NUMARK NV BUILD QUALITY IS IT ANY GOOD Review by Ellaskins the DJ Tutor

0:01 You have in front of you the Newmark NV

Alright ladies and gentlemen, you have in front of you the Newmark NV. This video is all about looking at the build quality, not looking at any of the features but mainly looking at how it's built. How does it feel? How do the buttons feel? How do the knobs feel? What are the platters like? A lot of people are asking me... You know, is it flimsy? Is it plasticky? Is it light? Do you think it's going to last a long time? So hopefully this video will answer a great deal of your questions. Now first of all, I'm old school. One of the first things I do is pick an item up and whether it's right or wrong I don't know but it's worked for me. If it's heavy then it's a bit of quality there because There's got to be a lot of parts inside it. Now I know that sounds a little bit ridiculous, but with controllers today you don't actually need many parts. All you need is a couple of circuit boards inside there and that's pretty much it because technology is so advanced now. Microchips are so advanced as well that you can store so much information on a small microchip. There's no need for loads of parts and bits and gubbins, but in here there seems to be a bit of weight.

So, what I can deduce from that is that there's a lot going on inside here. But also, more importantly, the build quality is very good. It's been well made. They haven't thought, let's just skimp and, you know, get a tiny bit of plastic here and a bit of plastic there. I mean, if we look at the back, it's screwed in nicely. There isn't just one in each corner. And it doesn't feel flimsy. This is something I tend to do. If I hold it at one end and shake it, it feels sturdy. It doesn't feel as though it's going to flap. Now that may seem ridiculous to a lot of people, but believe me, there are companies out there that will try and try their hardest to get the plastic as thin as they can before it starts to move.

2:46 The crossfade, of course, as you can see here, is interchangeable

You know, another way of looking at it is if they can make it a couple of microns thinner and they're making so many thousand products, they're actually going to save a little bit. So if they can skimp on anything, tiny amounts of saving on one item is a great deal of saving on thousands of items. So that's quite logical. Alright, the faders seem sturdy and they're very light and they're very smooth. The crossfade, of course, as you can see here, is interchangeable. So if it starts to bleed, which is inevitable, then you could always take that out and put another one in. That is a great feature. The platters themselves are very sturdy. A lot of people have been saying they don't like the small platters, but what's the problem? If they were another two or three inches wider,

No big deal, OK? If you look at other products out there, they've got maybe similar sizes. That's fine. It works. The screens are very good, very bright. They're at an angle that is great for just being able to peer into them, not flat. They just sort of tip slightly towards you. All of the dials are very good and there's a nice feel to them. They don't feel plasticky. Even though I think they, I'm pretty sure they are. But they feel very sturdy. Now again, I cannot see these starting to wear away over a considerable amount of time. You're going to have to batter this to hell before it starts falling apart. Again, with the filter dial, a nice smooth movement there. Switches.

5:21 Exactly at the time you want them to snap in time

A very good. Now again, you can see that the switch moves the three modes, A, off and B. Now, alright, the switch is sticking up. I've been in this industry a long time and on some products when the switch is sticking up, when you switch it across, it tends to bend very slightly. This doesn't. This stays upright full stop. That's it. So it doesn't sort of... Traktor Exactly at the time you want them to snap in time. There is no delay whatsoever and that is really important for DJs who want to maybe start doing remixes. You know, if you want that cue point in at the 1, you will get it in at the 1, not at 1.003. Right, let's have a... Excuse me, turn it around. OK, you've got your power on and off.

Input, this thing, oh sorry, you can see it now. Power on and off, that is power input. This thing here, what you do with this is unscrew it, put your power in, and then you put the cable through here and tighten it down. That's there for one reason and one reason only. It just is there to secure the cable in place so you can't by accident pull out a power cable. USB, input. Mic, and again to show that Newmark have thought let's just make this slightly more pro, we have Booth out, we have Master out, and this is the good feature, balanced XLR out. So if you are using this in a nightclub and for example the amplification is quite a distance away, XLR is the way to go. I'd say that pretty much covers it. So, from a point of view of construction, it's got to be a 9 and again, I'm not dealing with features here, so I'm going to give it a 9 out of 10 because it feels good. Also, it looks good. Everything is where it should be and again, with the screens, now there is no need

To have your laptop open. So if you are a DJ, let's say looking into getting a controller and you have a laptop, but like me, you don't like DJs or yourself continually gawping at the laptop, then consider the Envy. All right? I'll put info on how you can get more. I'll start again. I'll put a link in the description on how you can get more info on the Newmark Envy. And go and check out the other videos I've made on YouTube. And also, there are other people who will be doing reviews on this as well. Go and check them out as well. Thank you very much. Practice and enjoy. Nice one.

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