DJs: Your home setup??

[DefJef]

Originally Posted by Avana

But don't these threads ask for trouble? Aren't you worried that someone is going to jack you after reading what you have to offer? This is like making crooks a catalogue of what is in your house....

Im not too worried about it..... but then again theres a 150lb rottie suprise for the sucker who tries !

Originally Posted by DefJef

Im not too worried about it..... but then again theres a 150lb rottie suprise for the sucker who tries !

You're extremely naive to think that is going to stop someone.

[mux]

Originally Posted by Akeel

lol, I have one of those...

[Ree Fresh]

Originally Posted by Avana

k - so I get that these threads pop up every few months so that many of you can compare penis size.

But don't these threads ask for trouble? Aren't you worried that someone is going to jack you after reading what you have to offer? This is like making crooks a catalogue of what is in your house....

I couldn't agree with you more. It's not something to brag about unless you have a superb security system in place or are willing to risk having your home targeted.

[MatSM]

egg cartons aren't supposed to soundproof a room, they are the cheap way to "anechoize" it, and they are only partially efficient

[dave mcnasty]

Originally Posted by Avana

k - so I get that these threads pop up every few months so that many of you can compare penis size.

But don't these threads ask for trouble? Aren't you worried that someone is going to jack you after reading what you have to offer? This is like making crooks a catalogue of what is in your house....

yeah except none of these people are posting their addresses with their setups

Originally Posted by dave mcnasty

yeah except none of these people are posting their addresses with their setups

But why give anyone any type of reason to want to know?

I wrote the book on getting ripped off by people. I learned my lesson. I think it is foolish for people to do this.

[Revolver]

beringer truth monitors
edirol ma 10d monitors
2 tech 12s
gemini 626 mixer
digi 002
mackie controll
mauido axiom 25 controller
alesis 3630 compressor(my absolute fav)
maudio fastrack interface
maudio audiophile 24 96 sound card
powermac g4 mmd 1.24 4gb ram
amd athalon 1.4 ghz pc (just for soundforge and net)
rode nt
shure 57
shure ksm 32
at 40-33
audix d2
fender front man 25 amp
fender strat(not us)
yamaha dreadnaught accoustic
korg es1 dust collecter.
lacie 250 gb hd
yahmaha ht5650 HT amplifire(used for 5.1 mixing)
yahmaha cdc-6655
polk audio psw10 subwoofer
polk audio monitor60 towerspeakers
polk audio rt bookshelf speakers
polk audio center channel speaker
maudio microtrack feild recorder
monster hts3000 power conditioner.
and a new MBP at 2.1 ghz.
all the usual software.

....a pic of all this crap can be found somwhere in my gallery. im thinking of selling alot of it off cause i want to go completely moblie soon cause location audio is where i want to be at cause traveling has kinda taken over my list of pursuits....

[MatSM]

If I may offer my 2 cents

k - so I get that these threads pop up every few months so that many of you can compare penis size.

But don't these threads ask for trouble? Aren't you worried that someone is going to jack you after reading what you have to offer? This is like making crooks a catalogue of what is in your house....

What you say is true, it could happen. But I don't see the point in refraining from sharing knowledge and thus advancing as a comminuty with common interests just because someone might take advantage and attempt to find out who you are, where you live, study your schedule and break into your home to steal less than 5000$ in used equipment that will need to be resold.... Lotsa work even for a crack head.

Let me ask you, did you take a plane since sept 2001?

I for one, will not stop living because of what might happen if I do. Tell you what, why don't you come by Celebrities thursday, we can compare penis sizes. << that was a good one BTW!!! cheers m8

[dave mcnasty]

Originally Posted by Avana

But why give anyone any type of reason to want to know?

well even if they want to know what are they gonna do? if they dont have an address then their search is gonna be pretty difficult.....almost impossible......so i think most ppl have no problem taking those chances to share their setups with fellow DJs.

[mekim]

we've got some tech's & a rane scratch mixer. plus a shitty old stereo system. can't wait for the living room reno's to be finished so the upgrades can start again.

oh yeah, i've got a couple vestax pdx-2000's in mint condition that i'm thinking about selling.

Originally Posted by Revolver

beringer truth monitors
edirol ma 10d monitors
2 tech 12s
gemini 626 mixer
digi 002
mackie controll
mauido axiom 25 controller
alesis 3630 compressor(my absolute fav)
maudio fastrack interface
maudio audiophile 24 96 sound card
powermac g4 mmd 1.24 4gb ram
amd athalon 1.4 ghz pc (just for soundforge and net)
rode nt
shure 57
shure ksm 32
at 40-33
audix d2
fender front man 25 amp
fender strat(not us)
yamaha dreadnaught accoustic
korg es1 dust collecter.
lacie 250 gb hd
yahmaha ht5650 HT amplifire(used for 5.1 mixing)
yahmaha cdc-6655
polk audio psw10 subwoofer
polk audio monitor60 towerspeakers
polk audio rt bookshelf speakers
polk audio center channel speaker
maudio microtrack feild recorder
monster hts3000 power conditioner.
and a new MBP at 2.1 ghz.
all the usual software.

....a pic of all this crap can be found somwhere in my gallery. im thinking of selling alot of it off cause i want to go completely moblie soon cause location audio is where i want to be at cause traveling has kinda taken over my list of pursuits....

What do you figure you'll sell ?

[DefJef]

Originally Posted by Avana

You're extremely naive to think that is going to stop someone.

I disagree. I dont think many people stealing on this scale would continue to break into a place if they heard an intimidating dog on the other side of the door.....any thief smart enough to pinpoint the location of a persons dj gear and where its kept through an internet message board will LIKELY be smart enough to know whats on the other side of the door weather it be house occupant with a bat, a big dog, or nothing at all.

Originally Posted by MatSM

If I may offer my 2 cents

What you say is true, it could happen. But I don't see the point in refraining from sharing knowledge and thus advancing as a comminuty with common interests just because someone might take advantage and attempt to find out who you are, where you live, study your schedule and break into your home to steal less than 5000$ in used equipment that will need to be resold.... Lotsa work even for a crack head.

Let me ask you, did you take a plane since sept 2001?

I for one, will not stop living because of what might happen if I do. Tell you what, why don't you come by Celebrities thursday, we can compare penis sizes. << that was a good one BTW!!! cheers m8

Aha - you call bragging about your set up "sharing knowledge and advancing the community"?

And yes, I have had someone study where I lived, what my schedule was, and break into my place.

Oh and for the record, the place had a big dog.

[djOKIBI]

DJ rig:

Technics 1210 MK2s
Stanton SA.5
Sony MDR Headphones
Shure M44-7s (+ Ortofon Scratch OMs)
Sicmats Obey Slipmats

Production rig:

Ableton Live 6
Massive VSTi
M-Audio Oxygen 8
Akai MPD16

[mux]

I too have had people watch my house, determine my schedule, and break in.

in fact, they knew well enough that I wouldn't be home that they took the time to smoke crack in my bedroom, have a shower, and steal a new set of my clothes to wear out. (wtf?!)

strangely, the only other things they stole were things they could pawn to get more crack. they got food from my kitchen and ate it in my studio, leaving the garbage there among the synths and drum machines, but all they ended up taking was a little bit of cash, some jewelry and a work-owned laptop.

still, I don't post my address on the net, I do have a monitored alarm system that I turn on even if I'm just going out for two minutes, and since I work from home, I'm home about 99% of the time anyway. :)

seriously tho, decks and gear and such are an awful lot of trouble to steal for not that much profit. The pawn value on a PS3 or Nintendo Wii would be way higher than on a mixer, and way harder to trace... the only kind of folks that'd plot to break into your home and steal your decks and mixer would have to be sketchy methheads with aspirations of DJing themselves. I see the rule not so much being "don't post pictures of your setup" as "don't let jibheads find out where you live".

there's lots of pics of my setup on my website, http://mux.ca

[MatSM]

Aha - you call bragging about your set up "sharing knowledge and advancing the community"?

It isn't really bragging if it's asked in the first place now, is it?

Some of the gear that I have and use with love I learned about in a thread like this in the first place. Just as much as some tracks I have and play with love I hae learned about in a "post your favorite track" thread. It's ok, you don't have to participate.

[Ree Fresh]

I know its hard to believe how some random stranger could figure out your address from a post on the internet. But think how easy identify theft is. Not to mention that if anyone was to steel your stuff it would most likely be someone you know or someone who has met you off fnk because this site is such a local community site. It's not hard to get an idea of where someone lives if your an acquaintance or a friend of a friend of a friend. As soon as they find out what expensive equipment you own... you become an easy target.

Your naive to think that breaking into a house is not worth a couple of g's. Maybe not to you, but to a thief breaking a car window is even worth a couple of cents.

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by Junglist

What do you figure you'll sell ?

i dunno, what are you interested in?..

i know akeel showed some interest in my digi 002r a year back...

[Ree Fresh]

PS: Just a thought if your going to post your home set up... at least tidy it up before you post it to the public :)

[C_Harrington]

1x CDJ 800MKII
2x Numark TTX1
1x Stanton SA-8

want to get anouther cdj and upgrade to a pioneer djm 800 soon

[mux]

Originally Posted by R Wellbelove

I know its hard to believe how some random stranger could figure out your address from a post on the internet. But think how easy identify theft is. Not to mention that if anyone was to steel your stuff it would most likely be someone you know or someone who has met you off fnk because this site is such a local community site. It's not hard to get an idea of where someone lives if your an acquaintance or a friend of a friend of a friend. As soon as they find out what expensive equipment you own... you become an easy target.

think of how much easier it is to sell a PS3 or XBox 360 than a Technics 1200, much less, say, a modified SH-101.

now, think how much easier it is to use the internet to find people who have PS3's. hell, I bet with a half-hour of google work you could make a shopping list.

now, more logic: someone has spent $2000 or so on a set of turntables - that means they probably also have a vinyl addiction, which means they probably don't really have that much disposable income to waste on more easily-pawnable stuff like XBoxes, DVDs, computers and generic home stereo equipment. Compare that to the list of folks with PS3's or XBox 360's, and the "internet targets" become a *lot* more apparent.

even more logic: someone from across town sees your setup, and thinks "man, I could steal that!". by the time they've crossed town five times to figure out your schedule and when you'll be home, they could have stolen ten xbox360's and already sold them all.

this is getting silly - the logic just doesn't stack up. posting pics of your turntables on the internet is no more making you a target of a break-in than posting a picture of your dog is making you a target of a dognapping, or posting your own picture is making you a target of a personal attack.

by the logic that pictures on the internet invite crime, you'd think myspace would be causing a billion percent increase in stalking.

god, I hate post-911.

[dave mcnasty]

lol
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[Ree Fresh]

Originally Posted by mux

think of how much easier it is to sell a PS3 or XBox 360 than a Technics 1200, much less, say, a modified SH-101.

now, think how much easier it is to use the internet to find people who have PS3's. hell, I bet with a half-hour of google work you could make a shopping list.

now, more logic: someone has spent $2000 or so on a set of turntables - that means they probably also have a vinyl addiction, which means they probably don't really have that much disposable income to waste on more easily-pawnable stuff like XBoxes, DVDs, computers and generic home stereo equipment. Compare that to the list of folks with PS3's or XBox 360's, and the "internet targets" become a *lot* more apparent.

even more logic: someone from across town sees your setup, and thinks "man, I could steal that!". by the time they've crossed town five times to figure out your schedule and when you'll be home, they could have stolen ten xbox360's and already sold them all.

this is getting silly - the logic just doesn't stack up. posting pics of your turntables on the internet is no more making you a target of a break-in than posting a picture of your dog is making you a target of a dognapping, or posting your own picture is making you a target of a personal attack.

by the logic that pictures on the internet invite crime, you'd think myspace would be causing a billion percent increase in stalking.

god, I hate post-911.

Fact is that ppl HAVE had their homes broken into and HAVE had their gear/equipment/computers/records stolen. In most cases its often someone that already knows them and knows they have that kind of gear in their home.

Its not rare for theifs to take things that have very little or no value. Not to mention a lot of theifs arent the brightest and probably dont think the logic that you have.

My car has a mobilizer which makes it near impossible to steal, but I still put on my club and make sure I don't have anything that looks like stealing visible in my car. It may seem like im a little paranoid, but maybe that little extra caution saved me a few broken windows and car damage.

I dont mean to sound like your mom telling you what or what you cant do, but its just something to think about.

[mux]

Originally Posted by R Wellbelove

Fact is that ppl HAVE had their homes broken into and HAVE had their gear/equipment/computers/records stolen. In most cases its often someone that already knows them and knows they have that kind of gear in their home.

I'm not disagreeing entirely, I know it's happened, but there's gotta be more to it. Like, the thieves know the victim has gear, but also know they don't have good locks, or noticed that the back window under the step doesn't have bars on it, or know they have a pound of weed and a stolen ps3 and won't call the cops. Like, seriously, who's going to steal a record collection? That's not a crime for profit, that's someone trying to be a DJ, and in a scene like this it'd be pretty obvious. If you don't want your shit ripped off by sketchy people, maybe consider not hanging out with sketchy people!

Plus, these days, it's a lot harder to get rid of turntables than it was even five years ago. All the pawnshops are registered with the RCMP now, and anything that goes in is checked against a database of reported-stolen stuff - everyone's got all their serial numbers written down somewhere safe, RIGHT?

still. don't post your address on the internet, and renter's insurance, good doors/locks, and a security system go a long way. so does making your shit easy to identify, marking it permanently, etc.