Michael Hughes

Sorry I messed up the post meant the Yamaha DXR12, not a DAP. At this point think I will be purchasing at least the Yamaha DXR12 or the QSC k12 and have a good quality pair of tops if I am not mistaken. Also was going to buy a Behringer XENYX 802 Small Format Mixer to be able to plug in an ipad for backup if needed. My main deliberation is should I buy a pair of DXR12 on clearance off the demo shelf for only $450 each without a return policy but have the 7 year yamaha warenty in case something happens at a steal of a price, or the $800 a pair full price k12’s. Figure will rent the qsc kw181 when needed for now.

Was going to go in tomorrow and order the DXR12’s just hesitant as they were demo versions, but at that price…

Thanks for your responses. I tried it different ways again, to see which I would prefer, and came to a conclusion for me at this point anyways.

Seems, just using 1 ear while listening to the main music in the room is better to beatmatch, then split cue as you don’t get the full effect somehow having both coming separate while split cueing.

Likewise, it’s easier to tell if the songs mesh really well when having both channels coming through your headphones and wearing them completely. So figure at this point I will just use 1 ear method when beatmatching manually or letting a track run. Putting on the headphones completely while mixing tracks on top of each other to make sure nothing is clashing before bringing it in.