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By jonnyscratch Tue May 12, 2009 12:01 pm
Music Thing's useless review wrote:Bafflingly, the Cube is limited edition. Limited to 50 worldwide
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By dj e.d.e Tue May 12, 2009 3:13 pm
jonnyscratch wrote:
Music Thing's useless review wrote:Bafflingly, the Cube is limited edition. Limited to 50 worldwide
so now theres only 49 left,
pete's tong is getting one.

i wonder if they will have any on display at a music shop?
By golfzerosafari Wed May 13, 2009 3:41 am
They used to be limited edition a few years ago in the UK and Japan. I cant seem to find a decent review on this thing. I wonder how it sounds?
By bedouin Wed May 13, 2009 4:25 am
Here's my estimation dude. It's probably a halfway decent turntable and definitely better than the $90 crap you'll find at Best Buy next to the "Scrubs" DVDs.

However as much as I like Vestax you're paying for cool aesthetics more than anything else (I would guess). It's sort of mimicking some of the other audiophile decks with glass platters and visible belts in appearance. If you value something that performs good and looks great, then it's probably for you. If you just want something that's good but doesn't look as cool, you have a lot of other options for $100-200 less. There are some entry level audiophile tables like Rega's that look pretty kick ass in my opinion and are definitely quality.
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By dj e.d.e Wed May 13, 2009 4:44 am
bedouin wrote:Here's my estimation dude. It's probably a halfway decent turntable and definitely better than the $90 **** you'll find at Best Buy next to the "Scrubs" DVDs.

However as much as I like Vestax you're paying for cool aesthetics more than anything else (I would guess). It's sort of mimicking some of the other audiophile decks with glass platters and visible belts in appearance. If you value something that performs good and looks great, then it's probably for you. If you just want something that's good but doesn't look as cool, you have a lot of other options for $100-200 less. There are some entry level audiophile tables like Rega's that look pretty kick ass in my opinion and are definitely quality.
yeah thats the numark company putting it's 2 cents in on there share of the company with vestax, when numark took over a few yrs they got cheaper on there products this shouldnt be any different.

numark is one of those companys that fights to be up there with the b/rest of them.
By bedouin Wed May 13, 2009 5:11 am
Numark never took over Vestax. They only own Akai and Alesis.

At one time Vestax was distributed by Stanton in the US -- if that's what you're thinking. Vestax still makes good products.
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By dj e.d.e Wed May 13, 2009 3:40 pm
bedouin wrote:Numark never took over Vestax. They only own Akai and Alesis.

At one time Vestax was distributed by Stanton in the US -- if that's what you're thinking. Vestax still makes good products.


this happen a few yrs ago i think 3-4yrs back, i had an article on here but i cant find it, but yes that was one reason i was going to start checking things out really good from vestax cause numark was cheap in the mid 90's they used cheap parts ,they still do,but they were going to start putting in cheap parts in the vetsax mixers,

i just bought a new 05 pro last yrs new but it's an older model the last one they had in the box, it was made before numark got to it.

yeah i have a vestax/stanton mixer pmc610 but that was way back in like 92-3 when that was, then stanton magnetics came out and they went there own ways
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By jaem Wed May 13, 2009 5:16 pm
bedouin wrote:Numark never took over Vestax. They only own Akai and Alesis.
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By dj e.d.e Wed May 13, 2009 5:21 pm
jaem wrote:
bedouin wrote:Numark never took over Vestax. They only own Akai and Alesis.
ok not took over ,they merged then.
By bedouin Wed May 13, 2009 6:07 pm
They never merged. They're two distinct companies owned by two distinct groups. Numark owns Alesis and Akai -- that's it. Oh, and those rebranded ION turntables are theirs too. You're not going to find an article because a merger or acquisition never happened.

And I bought my PMC-05 Pro III over a year ago and it's still going strong; never even replaced the crossfader or cleaned it yet. I also have a Handy Trax I take out every time I dig.

Stanton Magnetics is still Stanton Magnetics; it has been for years. What's changed is that somewhere in the 90s they moved from NY to Florida and many believe things took a downturn from there.
By golfzerosafari Wed May 13, 2009 9:34 pm
bedouin wrote:Here's my estimation dude. It's probably a halfway decent turntable and definitely better than the $90 **** you'll find at Best Buy next to the "Scrubs" DVDs.

However as much as I like Vestax you're paying for cool aesthetics more than anything else (I would guess). It's sort of mimicking some of the other audiophile decks with glass platters and visible belts in appearance. If you value something that performs good and looks great, then it's probably for you. If you just want something that's good but doesn't look as cool, you have a lot of other options for $100-200 less. There are some entry level audiophile tables like Rega's that look pretty kick ass in my opinion and are definitely quality.



I like the Rega's, the p1 is missing some features though. Still looking for a review on that vestax...