foodstamps Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 im moving this month and cant take my decks and mixer as im moving to a small place, they are going in storage. would it be worth me getting the QFO from HTFR for 400 quid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 if you want to keep cutting, yep! I've never used one but they must be good if you don't have much space Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 400 quid is almost $800 USD? Not worth it. You can get a 1200 (preowned) and 56 for that price. If you're low on space - go for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savwar Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 yeah 400 bones sterling? i'd say so,had a go on one a while ago and yeah its the portability of it thats great... i hate the fader, i'd have a prox in there, and i'm not totally sure about the pitch slider, but i didn't really have the chance to do any musicy bollox with it, i was just cuttin aahhss..but yeah i'd nearly consider gettin one again at that price...(a guy backed out of an ebay one that i won for 450Euro....bast) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 400 quid is almost $800 USD? Not worth it. You can get a 1200 (preowned) and 56 for that price. If you're low on space - go for it!DJ gear costs twice as much in England man. A 56 would cost you £475 (over $900) and that price has been reduced more than once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 if it was 400 bones, but not if it's 400 quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 400 quid is cheap though - for us anyway. I've never used one so I can't comment on it, but can't you fit a deck and a mixer in your new place Matt? The QFO looks quite large, so it wouldn't be that much of a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$a!n+ Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I used to have one. If all you do is cut... you'll like it. If you do any mixing or recording or multitracking I wouldnt get it. The es andthe outs dont sound great. Because the fader is connectted to the same base as the needle there is a good bit of thud from the fader hitting the walls. You can't really hook it to serato or anything. Cant really really run it through a loop pedal very well either. I dunno. If your main objective is saving space and mobility, the QFO is cool. But... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I fucking hate Vestax but cutting on a QFO is fun. It's still a bit shit overall but would do me for just cutting on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I fucking hate VestaxHead over to Skratchworx for unbiased reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 Luckily I have only reviewed one Vestax product, and that really was a bit shit (PMC-007). I don't think I have ever claimed my reviews are unbiased tho'..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$a!n+ Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I fucking hate VestaxHead over to Skratchworx for unbiased reviews. LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 400 quid is almost $800 USD? Not worth it. You can get a 1200 (preowned) and 56 for that price. If you're low on space - go for it!DJ gear costs twice as much in England man. A 56 would cost you £475 (over $900) and that price has been reduced more than once. I always believed the £ was stronger than the $. I read a while back that a lot of Europeans came to the States to buy homes, and they said it was "cheap." Guess that clears it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stalk Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 a friend of mine has a QFO. It's fun to cut on it but it's essentially just a PDX 2000 combined with an 05 Pro. As for the space issue, it doesn't really take up amazingly less space than a turntable and a mixer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 I always believed the £ was stronger than the $.It is. You can get 1.9 dollars to the pound at the moment, but a TTX that's say 330 dollars in America would be 330 pounds here. The whole pricing structure leaves us at a major disadvantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Scorpio Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 im moving this month and cant take my decks and mixer as im moving to a small place, they are going in storage. would it be worth me getting the QFO from HTFR for 400 quid? You could always do the plankboard over the kitchen sink trick.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I always believed the £ was stronger than the $.It is. You can get 1.9 dollars to the pound at the moment, but a TTX that's say 330 dollars in America would be 330 pounds here. The whole pricing structure leaves us at a major disadvantage. Plus bear in mind that Americans pay a sales tax on top of the price, whereas our tax (VAT) is normally included in prices, which does make up some (if not all) of that percieved difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Plus bear in mind that Americans pay a sales tax on top of the price, whereas our tax (VAT) is normally included in prices, which does make up some (if not all) of that percieved differenceSales tax seems to vary state to state (some don't pay it at all), but no way does sales tax account for all of the difference in price. Nowhere near. For example, a MK5G from DJDeals in America is $539. From Sapphires in the UK the same deck is £469 or $891. Sales tax in the USA is generally a lot lower than VAT too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decisive Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 i really liked cutting on a qfo with prox, found it really comfortable. and cutting at your sofa is dope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I always believed the £ was stronger than the $.It is. You can get 1.9 dollars to the pound at the moment, but a TTX that's say 330 dollars in America would be 330 pounds here. The whole pricing structure leaves us at a major disadvantage. Plus bear in mind that Americans pay a sales tax on top of the price, whereas our tax (VAT) is normally included in prices, which does make up some (if not all) of that percieved difference Your prob also paying for all the shipping costs to get your products to that giant island of yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 That and import duty and VAT. That really pisses me off. If I buy goods in another country, why should I have to pay more tax to bring the goods home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decisive Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 technically we have to to ensure that our economy stays secure. there's a long ass explanation for that in one of my books somewhere i'm sure there is, but it does technically make sense (unfortunately). what is shit is our culture of 'if it costs more it must be better' which is stronger in the UK than anywhere else in the world, and it will take a LONG time for the cost/value divide between us and other countries to harmonise due once again to economic stability issues. It is happening though, consider the price gulf between the computer and automotive industries uk/rest of the world 10 years ago compared to now- either due to legislation or the increased sense of an 'international market' prices are slowly coming down edit: and i came on here to get a break from international marketing coursework, ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$a!n+ Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Sales taxes are a muthafugger! Then they tax my pay check too! Not to mention they raise my electric and double tax the shit out of whatever they can. I dunno. Im clueless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 technically we have to to ensure that our economy stays secure. there's a long ass explanation for that in one of my books somewhere i'm sure there is, but it does technically make sense (unfortunately). what is shit is our culture of 'if it costs more it must be better' which is stronger in the UK than anywhere else in the world, and it will take a LONG time for the cost/value divide between us and other countries to harmonise due once again to economic stability issues. It is happening though, consider the price gulf between the computer and automotive industries uk/rest of the world 10 years ago compared to now- either due to legislation or the increased sense of an 'international market' prices are slowly coming down edit: and i came on here to get a break from international marketing coursework, ha.We get fucked over though man. Customers outside the EU buying goods from the UK don't have to pay V.A.T. (when they use the web to buy goods that is), yet if we buy goods from sites in America for example, we have to pay taxes to our Government here in Britain, so we get stitched up twice in effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Plus bear in mind that Americans pay a sales tax on top of the price, whereas our tax (VAT) is normally included in prices, which does make up some (if not all) of that percieved differenceSales tax seems to vary state to state (some don't pay it at all), but no way does sales tax account for all of the difference in price. Nowhere near. For example, a MK5G from DJDeals in America is $539. From Sapphires in the UK the same deck is £469 or $891. Sales tax in the USA is generally a lot lower than VAT too. Yeah, I was never saying it accounts for ALL of it... not by a long shot. But it does represent a fair chunk of the difference.... point taken, though, we get royally SCREWED in the UK. VAT is a wholly unfair tax -it taxes everyone regardless of income. The unemployed, disabled, elderly, children all pay the same VAT. Plus you pay VAT on a hell of a lot of essential stuff.... even sanitary towels for fucks sake. It's a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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