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The cult of rotary mixers

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Re: The cult of rotary mixers

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Growing up my mum had a Kenwood. Massive beast of a machine. Fully analogue controls. Sounded terrible, but very loud. Could take your arm off if you weren't careful. Even had a mincer attachment. Not really sure how you would make a non-rotary mixer TBH.

Do you mean a Kenmore? Because a Kenwood would be an audio mixer like this article is talking about :D

See https://www.kenwoodworld.com/en-int, they're a pretty high-end brand.

Re: The cult of rotary mixers

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post #3

By the title I expected the article to be about kitchen blenders, as they are called mixers in my mother tongue. Do native speakers have this confusion?

Didn't occur to me for a second that it was anything other than kitchen mixers. Not blenders though. I was interested to see where my KitchenAid fell in the grouping.

Spoiler: way up on the indoctrinated into the cult ladder

Re: The cult of rotary mixers

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I've been playing records for a few years and have had the pleasure of playing with a DJR400. Some personal additions to the article I'd like to share: 1. The physical feel of the device is amazing. Every knob feels and looks both smooth and incredibly sturdy. It's like the difference between driving a Mazda and a Porsche. Madza might be more versatile, practical, and cost-effective. But which one of them is more fun…

> DJR-400:http://www.electronique-spectacle.com/media/DJR400.jpg

How do you choose what input is in your headphones?

Re: The cult of rotary mixers

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post #34
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I've been playing records for a few years and have had the pleasure of playing with a DJR400. Some personal additions to the article I'd like to share: 1. The physical feel of the device is amazing. Every knob feels and looks both smooth and incredibly sturdy. It's like the difference between driving a Mazda and a Porsche. Madza might be more versatile, practical, and cost-effective. But which one of them is more fun…

> DJR-400: http://www.electronique-spectacle.com/media/DJR400.jpg How do you choose what input is in your headphones?

There is a small round black button next to the dials.

Re: The cult of rotary mixers

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Growing up my mum had a Kenwood. Massive beast of a machine. Fully analogue controls. Sounded terrible, but very loud. Could take your arm off if you weren't careful. Even had a mincer attachment. Not really sure how you would make a non-rotary mixer TBH.

What a great example of someone so quick to hear themselves talk that they don't even click on the link.

I’m pretty sure you’re replying to a joke.

Re: The cult of rotary mixers

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post #2

I've been playing records for a few years and have had the pleasure of playing with a DJR400. Some personal additions to the article I'd like to share: 1. The physical feel of the device is amazing. Every knob feels and looks both smooth and incredibly sturdy. It's like the difference between driving a Mazda and a Porsche. Madza might be more versatile, practical, and cost-effective. But which one of them is more fun…

Have one too. Proud owner for over about 11/12 years now. Amazing mixer :)

By the way, the article is at fault, as it mentions it was released in 2010. This is false - it was released around 2003/2004 I believe.

In https://www.deejayforum.de/threads/32604-djr-400-rotary-mixe... (a thread from 2006) one forum user mentions the delivery of a DJR400 in 2004.

The article made me doubt it for a little while, but I'm quite sure I ordered mine before 2010 ;)

Re: The cult of rotary mixers

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post #3

By the title I expected the article to be about kitchen blenders, as they are called mixers in my mother tongue. Do native speakers have this confusion?

(Brit) Traditionally: 'food mixers' and 'blenders'. Food mixers (aka food processor) have connotations of a multi-purpose device with lots of different attachments, blender is more a discrete function. Since Jamie Oliver, the latter is used to 'blitz' or 'whizz' food.

I also didn't get the article's meaning of 'mixer' until I actually opened it. I was wondering about cement mixers.

Re: The cult of rotary mixers

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Growing up my mum had a Kenwood. Massive beast of a machine. Fully analogue controls. Sounded terrible, but very loud. Could take your arm off if you weren't careful. Even had a mincer attachment. Not really sure how you would make a non-rotary mixer TBH.

What a great example of someone so quick to hear themselves talk that they don't even click on the link.

What a great example of someone so quick to hear themselves talk that they don't even realise it's a joke.
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