All the knobs have LEDs in them so you can see their position which are lit up in a shade of m-audio red, but the selections of orange and green they chose to accompany it are disappointing. The platters have an ass-ugly pattern on them that calls to mind the strobing dots on the platter of a Technics 1200 but serve no purpose (other than maybe traction) and look like crap. It's a mishmosh of silver, black, orange and green buttons with off-center backlights underneath them that leave the buttons unevenly lit. Your first thoughts when you see the Xponent will be 'awh, shit.' It's ugly as balls. You get a quick start guide, a CD with an outdated version of Torq 1.0 on it (you'll have to download the 1.5 update, which was released nearly half-a-year ago,) a power brick (no bus power) and the Xponent itself. I was expecting more documentation, but don't get your hopes up.
Seriously, it's ass-massive and weighs a ton. That's why this might be of interest to people just trying to wet their feet, as well. I got this to get comfy with DJing on CD players, as the Xponent experience is quite similar to that of a CDJ in performance technique but at less than the cost of one deck. I don't normally do the whole gear review thing but I know there's lots of people who watch me who are aspiring DJs, and after a day with this piece of kit I can safely say that you should be interested in this if you are.
