As the next generation of Serato and Rane technology - the oh so luverly TTM57 SL - ships this week, what of exisiting users? Well
Headliner Bags are making sure that your laptop, Serato and your accompanying odds and ends are safe and sound.
You have the choice of 3 types of bag depending on your lifestyle and all come in gleaming black "ballistic" nylon. Hellfire - these will even take a bullet for you. And to just finish off the effect, they're all orange inside. Nice.
Here's the basic specification:
- Durable Weather Resistant Ballistic Nylon Shell
- Adjustable 12", 15" and 17" Laptop Compartment
- Exclusively Designed Storage for the Serato Scratch Amp
- FullyPadded Record Compartment
- Pockets for Headphones and Needle Case
- EasyAccess Cable Organization Panel
- Organised Storage for Power Source Adaptors
- Storage Panel for Contact Cleaners, Markers, etc.
- EasyAccess Pocket and Ipod Holder
- Available in 3 Styles
Each one comes in at $140 plus shipping. You can also purchase directly from the Headliner site and they also take international orders.
Anyway, if you want one, go visit the
Headliner Bags site and tell them you saw it on
!
$140?! That's a lot for a bag.
YESS! first post. nice bags tho...really.
I think that is an ok price if the bag is worth it... Anyone here used them yet? I heard there are a few in demo floating around.
they look great, but what if you want to hold a mixer or cd player aswell?
sounds very nice but fu**ing expensive
Might consider this if I can find something nice to swallow the 909 too - I bought that noisy stylus/magma bags a year or so ago and it was the biggest turd ever - virtually all the plastic clips snapped if you loaded it too heavily, and because the mixer was stored vertically, either the curve adjust knobs or the grounding posts took a beating whenever you put it down (despite a couple of extra layers of padding I addded) - it cost nearly £80 as well!
These look really, really nice though, but I might have an explore about and see what other options there are - the Gig Skinz bags look nice, as does the Odyssey one - import duty and shipping fees to the UK could be a pain in the hoop though...
DM - I can get Gigskinz bags for you if you want. Don't know about Odyssey though.
I got a Technics bag and it has a special removable inner case for a laptop and suitable pockets for SSL. And i payed 60 us dollars for it.
It feels a bit like someone is trying to make money out of the hype...
They look real nice like, but for your buck the gig skinz bag seems the better option
i won't mind getting 1 of these to cart around my mixer and efx500 safely rather then with my backpack and the 2 mashed in there together
they do look fantastic, but $140? Expensive stuff...
I'm cool with the price if it is well made. I want a comfortable backpack style bag that can also be carried via a handle.
As for space for a mixer, I plan on getting a hard carrying case for my mixer (padded to the brim on the inside, of course). I don't mind carrying a case and wearing a backpack on the way to a gig.
Doesn't sound too expensive to me at all. We're talking about protecting your investment in a laptop, serato, headphones, etc. - are you really going to skimp on the price and risk your gear getting damaged if you drop the bag, or water damage from rain seeping in the shitty material?
I didn't think so!!
You spent $1000+ for your laptop, and $599 for SSL, not to mention thousands of dollars on records & music. So why is spending a little over $100 for a protective case considered "too expensive?" With bags, you get what you pay for - when you spend a couple extra bucks, you typically get a bag that can make it through the rigors of touring... When you go the cheap route, look out, because they are notorious for falling apart and losing their shape.
I learned this lesson the hard way by using a cheap-as-shit trolley record bag to travel across country to play a gig... At my first stopover, the bag was already a mushy pile of fabric, and then the plastic stand on it snapped off when I was dragging the bag, and flew 10 feet into the air. I was sweating on the way back, because I had to take a commuter plane, and they didn't allow carry-on!
save your money by spending more up-front. How many mixers did you blow through before you bought something more expensive that was built to last? In my case I bought a crappy numark, then a crappy technics mixer, then I bought a rane ttm-54 which I have had for the last 6 or 7 years (bought it the month it came out - whenever that was). In my case I spent nearly $600 to learn this lesson for myself.
spend the extra cash and be happy with your purchse for years to come.
side note: I am amazed with ranes quality; in the time I have had my 54 I have replaced the crossfader only once and this is with it being used HARD for over 20 hours a week, every week I have owned it (I am a working dj). I look forward to ordering a 57 when the NEXT version comes out (59??)and will be happy to fork over the money so long as its sub $2G. Rane is a great example of spending more now saves you even more with time.
Again, I am cool with the price if it is well-made. I looked over the site a bit more today, and I think I am going to order their backpack style on payday (next wednesday
). I think it looks a lot cleaner and better laid out than a lot of the other ones on the market, and it seems very well padded and well-designed. It is the perfect solution for my needs.
Now, to just save up for a TTM57SL and a case for it, and I will be all set. I bring my own mixer when I perform but if they have a permanent install mixer, I plan on keeping my SL1 with me just in case.
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On 24-05-2006 18:50, chris commented...
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