Ecler NUO 2.0

I had this mixer for few years before I updgraded to Denon DN-X1600 and I was very please with Ecler. It's not exactly high-tech by today's standards, but it does the basics very well and sounds good too.

This mixer offers great price/quality-ratio especially for vinyl DJs, but equally good for digital DJs if you have a separate audio interface. I personally used the Nuo2.0 with Edirol FA-66 interface.

The general build quality is good and the big knobs are pleasing to the hand. My only complaint about the build quality is that the knobs start to get noticably looser fairly soon. Then again, this is the case with most mixers and doesn't really affect anything, but with Nuo2.0 it was particularly noticable.

The FX loop is a nice bonus as are the XLR-outputs - both something that are not necessarily there in this price range.

I regret buying this mixer. A fault developed with one of the PFL buttons within 12 months, leading to a lot of cracking and drop outs on that channel. After returning it to Thomann, it was sent back to me with a number of quality issues. All of the EQ knobs now turn past their maximum or minimum value. All of the faders are loose and move from side to side. Many of the other knobs are either stiff as if new, or very loose, also turning past max and minimum values. There is no feeling of this being a low use, tight mixer. It feels worn and old and inconsistent with the feeling of the well cared for 2.0 Nuo that I sent back for a simple button replacement. I was told the entire motherboard was replaced. I strongly suspect the motherboard was from another return, from a mixer that was very, very well used. I won't buy another mixer from Thomann because of this.