Pro Sound 1600 Amp

[spin mobile disco]

Never had a problem with my old prosound lights. Prosound lighting is actually made by american Dj hence why the same lights can be seen on their website. Other than a bad batch of ssc-2's I had once I have never really had a problem with maplin stuff.
I have had acme and prosound lighting and to be honest the ssc-2 blows an acme dynamo away. it is 16bit rather than an acme 8 bit. It had seperate colour wheel and gobo wheel. It has onboard dmx control over the acme and its optics are much better.
I own 4 dynamo's and 2 ssc2's and the ssc's are much better. And cost less.
Not to say acme isnt good stuff. But a generalisation like all maplins stuff is rubbish is itself rubbish.
If all they sold was that bad they would not still be trading.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

If all they sold was that bad they would not still be trading.

But they do a lot more stuff than disco gear, so all the disco gear could be rubbish and they'd still be trading 'cos they are not specialist in that area and have lots of other products.

I'd like to see proof that American DJ make Maplins lights. Do you not think they are all made in a factory in China and then badged?

[nigelwright7557]

But they do a lot more stuff than disco gear, so all the disco gear could be rubbish and they'd still be trading 'cos they are not specialist in that area and have lots of other products.

I'd like to see proof that American DJ make Maplins lights. Do you not think they are all made in a factory in China and then badged?

My point was that Maplin dont sell junk coz it is too much hassle taking it back and sending for repair. I have sold to Maplin my own software so know first hand how hard they are to deal with in regards to quality and reliability.

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It will be an OEM product. As Daz said. Like Thomanns Moving heads.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

My point was that Maplin dont sell junk

Of course they do.

I didn't say it was all junk, but they are not a specialised disco shop. Would you buy gear from Argos or Woolworths?

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buy gear from Argos or Woolworths?

No and Yes. A moonflower that's is pritty good!

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

No and Yes. A moonflower that's is pritty good!

Sorry, but that is not made for the job and is neither pro and is the kind of thing that I and others strive to get away from.

Do you suppose that Gordon Ramsay gets his knives in Asda?

[nigelwright7557]

Of course they do.

I didn't say it was all junk, but they are not a specialised disco shop. Would you buy gear from Argos or Woolworths?

I quite often have a look at gear on ebay to see what there is.
Then find videos of the item on specialist websites.
Then find the cheapest online supplier and buy it.

[Excalibur]

But they do a lot more stuff than disco gear, so all the disco gear could be rubbish and they'd still be trading 'cos they are not specialist in that area and have lots of other products.

All their disco gear isn't rubbish. They also sell Numark and now KAM gear.

I'd like to see proof that American DJ make Maplins lights. Do you not think they are all made in a factory in China and then badged?

Quite possibly. Which by your previous statement would mean that American DJ lights are rubbish, a point which at the moment I'm prepared to dispute.

There is an increasing amount of badge engineering happening nowadays.

[nigelwright7557]

Sorry, but that is not made for the job and is neither pro and is the kind of thing that I and others strive to get away from.

Do you suppose that Gordon Ramsay gets his knives in Asda?

Quite a lot of this is just snobbery proclaiming you have the most expensive equipment.

I was an electronics design consultant for 14 years and used Maplin for electronic parts.