Yeah the Mackie sounds like a good mixer having read reviews before and stuff. There's alot of good mixers around at that level and you need to try them all out to see what works best for you. Agreed the pioneers are excellent mixers and pretty much industry standard along with technics, cdj's etc. but i like the A&H's aswell, so it's just personal preference, what's your opinions on mixers under ?500 ??