Liteconsole XPRS Review After 10 Years of Use

0:00 New product comes out and it's like eye candy

Right, ladies and gentlemen, if you're anything like me, you go through DJ kit like no one's business. New product comes out and it's like eye candy. Safe to say, hopefully like you, if you've still got your vinyl turntables, then you probably kept your original Technics or you probably kept your original CDJ Mark 3s, I don't know, or maybe... You know, the original piece of kit that brought you into the DJ community. And it's a bit like, it's part of the family now. Well, this video is sort of like that, but also I want to... I don't very... No, start again. Start again. Okay, start again. I've got to get my right mindset here. But, you know, a lot of these videos, if I do some kind of promotional video, is there...

2:19 Good points, not so much the bad points because it's still there

I make them because I like the item and the companies involved have said, Jonathan, here's a piece of kit. Do what you want with it. And that's it. So if I want to do videos, I do them. If I don't, I don't. And I just maybe do pictures and take them on the road, do a gig log. But this piece of kit, a little bit of an exception because... DJ Tutor Over 10 years. And I think the reason I want to do this video is to show you A, how sturdy it is, B, how just professional it looks. And also, I want to show you the battle scars because that thing has been chucked in and out of numerous vehicles, vans, the Ford I've got now. It's been thrust left, right and centre. And nothing lasts forever. But I've got to be honest with you, it has stood the test of time. Now, don't get me wrong, they are expensive, but at the end of the day, you pay for what you get, don't you? So I'm going to sort of break it down to you what I think about this light console piece of kit. Good points, not so much the bad points because it's still there. So it can't be bad because it works. It hasn't fallen apart even though a couple of screws missed. Well, not screws, but...

I will show you um but just it sort of show you the the mechanics let's say behind it okay so uh right i'm gonna pause the camera now and just get a different angle hold on right here we go now you might see little bits there now these are extra so what you can do with these we've got two bits like that two like that and one across there so these bits will actually secure to the side like so and then these bits fit on top and then that bit goes across so you've got your own kind of lighting rig now of course i can't do it here because i'm limited on space i probably could get it up there probably yeah in fact it probably would fit But don't really want to do that today, but you get the general idea. So theoretically, you can turn up to your event and you don't have to start putting T-bars up with lights. It's all there. Okay, so battle scars. What have we got? That is the second piece of Perspex I've had. The first one broke.

4:34 Cable ties

Again, it's Perspex. It's a plastic. If you don't treat it correctly, it's going to break. Mine did. Didn't treat it correctly. Down here, we have like a bit of a kick plate and Nick's always complaining. He's saying, Jonathan, when he watches my videos, why haven't you got your kick plate? Well, and he's probably smiling now if he's watching this video. Since then, I've always taken it with me. So I'll just remove that. The only one battle scar you can see is that I've got a nail there holding that hinge in place. Now, you know, if anyone's going to go, oh, that's not very good. Well, this thing, like I said, is over 10 years old and the amount of time it's been constituted in and out, nothing lasts forever. OK, but again, you know, I would have thought that

I could probably change that, but to be quite honest, if it ain't broke, why try to fix it? It did break. I put a nail in there. That's been there for about three or four years and it's still there, so why change it? Right, OK, so I'll put that over there. I'll take this off and make a hell of a lot of noise. That's aluminium. Now, when I do a gig, I'm sure you've seen a lot of the pictures, a couple of gig logs. I very rarely use this anymore, and the reason being is because the controller I have would sort of sit underneath here. So if you've seen any recent pictures, you'll notice that... Hold on, let me just pull it out like so. OK, you'll notice I've got my controller there, the AZ, prior to that Opus Quad.

And then laptop over there, hard drive, mouse and that sort of stuff. So what you can do when it's set up like this is of course have your laptop up here or laptops. The holes here, very simple for all your cables. So trunking isn't a problem. I'll just take that off there. And then you've got more holes here, trunking, cables straight down and away you go. Now you may see a few cable ties and this is where you can definitely see battle scars because I've got cable ties holding this in. Now even though this is only plastic, it's really sturdy. I mean, I have not worried at all about having expensive pieces of kit on here. I've had Technics on here, Mixer, really heavy stuff and it's been absolutely fine. So I'll...

6:56 We've got a frame underneath

I'm going to try and do this with one hand now, and it shows how secure it is. There you go. OK, so there we go. We've got a frame underneath. Now that shows why it's so sturdy. And all that happens is you've got this piece here that fits down. I'm just going to hold that up along here. Right, so I'm going to take this off, he says. I'm going to try. 100. Put that down there and there we go. Now also you'll notice one, two, three, four, four little bits poking out. It does come with another shelf and that's good for putting bits and bobs on but I don't think I've actually ever used that because what I like to do, I'm sure again you've seen pictures, have a light there and then that light shines

On the piece of plastic, so you get a nice kind of effect at the front of the DJ booth. Now, plastic here either side, those are original, they're Velcroed on, so they come off easily if you want them to come off. I'm now going to remove this plastic piece, or it will remove itself, either or either. Let me try and take this out. Again, it's a bit difficult one-handed. That can be done. Move that out of the way. Right, now this is where we get to the genius side. And I mean so simple, yet just like genius, genius. I love it. This is what got me hooked. Pull those in and check that out. I mean, come on. Like, there it is. That's it. Now, if you rewind this video, you would have noticed me move it about.

9:00 It's got cable ties on it

While it had, you know, the top on it and it moved as one. It didn't look, and to me, it doesn't feel as though it's wobbling or anything like that. So this is it. I've had this for over 10 years and apart from, yeah, okay, beer stains and the top, you know, it's seen better days. But what do you expect? I mean, if it was in pristine condition and 10 years old, you'd think, well, how many gigs have you done? But this has been to practically every single gig. It's got cable ties on it. It's got gaffer tape. Now, I can't remember, but Nick did tell me, and perhaps Nick, I know you're going to watch this video, mate. Love you, buddy. You're a good man. Please, in a comment, Nick, post down the products that you can use.

To clean up the aluminium, or as you Americans like to call it, aluminum-ium-ium. Is it aluminum? Aluminum-ium. Anyway, right. But you can clean this up. I think it's something like salt and lemon juice. I'm sure that there are products out there that you can buy, but maybe old school, maybe just lemon juice. Don't know. Again, let's have a look at this front bit. Can be cleaned. But again, it's well made. Now, don't get me wrong, these are not cheap. You know, they're not going to set you back 150 quid. If you want a console for 150 quid, you can get one. I'm sure you can, but it's going to be very flimsy, it's not going to last and you're going to put your expensive piece of kit on it and it's going to fall flat on his arse. On the other hand, you invest some decent money and it looks good, so...

Again, I relate to a lot of the pictures I've been putting on Facebook of my setup. Very simple, couple of speakers either side and it just looks good. Alright, so I hope that's great. I hope you're enjoying the video ladies and gentlemen. Don't forget, post a comment, let me know what you think. Thank you Nick, this is the Lite Console XPRS. Thank you for watching, practice and enjoy.

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