disagree I have the DDM4000, and I'm in 2 minds about it. For the price, it's great. 4 channels, easy to use and bundled with features, however the sound quality isn't the best, and the effects are rubbish. Still, for $500 it's a pretty good 4 channel mixer. I had a ddm4000 as well. I see why people like them, but i agree with you. crap sound quality and crap effects... worse still, behringer stuff tends to break. as others have mentioned, the djm350 looks the goods ok, i had only heard good things about the new ones. obviously it isnt the greatest thing in the world but for a beginner i was told it was a pretty decent start... my bad lol