i know loads of people who rate a & h but i just cant quite get into them i' afraid. Fair play the sound quality is good but whose gunna be able to tell (over a pioneer, ecler, mackie etc.) once it's been compressed, eq'd and put through a rig. I know a lot of people who had the early xone's and they all had no end of problems and faults (i don't know if this is still the case)
i don't like the 4 way eq - i always end up mucking around with the wrong one and the gradient doesn't work for me. The knobs are two small and fiddly and i find the fx a bit unfriendly to use (although the filters are top notch)
i find pioneers a whole heap more user friendly, nice big knobs (wa hey), and they have that same quality feel that technics do + they are well made and solid
i see pioneer djm's as having that same thing that technics have. No frills just good build quality. The main reason i choose to own one is that because virtually everywhere i go to play out has them and if i have that set up at home to practise on ... well you know the score. If that wasn't the case i'd probably have an ecler - my mates soundsystem use one and it is very very nice
