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A photo posted by World of Stereo (@worldofstereo) on Sep 18, 2016 at 11:14am PDT   I have to admit that I was bit incredulous when another company came along touting a seat-back subwoofer. We've seen them for gaming consoles and high end entertainment systems, but SubPac is one of the first to target the DJ and producer market specifically and the fact that they were offering a wearable was a bit intriguing.   The first test we ran it through was at home with a …

  Roland 909 day- DID. NOT. DISAPPOINT. Some product announcements we expected, other's we did not (branded turntables/mixer???) And some great performances from a host of uber talented musicians as you would expect from one of the worlds leading instrument manufacturers. But we're here to talk about the DJ-808.  The DJ-808 is a collaboration between Roland and Serato, combining world class hardware with Serato's acclaimed DJ software which has set the standard for the DVS (digital vin …

 There are two things in life that are absolute: Death and the fact that your 1200's will most certainly out live you. If you're like me, you already own a couple of pairs and have watched with slight amusement/despair as the price of the SL-1200 has sky rocketed and leveled off, then sky rocketed AGAIN and sort of left us where we are today. They're not as cheap as they used to be, that's for sure, but unlike everything else these days they're still built like tanks. They're still the gol …

Rane has long been known as an audio industry stalwart of quality. Their original 19" rotary mixers were fixtures of nightclubs across the globe and the TTM-57 set the bar for every other authorized Serato mixer to follow. The announcement last week that "Rane Corporation is pleased to announce that cofounders Linda Arink and Dennis Bohn have agreed to sell Rane Corporation to InMusic LLC." was a shock to many and has left many fans scrambling to scoop up the last of the existing Rane stock befo …

Dave Smith Instruments announced this month that they will begin shipping a desktop module version of their acclaimed OB-6 six-voice analog synthesizer in the early fall. Like the keyboard version, it boasts a sound engine inspired by Oberheim’s original SEM and features an all-analog signal path with discrete VCOs, VCAs, and filters. The knob-per-function front panel offers immediate access to virtually all parameters. As Dave Smith explained: “The OB-6 has met with unprecedented approval f …