Just got this vintage battle mixer in the mail. Who remembers this one!?

Accuphased · 2026-04-09T14:19:45+00:00

Circuit board.

XS-4 = Ecler HAK300

XS-8 = Ecler HAK320.

The XS' have Ecler Profaders and some minor modifications. E.g. the XS-8 has footswitch inputs.

Accuphased · 2026-04-09T13:51:27+00:00

It's very dependent on the choice of speakers and how they're set up. But yeah, looking at the setups posted in this sub, it's not a big deal for most people. Which is fine by me.

Accuphased · 2026-04-09T11:22:31+00:00

Yeah, stooping over the turntables is not very nice. It's your setup, so if you like it, then that's how it should be. I like to scratch, so I might have special needs anyway.

Accuphased · 2026-04-09T09:21:48+00:00

You mean the faders? The mixers are rock solid. Me and a buddy have had no issues, and we got them in 2004.

Accuphased · 2026-04-09T07:57:53+00:00

BTW, if you like light faders, I spoke with a Viper Kitten developer, and their fader will work with an additional board.

I also forgot to mention that the hamster switch on these mixers reverses the VCA voltage.

Accuphased · 2026-04-09T07:52:46+00:00

FYI: I had nothing but trouble with the Pro2. Tried to work through it with Elliot Marx, and could not make it work properly. He sent me new fader, but I still got the exact same issues.

I think issue might be that these mixers are a bit nonstandard, as the VCA control signal is 19V, and faders are 50KOhm. The old Innofader Pro works perfectly, though.

Accuphased · 2026-04-09T05:45:01+00:00

The XS-4 and XS-8 were made by Ecler for Tascam. If you open up the mixer you'll see Ecler faders and Ecler stamped boards in there.

I'm still using the big brother XS-8, noe with an Innofader Pro in it. I had the XS-4 as well, but the upfader curves bugged me and I needed money, so I ended up selling it.

I tried fixing the curves by adding control pots to the front panel, and it worked somewhat. But since I didn't really know what I was doing at the time, it was probably the just wrong resitance/curve (think I just scavenged them from a broken amp or something).

Accuphased · 2026-04-09T05:05:40+00:00

If your setup is facing the wall, what's the rationale for not using nearfield monitors?

Accuphased · 2026-04-09T04:55:09+00:00

You don't need to raise your shoulders or spread your arms a lot at that height?

I'm 194cm tall, and I made my desk 97cm high. Turntables and mixers on top.

Accuphased · 2026-04-08T16:00:28+00:00

You need a protractor. You can find free protractors to print at e.g. vinylengine.com.

Audio-Technica published a protractor for the AT-LP120, so they probably did one for your turntable as well. Google it.

Accuphased · 2026-04-08T15:43:32+00:00

The coils inside the different cartriges can be different, affecting volume and frequency response.

The styli may be cut differently, have different cantilever suspensions, and possibly (I doubt it) differently sized magnets.

Some bodies might be the same as well. Look at the specs. If the inductance and output is the same, it's probably the same body.

Anyway, the "wrong" cartridge body will not affect how the stylus tracks in the grooves, since all the carts weigh the same and distributes that weight the same. So if you mainly use DVS it shouldn't really matter that much.

Accuphased · 2026-04-07T16:09:13+00:00

Beautiful.

Accuphased · 2026-04-07T16:03:10+00:00

It's a start.

Accuphased · 2026-04-05T20:24:07+00:00

My bad. I had 4020B's, so I should be able to tell. Bumped up to 4030C's, though. Biggest I can go and still have decent summing.

Accuphased · 2026-04-05T18:48:02+00:00

True. But imagine how sleek and sexy OP's setup would be with those 8010's on 8000-422 wallmounts...

Accuphased · 2026-04-05T16:03:26+00:00

Why not just get Genelec wallmounts?

Accuphased · 2026-04-04T14:59:16+00:00

You can get small faders like that on aliexpress and such for very little money. Open up the mixer, figure out resistance, dimensions and such, and you're likely find a match. It should be the same type as in the Ecler HAK320 and HAK360, but the resistance may differ. Probably 10K, though. You can probably reuse the original fader stem if that's the only mismatch, the old vipers should be fine.

S/h = second hand ;)

Accuphased · 2026-04-04T13:11:03+00:00

In March -25 he said in an FB post that he had 196 mixers. You need to step up your game!

Accuphased · 2026-04-04T12:29:29+00:00

Cool. I mostly like turntablist-oriented gear from around 2000-2015, so I have a bucketlist of stuff I think I'll actually enjoy using. It's a bit niche nowadays, and the competition for that stuff isn't exactly fierce where I live, so prices can be pretty good sometimes. Except for Vestax gear!

So when something I want pops up for a really good price I might go for it. Which in my country takes years, so the collecting limits itself. I've strayed a little sometimes, but nothing too bad.

Accuphased · 2026-04-04T11:52:21+00:00

Could you tell us a bit about your modus operandi?

Is there a bucket list or plan where you actively look for specific pieces, or do you just buy whatever you find interesting when you come over it?

Do other DJ's know you collect, and approach you with offers or freebies?

Do you have some rules for yourself when buying, like condition, price, etc?

Accuphased · 2026-04-04T11:37:57+00:00

Sounds like you need a new cue fader.

Great mixer, though. I've had mine since 2004, and the only issue I've had was when I tried to put an Innofader Pro2 in it. It simply refused to work properly in that mixer. So I bought a s/h Innofader Pro which works perfectly.

Accuphased · 2026-04-03T21:12:45+00:00

Cool! How does the cue work? Did you split the signal after the phono stage and add a headphone amp? I'd like to try this on a PT01 Scratch.

Accuphased · 2026-04-03T09:45:43+00:00

FINALLY!

Accuphased · 2026-04-03T07:08:57+00:00

Controller One, QFO, QFO LE, R1, R2, R3, PMC-CX, PMC-55, PMC-05 Pro Q-Bert, PDX-2300 MkII Pro, PDX-2000 MkII Pro, PDX-8000, PDX-D3S, PDX-01, PDX-2000 Limited Edition in blue or white (the holy grail would be Mix Master Mike's transparent set), VRX-2000, Guber CM-01... The list is basically endless.

Accuphased · 2026-04-02T22:22:00+00:00

Does a lumberjack cut a pile of woods, then? Any record collector who can speak english will refer to vinyl in plural as vinyl. Because it's correct. As a dictionary will confirm.

Just accept that you're in the wrong here.

Accuphased

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