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Re: Question about headroom with dj mixersWe have another dB scale for DJ mixers. We call it dBP. As in "dB Pioneer." Best we can tell in real world applications, the Pioneer mixer's meters do not correspond with any of the mixing consoles meters that we can figure out. +10 on a Pioneer is approx +22dBu give or take a few dB. The newer Pioneer DJM900 seems a lot more unpredictable that the old 800s which is kind of funny because the old 800s had the attenuation pot on the back, the 900s do not have that feature.I have no experience with the Vestax or Stanton mixers but it may be that they are using different dB scales for their meters. Also one mixer may not be able to to output as hot of a signal as the other one. The specs you listed ton't tell the maximum outputs of either unit.
Re: Question about headroom with dj mixers
We have another dB scale for DJ mixers. We call it dBP. As in "dB Pioneer." Best we can tell in real world applications, the Pioneer mixer's meters do not correspond with any of the mixing consoles meters that we can figure out. +10 on a Pioneer is approx +22dBu give or take a few dB. The newer Pioneer DJM900 seems a lot more unpredictable that the old 800s which is kind of funny because the old 800s had the attenuation pot on the back, the 900s do not have that feature.
I have no experience with the Vestax or Stanton mixers but it may be that they are using different dB scales for their meters. Also one mixer may not be able to to output as hot of a signal as the other one. The specs you listed ton't tell the maximum outputs of either unit.
