There's a few good Facebook groups as well if you want more info. It's said that discrete is preferable to sound quality, but what about some real-world opinions? Save this search. View cart for details. So kind of you. I've had my Radius 2 for almost four years now and still think it's amazing. The MS gear is of phenomenal quality. I am debating between the Condesa Lucia and the Mastersounds Radius 4. In that case, let’s get a little bit technical.

awesome read! How do you describe a Condesa mixer to someone not familiar with it? - remember your login, general, and regional preferences Hello fellow Nerds,i'm about to spend a ridiculous amount of money on a new rotary mixer.I'm looking for some input from people who used several of them.I am debating between the Condesa Lucia and the Mastersounds Radius 4.With the new Pricedrop from Mastersounds the decision is really hard. Price. I own the little boi MS radius 2 and am completely blown away by the warmth and punch coming out of that thing. Before i read every test and watched every Rotary mixer video on YouTube. The algorithm suggested Videos of cement Rotary machines and concrete vehicles. Detailed information can be found on our Privacy Policy page. - helping us understand the audience I find the bass a touch boomy compared to a cleaner digital mixer like the MP2015. It comes back to getting to know your music and picking the best sections for mixing…. Cheers!! Condesa Carmen V DJ Mixer Sound Demo (no talking) - YouTube This page was last updated: 01-Oct 20:15. And of course, each mixer is hand built to order, as opposed to being mass produced in an automated factory! “I always feel like I’ve got a relationship with each mixer,” Medhi says. Rotary Mixers: Condesa vs Mastersounds. Check the newest rotary SP2 and the upcoming Bozure. In order to give you the best experience, we use cookies and similar technologies for performance, analytics, personalization, advertising, and to help our site function. I am a record collector and DJ and I find the Carmen brings great detail to home listening and mixin. There wasn’t a DJ mixer that ticked these boxes at a reasonable price. I mix funk+soul+modern in vinyl, and more often than not I find myself cutting, rather than blending, and maybe I'm wrong, but am under the impression that certain type of mixes would be more difficult to achieve on a strictly rotary system. Would really prefer the 3 band eq in the newer valve version over the HPF-only in the prior non-valve model, but with the double price tag and the tubes potentially wearing out, having trouble justifying the purchase for the newer models.... Hey anybody who could compare a Condesa Carmen v or Lucia to a audio solution sp3?
I spoke to jerome. And if you want rotary just mod it yourself. Full EQ and a more conventionally arranged ISO. A digital mixer, with all the sound manipulation tools you could ever want, seems very attractive in theory and they can be very useful as a performance tool, but I think the sound can seem sterile, clean and sometimes harsh (especially with digital media). I've played on a Carmen V, a Radius, and a TRM 202 and no question the Condesa is the nicer mixer soundwise, feelwise, and aesthetically.

How are they coloured when compared with each other? I love this thread ! I'm currently wanting a Rotary mixer.....i've spoken to a good friend of mine whos really into his high quality sound & he tried most rotary mixers on the market out of all hes owned over the years nothing beats the Condesa - Lucia so i'm told the build quality & sound quality is suppose to be next level stuff.....i'm saving up for the Condesa now! The wait time is due to the amount of mixers on order at any one time – we don’t want to rush the builds and lower the quality. comes standard with fx send, cue lights, cue/mix + the phono/line switches on the top panel (and mine came with wood sides as standard).

If you can the best is to pay him a visit, in Paris. Finally the fun part, lots of testing and fine tuning… and I’ll always be looking at ways of improving this design from here on. An original Urei is not more expensive than these models. What was involved in seeing the idea from concept/prototype to completion? “We had cases shipped from the US or EU for the first few mixers we had made but now we’re starting to use recycled Australian woods, so we’ve got jarrah and Tasmanian oak,” Ballard says. I play all sorts, and the only tunes I think i'm going to have to re-learn how to approach are all the mid-90s DnB 12s i've been stockpiling. I play the same kind of music as you it seems, and I find the MS perfect for my style and liking. Then bringing every part together – case, faceplate, circuit. Yes, Australia has been great for sales, however the sales internationally have been very good too.

I have used the condesa carmen and it’s a beast. I am twisting between the Omonitronic TRM402 // 600 EUR s the Updated Master Sounds Radius 4V currently at 1089 GBP... Hi guys, Condesa or MasterSounds? The LE is an £1000 mixer all day long. I have both (well a Carmen V and a Radius 4V) and wrote about my preferences and comparisons here: https://reddit.com/r/rotarymixers/comments/bdu0sx/condesa_mixers_any_good/enkvux4, https://reddit.com/r/rotarymixers/comments/et58pe/condesa_lucia_sound_build_quality_and_attention/.

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“so you’re not moving the sound, you’re moving a voltage.” this statement make no sense. Both amazing mixers but really quite different. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Something went wrong. ICs (integrated circuits) can be very convenient, cheap & easy to implement in audio circuits. The real kick in the pants i got was when i first took it to a club. Condesa mixers don’t have any digital processing what so ever, they are entirely analogue, with a 100% discrete analogue audio path. It encompasses a record label, pressing plant and online magazine, and collaborates with artists and musicians to create stunning audio-visual shows. Don't expect an expressive Xone filter tho, its much smoother without the resonance hump. Cased in local hardwood and Tasmanian oak, Condesa’s Carmen and Lucia models have something of the Linn Sondek LP12 turntable about them – a vintage design standard synonymous with refined analogue sound. Actual price difference is actually $950 USD ! Both will get you to where you want to go, but one will do it SSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much better! And i am wondering about the experience people have with the eq-knobs on the Carmen EQ, it seems a bit tight there and are the knobs a bit small? Using a Carmen does takes patience if you are new to rotaries, but it is rewarding and puts into focus how powerful dynamics, level and high quality sound can be. Inside an average IC analogue DJ mixer the sound can pass through 15-20 IC stages from input to output. The initial idea for designing my own product came from wanting a high quality DJ mixer, something that would compare to high-end studio mixers. Guess what happened when I phoned him again. He’s super friendly and usually replies within a few days. I modded my xone 32 and can't complain so far. Condesa mixers don’t have any digital processing what so ever, they are entirely analogue, with a 100% discrete analogue audio path.

The rest of the time, the fact that Condesa makes every mixer by hand and to order allows Mehdi to nimbly meet specific design demands, and put the emphasis on the craftsmanship that has infiltrated a new wave of makers of turntables, speakers, and records themselves. 6 items found from eBay international sellers, {"modules":["unloadOptimization","bandwidthDetection"],"unloadOptimization":{"browsers":{"Firefox":true,"Chrome":true}},"bandwidthDetection":{"url":"https://ir.ebaystatic.com/cr/v/c1/thirtysevens.jpg","maxViews":4,"imgSize":37,"expiry":300000,"timeout":250}}, Low Prices, Fast Shipping, GREAT Selection, 3-1/2 cubic foot cement mixer #31979 Central Machine, 360°Mixing✔23" Pouring Height Drum✔Steel✔25" Diameter✔, Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than U.S. dollars and are approximate conversions to U.S. dollars based upon Bloomberg's conversion rates. Rotary connections. Number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date. - showing relevant, targeted ads on and off our web properties If you can wait for the Condesa and have an extra 1,000 euros, I can’t recommend it highly enough. As i am a very impatient person and have another addiction to fuel (collect Vinyl) i am going with the MasterSounds Radius 4 for now. Much love. Hi...I would use the isolator in a Joe Causell / MCDE / Theo fashion; meaning as I play pretty eclectic sets i'd use it for sweeping cuts before changing genres. Furthermore, our conversation revealed the inspiration behind it all, La Condesa, a quarter of Mexico City popular with young fashionables not too dissimilar from the area of east London where we’re drinking tall pints of beer. Several ales in, the Australian spins anecdotes of Tiffany diamond dealers in Shanghai and couture watch festivals in Basel, to DJing in Dubai and other adventures in Edinburgh with Linkwood. And in regards to the OP's question, the Condesas are the best sounding mixers on the market at the moment, along with ARS. As to sound its a powerful little mixer with plenty girth. . One day i might add a condesa. The focus of mass produced audio gear has been to find ways to make production cheaper, so there really hasn’t been the same care given to the improvement in audio quality. It is a more dynamic, more detailed sound. If you went back to the start of the process, what is one piece of advice you would give yourself? Earlier this year, they debuted a limited edition collaboration with Edinburgh-based electronic label Firecracker, encased in an intricate comic-book, wood-cut design emblematic of a label that has always put hand-made artwork first. You must be logged in to post. Find out more about Condesa and order your own here. The ISO is great but the layout means you may play it a bit less than a traditionally arranged ISO. Our approach to designing a mixer is to make an instrument for playing music through. I started with the phono preamp, then other parts were built and added and tested. Condesa is an Australian audio company specialising in hand-made rotary mixers. Innovation: MasterSounds have developed some great peripheral products, and refined their base Radius mixers to reduce price which leads me to believe they are looking at scale and longevity as a company.
- remembering account, browser, and regional preferences Thanks so much for your input, its been really insightful ! That said, it takes months to arrive usually and is much more expensive.

For more recent exchange rates, please use the. i've got a DJR200 and it works perfect for me. :). Medhi is a genius. Sound quality is high and the Condesa is fully discrete unlike the Mastersounds. - to ensure that we understand the audience and can provide relevant ads A Condesa mixer is quite the opposite of a Pioneer mixer. In a vacuum i would choose Condesa every time. Now, all of the Carmen’s casings are made by a local cabinet maker, says Medhi, and “we have actually been using recycled and sustainable hard woods,” he adds. - analyzing site traffic and usage Ultimately, the gap between the TRM202 and the Radius is massive compared to the gap between the Radius and the Condesa. “I think it’s always essential to have a little mix on there too to make sure everything is working the way it should,” Medhi says. Thanks for the shout out. Ignore those jokers on eBay selling the LE for $3k. Concrete and Mortar Mixer Electric motor. If in Australia, why not go for a Condesa? He picked up the phone. I too play a lot of dub techno and the pitch shifting delay on the MS FX really sound great with dub. Not finding what you're looking for? I cannot find anything online, is it a smaller version of the Audio Solution SP4?