Greetings Sean – agree, this is a pretty friendly place to hang. These are just my observations, would like to hear input from the experts (like Terry_42, who seems to play with controllers for a living 🙂 ). Had a chance to fool around with an S!, seems solidly built, easy to use, has that good feel associated with Pioneer. However, it is dated and you could say it’s been superseded by the SX. S1 was designed for Serato Itch (since discontinued), SX for Serato DJ (whereas, even on Pioneer’s site, the S1 is listed as “now compatible with Serato DJ”. Most say the SX is better in every way for not much more money. However, it really depends on what you want – S1 is more portable, said to be easier to use, and with the recent price drops much more affordable.
Other than price, really can’t do wrong with Pioneer.
BTW – you’ve probably seen it, but this site has a really good controller guide:
http://www.digitaldjtips.com/dj-controllers-guide-2013/
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