuminated cue button, and an illuminated button to engage the filter on that side
The center section includes an illuminated button for engaging the external effects send/return, an illuminated button for engaging a high pass filter, an illuminated button for engaging the low pass filter, a frequency selector knob for the filter, and a VCA resonance control knob from mild to wild
The cross fader features a switchable curve for mixing or scratching
As an option, the user can replace the stock cross fader with Allen and Heath's high end Inno fader for enhanced performance (sold separately).