Is IKEA x Swedish House Mafia's DJ gear any good? | Beatsource Tech 

The number one item in my DJ booth that wasn’t necessarily intended for DJs, is an anti-fatigue mat. Most of my sets are 5+ hours long. An anti-fatigue mat is clutch, because when I’m DJing, I’m dancing the whole time.

The review we were all secretly waiting for 😅 Like the idea of a lot of it, just hate that it’s all black. Integrating my DJ setup with my usual home aesthetic is something important to me (well more to my wife!) and black furniture isn’t going to fly with all the other ikea fake pine 😄

Makes me very happy that one day you can go from looking at cdjs to looking at Ikea furniture 😂

I am a self-confessed IKEA hacker and of course I built a Kallax DJ booth, even tricked it out with LED lights. When I saw this new line I could definitely see a use for it in my studio, so I ordered the bookshelf, the desk and gadget bag. Fortunately IKEA delivers and it saves me a trip from getting sucked into the IKEA matrix 🤑. Ironically, my original Kallax booth was showing age and no longer fit the aesthetic of space(which had been remodeled). I "convinced" 😛 my husband to help me build a custom booth for multiple mixers, turntables and media players similar to the Idokodo Chameleon

I rigged a Kallax that’s similar to what they sell. I used small legs in the corners, flipped it upside down and put a nice piece of pine on the top. Highly recommend adapting one for your needs. 2x Battle style techs and monitors with tons of space.

I have seen people use the standard units and fit them with 200mm chrome legs. This gives them the correct hight for there stand alone unit. The Billie book case (that was) turned on it's side and fitted with legs made a great deap unit for vinyl users.

As for the new Kallax unit I would still go with the regular one and put some feet under it so I’ll have some place to put my feet to 😄

I've been on the same Kallax for 15 years now, hosting my 2 SL1200s and DJM800, with my records stored in a Billy.

My old Linnmon+Oddvald desk just started to fallin' apart thanks to the many moving between flats (It served 7 years and lived in 5 flat), so i purchased the whole OBEGRÄNSAD desk and i couldn't be happier with it. Sturdy, not shaking too much, handling my 29" ultrawide display on a VESA arm, and it has space for everything during the daily work or the studio sessions.

I just got two of the DJ shelf unit and LOVE THEM. Ikea delivered NEXT DAY, the units took 30m to assemble, they are perfect height and sturdiness, and my studio looks infinitely nicer than the 4' tall folding table I was using before. I didn't notice or care about the price difference to the standard Kallax, because I value my time saved in no longer researching or building a Kallax hack. I'm also happier with these units than a custom booth I built before because its way cheaper and more versitile. Thank you Swedish House Mafia!

The speaker stands are terrific, but with a caveat: Monitor speakers should be at ear height AND have the right angle (30 degrees seems to be best). So you shouldn’t place your speakers directly on them, but put them on some isolation pads (e.g. Auralex MoPads). With the correct angle, they’re just perfect. Bought them yesterday and tested my new setup. I’m now able to hear more frequencies than before during my mixing process. I’d say they’re a winner.

I really like the idea of manufacturers collaborating with the type of folks who can tell them what their audience is looking for. Again, the pricing is a bit of an issue, but the desk is definitely catching my eye.

Its so easy to build your own dj stand with wood and a few nails/ screws, and glue. You can then customise it adding speaker stands and stands for laptop etc.

Having a small appartment (only 40 square meters), I use a 220x100 dining table as my computerdesk (I'm a tall guy reaching 200cm) and a buffetcloset that sits next to it to store my DJ gear on. That buffetcloset is, oh yes, from IKEA. Next up I have a floating shelf on the wall above my computerdesk, which is also from IKEA, to store my M-Audio studio monitors (active speakers) on. IKEA does have lots of nice things to have in your home or home studio. Heck, I even have a LACK table from IKEA to support my 1-person dishwasher haha. I did try to check out the SHM-IKEA collaboration gear out in the local IKEA, since we have one in my hometown, but it wasn't there. It's being promoted a lot lately, but according to our IKEA, it's only available online or, if you want to see it, available only in Amsterdam, Barendrecht, Heerlen, Groningen, Duiven and Zwolle. The rest will probably not get it. According them, ye'know. I am however interested in the KALLAX "DJ booth", but 180 bucks isn't worth it in my opinion. Be aware that most of the LACK, KALLAX, BILLY and so on series, are not made from real wood but from paper and cardboard.

IKEA faithful, but I stepped away from my Kallax/Wood custom setup and went for their TOMMARYD Bar Table. Att 6'1 its a perfect height for me to use and it doubles as a desk with the bar stool I have. Pricey at Almost £200, but its served me really well.

The vinyl stands are exactly what i need, it's about 6€ here in germany, so a no-brainer. Thanks for the advice.

Totally agree Mojax, a useful unit and the speaker stands look good, however the jump in price for the Kallax seems a bit excessive, I won't be rushing out to buy one just yet.

The collaboration can go places in the future. Thank you Mojaxx.

i like the record stand and i'm going to buy some but i don't like the two wires that might make dents on the record cover

Never thought I would buy any of these … but as I was at IKEA today I actually got the record stand and the accessory bag. I wonder though if the record stand could damage the sleeves so will try first with some of the doubles I have 😅

The speakers should be ear height. A few cm from the desk won't do any good except if you have a really sharp upwards tilt.

I have a 4' x 4' table I bought from Walmart that I use at weddings to place my Peavey clamshell PA system on for cocktail hours. The best $45.00 investment for any DJ in that situation. It's height adjustable too!

Here’s another example of how my apple devices read my mind and show me content I was just thinking about! I was online all night last night looking for some kind of riser for a center channel speaker under my TV, unable to find the perfect solution. I’m heading to Ikea today to pick up those monitor stands for *all* of my speakers now!

Curious what the producer desk is like, looks a bit thin! But it’s a bit bigger than my current one and the keyboard tray would be nice, I gotta find out if I can comfortably squeeze my ikea ‘alex’ drawer unit under it !

Thank you for this! I bought the cable bag and speaker stands from the collection based on this review, and they’re great. I’ll be testing out the cable bag on a job tomorrow, but so far it fits everything in (Mac charger, decks cables, dongles, comms radios etc…) Monitor stands are actually great. Easy (enough) to build and really make my monitors sound so much better (having been on my desk before). Now just need some isolation pads and I’m sorted (not sure why I haven’t done this for the past 10 years 🤣). Cheers!

Also checked these out at Ikea yesterday. Overall quite cool, but I agree on prices. I did take home the desk lamp (mine broke during a move) and the accessory bag though.

Mojaxx, you hit the vinyl on the wax. I expected more from a DJ group. The only items I did like were the table, speaker stand, and bags. However, as you mentioned, the table is overpriced. We can get similar results at a cheaper price. All the other Art Deco stuff is ok but it does not do anything for the music. It is nothing but fancy decorations. We can also find THIS cheaper with similar aesthetic results.

The best hacking solution is to just buy some legs. IKEA sell legs under the name CAPITA that fit the KALLAX range in 8 or 16cm lengths to get to the height you want without having to resort to 2x4's and an extra panel on top. 12 quid for a pack of 4. Job done.

Great video! Love seeing different set ups and configurations! Thanks!

I just added 5" wheels underneath my Kallax which took care of the height issue, the wheels were $50 and you can lock them, plus I can move my dj setup anywhere in my house.

What do i think? I think i enjoyed your gig stream on Friday from The Box. Nice vibes man :)

I will buy the synth stand. The kallax has potential, but shame it is so expensive, will not buy it at that price. You might as well screw 4 legs on the bottom to get the right height (What I've done)

why not just buy the regular Kallar but with the 3 Boxes height? For me, the height is perfekt!!!

Idokodo look awesome! Would be cool if you did a review On one of their units

If anyone is looking to build something for a large setup, I have to say I'm happy with mine. Joined a 2x2 and a 2x4 Kallax together. Added 6 angled Capita legs (Each corner and 1 front and rear centre). Then put on a cheap kitchen worktop which I vinyl wrapped to look the way I wanted and finished with some cheap LED's under the front of worktop to downlight my vinyl. I'd say all in all I was around £140 and this houses over 1000 vinyl, plus a Xone DB4, 2 x SC6000 and 2 x 1210s with plenty of room to spare. Just in case anyone is looking at large pre built desks which are limited and costly, this may help as an idea. Get loads of comments about how good it looks

There is a Ikea stand for the kallax wich takes the height up.

I prefer the SPÄNST line which they show before. 🤔 the speaker stand looks quite interesting but seam also a little bit overpriced for what they are.

i built a twin back to back kallax based unit with wheels and a shelf a few years ago, i used a plan i found on the internet, i used speaker poles that dropped in to the unit to put the monitors at ear level, it was fine for turntables, but needed its depth increasing when i switched to denon sc6000's, i have one side for dj'ing the other side for my pc, handy when streaming as i flip the monitor around to see the chat room.

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i use laundry bags for my cables! One for about every Setup i encounter. 1 with a switch an LAN cables, 1 with power cables/extensions, 1 with USB and 3.5mm and Cinch Cables. Super cheap, see through, and washable! Additionally i use KVISSLE wallmounted, to sort my records, and label them into categories. Before putting them into the Kallax in a sorted way.

I've always been a fan of a paritcular carp fishing bag that's the perfect size for 7" singles/45s. They only cost around £15 quid, hold around 100 records and are waterproof.

Just picked up the deck stand yesterday and more importantly two cat houses to fit. Happy with my purchase...after 1 day. IKEA logic though item $179 shipping $199. I opted to drive 6 hour round trip to pick it up. It was 2 box's that could fit in the back seat of most sedans. $199 shipping...make it make sense.

Picked up the table and the ikea had a djm 800 on display with it

I bought the kallax. If it was 2inches wider it would have been perfect as I use turntables in battle mode, the feet hang over by a couple of cm each side but that's what I'm used to anyway but they missed an opportunity here. Actually worth the price surprisingly. I can fit my DDJ800 underneath, other controllers and extra guitar pedals not on my pedalboard on the other side. And it's the perfect height, felt too high at first but after the first set I realised it is perfect. I can actually recommend this product, it's better than it first appears.

Got the producer desk and the other big shelving unit. Was surprisingly easy to break the wooden plugs so currently waiting on replacements arriving by post. The instructions aren't that clear. Also opted for the clock and laptop/tablet stands which I thought were plastic but are actually metal. The tablet stands are a perfect size for Behringer TD3s. These stands are a bargain and can be delivered to a drop off point for £2. The rest you will either need to get at the store or pay a forty quid delivery for! The LED light thing may have made sense if it responded to music but it doesn't. Not sure how the black fluffy stuff is producer related......Also the drawer on my desk unit fell off under the weight of my keyboard so be careful what you put on it.

A milk crate holds up to 50 lbs of product and would be just fine for records. I scooped up two from a gas station and they're multi use on days you aren't lugging around music. I did like the speaker stand though, so that one a GO in my book.

I really like how the speaker stands are bland, they don't distract you from thoes lovely monitors you have. 🔊

ikea made the perfect home studio desk years ago... the Jerker and it's been down hill from there. Even the insanely overly bulky and tall stand for a printer is perfect for rack gear, the 19" thing perfectly fits.

You did this with a straight face. I'm impressed.

I just use amazon bar tables. I found that records moving about in a kallax unit can sometimes cause my TTs to skip.

We need more Fast Show references

Some interesting products. Especially the very affordable speaker stands. I also have the ADAM T7V. I’m redesigning my studio at the moment and are looking for this. How do they hold up in real life? Will the speakers stay in place if you crank the volume up? Are the isolation pads sufficient enough to decouple them from the desk? Just wondering. I have many gear and software. An essential tool is surprisingly my iPad Pro. You can control many Mac software with these thin and awesome devices! Great ❤ video.

I built my home DJ station with materials from IKEA. I love it! I love IKEA.

Ikea make laptop/ipad angled plastic stands great for tilting up controllers at an angle and they are cheap. Two Kalax single units with a 180x60 bekhant desk top make a great 88 key piano height desk.

Yes right, You don't need anymore KALLAX, You need Expedit which is way better made then Kallax. Otherwise, bigger vinyl-bag seems to be terrible shit :)

where is the SHM logo or even name on these? Would maybe buy them if they had some kind of branding and didnt look like basic ikea desk items.

I would have liked to see some sort of controller sized bag, although the material used is not exactly the greatest.

I would by 10 of those speaker stands just for petting up decour and stuff i dont use All the time. Like streamdeck hdmi splitter headphon3 stand

I just need a stand that will fit 2 turntables 2 cdjs and a 4 channel mixer. was hopeful there would be something in this range that would accommodate but unfortunately not

If you could change the angle of the stands I'd be up for it

To me, the major problem of the kalax is the depth, I can't put my dj prime 4 on it, I had to use a desk with 60cm Depth, I hope Ikea will release a kalax with more depth

What kind of led triangles you have in the studio?😍

Man’s head is sprouting 🌱

CIRCUS BELLS!

I have the desk Really like it except the keyboard tray, its not wide enough

Ill be going tomorrow to get all the bags.

Out of all the stuff. I definitely see myself using the tablet and computer stand for my Music equipment.

i planing to rebuild mij pc to a flightcase desk for my controler and onroad dj work

Im wondering about the chair and the record player

Silly question but wondering what are those silver USB?

I love the speaker / laptop stands

Those bags are basically black shopping bags though right?

£3 usb LED is fooking genius even if never marketed for DJing

Pretty mad that a purpose built Kallax unit, intended to be used horizontal and holding records, has the shelves oriented such that they're being supported just but those tiny wooden grub nuts. It's just asking for a disaster.

I just wish they'd restock the bloody Capita brackets to do the proper studio hacks

I wish they did more Swedish House maffia logos or something on it that makes it feel like merchandise or something

Why does it seem like it wouldn't be wide enough for CDJs...?

What are battle style DJs supposed to do ??? 🤔🤔

Anyone know the dimensions of the extra space on top of the kallax? If it's more that 7“ I'm sold. Could fit a lot of 45s in there

Can the Shelf fit a RX3 controller

When I first saw this line advertised, I was excited. However the excitement soon went, when I realised there’s only a slightly modified Kallax unit and a standard desk with speaker stands that even remotely serves the producer/DJ demographic. It seems like a very half hearted effort and a cash grab.

How did they know I turned all their Billy bookcases on the side and shoved my cdjs, turntables on top and records in the shelves ! Lol they actually did their research on who’s using their stuff just not the pricing LOL

1:01. Sweden though. Depending on where you live it can get really cold there. I can see it. Just saying. And yeah, the Kallax++ is ridiculous. It should be priced ++, not ++++++++++++++.

I might get that booth...it looks like Worthy...with MAYBE SPEAKER STANDS...

Where's the ortofon VNL review???

You did butcher the name alright 😵I litterally flinched

I have my jbl lsr308s on the stands i think you shoulnt go bigger

What's a good 18 inch subwoofer in the uk? In the US🇺🇸 you can get a Rockville 18" that can hit 20hz for under £350 Here in 🇬🇧 the scene sucks really bad as if you want a sub that can even hit 30hz your looking at £650 and then a 2500w amp is going to cost £650 aswell..... Wtf?😠

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the only good thing in this OBEGRÄNSAD line is the record stand (vinyl holder bracket)

I built one of them years ago!

I like my vinyl for audio, not wrapped around fake wood.

It’s a massive 👎👎👎 from me, IKEA customer service is appalling, I recently bought a desk and drawer unit which I decided I didn’t want, despite being unopened and only delivered the day before they wouldn’t collect it as it was over 60x50cm and weighed more than 10kg???!!! But they delivered it! So had to do a 100 mile round trip to take it back in my car, they then refunded me but didn’t refund the delivery charge so I ended up £40 out of pocket, I certainly won’t be buying anything from them again let alone something for my decks! Have to disagree on the quality of their stuff too.

KLF!! 😍😍😍

I have 10 of those black record bags they are outstanding. I wish I had bought more of them. Wondering if they have any other bags that are as strong and practical as those?

So Ikea just made Swedish House Furniture for Swedish House Mafia.

SHM = Swedish House Marketing You'll not be mistaken if you decipher this abbreviation in this way.

Fast show nice

The xdj xz is too wide for the Kallax.