Blodders Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 thought i post a little review on the latest toy in my collection the other day i was perusing ebay as one does during work hours, and i came across something that i always regretted not getting a Vestax PCM 250. the PCM 250 is Vestax's specialist 2 channel house mixer at first look impressions the box is really long and skinny.... well it is a 19inch rack mounted mixer once opened you are greeted by the golden glow of an old school vestax the first thing you notice about the mixer is the 6 giant EQ knobs more on these later. above each knob is a small fader which also is part of the Eq features, these litter freq cut faders act just like the kill switches on lots of other mixers. only that unlike the switches they have a really nice smooth slope on the freq's.the mixer has one phono and two line inputs to each channel witch is great you can have your technics, serato and a CDJ's plugged in to each channel there is also an aux channel in case of emergency's check out some of my photos of this little beauty after an hour or soo use... i love this mixer more that you would believe... the eq's are sublime. really give vestax kudos for some of the risks that they took a few years back (not a real fan of the new stuff, the 'imixer' look Yuk)but there old stuff is really sturdy, the knobs feel like they are bolted to the centre of the earthfaders are firm but that's how i like them.of course like are a few gripes,like most vestax's of that era the cueing is a pain in the arse... with something like this they should have had pre Eq cueing,the out put isn't as loud as the ol xone.the ability to disable the crossfader would have been a very worth wile feature on the mixer... ( any one know how to rig a bypass? am willing to remove it all together)over all a great little mixer BUT did i mention how good the Eq was ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupe Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 Sweet as breeeeeeeeeeew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tramonte Posted September 16, 2008 Share Posted September 16, 2008 I used one when I was buying some used records, I asked if I could try it out (check out the features) and my god the EQ's are the best!Even though I love my nuo 3 I'm quite keen just to pick one of these bad boys up as it's great for a 2 channel house mixer (damn internet always making me want to spend all of my money!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blodders Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 haha hence i'm always broke... mightditch the gf for more toys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmzLay Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 nice mann. i was using the latest 4 channel vestax dance mixer the other day.. they are sooo underated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkedub Posted October 1, 2008 Share Posted October 1, 2008 Vestax make some solid mixers ... but that mixer ain't a "house mixer" until you replace the line faders with pots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blodders Posted October 20, 2008 Author Share Posted October 20, 2008 haha in the works will have to replace the face plate when i do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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