Gemini CFX 40

Advantages: Good looking, many functions
Disadvantages: cheap cross fader

...This is one of Gemini's collection. This company are renound for the quality of their mixers. They can offer the best value for money on the market. This one has these features; high, mid, low, gain adjustment, kill switches, beat LED bars, diffferent out puts & inputs, unassignable cross fader, mic input & adjustment, talk over functuin, 12 second sampler with adjustments in pitch, volume etc (great for echo effects), headphone cue-ing adjustment, reversable cross fader and gradual to sharp fading settings. This was the first mixer I purchased. It is simple to use, easy to set up (plug & play basically). The only problem I had was the cross fader wore out within 4 or so months. However the replacement one costs around £20. The buttons are on securely, they may need to be firmly pushed down upon after opening the box though inorder to... Read review

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Advantages: Build, Rack Mountable, EQ
Disadvantages: Not many features, faders rather stiff when first purchased new.

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Advantages: Sounds good, looks good
Disadvantages: I can't use it to bat wasps

.... The TSC-136 CFX (catchy name huh?) is an electro-classical, meaning it can also be plugged into an amplifier and played very loudly and annoyingly if you want (more about that later). The top is solid spruce, and the back and sides are made of mahogany... I think it’s veneer, but it’s a very good veneer. My grampa who knows all about making things from wood said the finish is brilliant, you know it must be when you could probably use the reflection to drive a car (note: that is not a challenge!). A cutaway is provided to make the highest notes available to play, and there is a nice little rosette around the sound hole. The fretboard is rosewood and the machine heads (windy string things) are gold plated... woohoo! According to the Tanglewood site, the RRP is £549, though I had £100 off, probably due to some small marks that are here... Read review

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