DJing Thinking bout buying a cd decks

[Life on Other Planets AKA Johns]

Hey all i was thinking of buying and getting into mp3 mixing. The reason for this is that vinyl is getting a bit expensive for me and it would be good if i could get used to using one as i have never used one before. I would still use vinyl but this would give me a bit more of an upper hand if i could use both i think.

Anyway does anyone on here have any cd decks. I am sure alot of u have. sowhat i would like to know which one do u guy's recommend. I don't want a top of the line expensive one just a avg to above avg in price. I was thinking of getting a denon one but my arm can easlily be twisted. Thanks in advance for any help

[hambino21]

Re: Thinking bout buying a cd decks

i really enjoy my CDJ-200's. they're about $385 a piece. They take elements from the more expensive 1000's and the 800's plus they have the zip, wah, and jet effects from the DJM-600 mixer. over all the best for the price imo.

[Hannibal]

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I prefer the Pioneer cdj200 above the cdj800. It's more accurate and has some cool FX

[Fangstick]

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check:

http://www.denon.dj/

Denon DN-S3500 Video Demo

[gjg21]

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i've also been satisfied with my 200's. good for a budget.

[dannygroov]

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cools. I too have been interested in investing into a set. Thanks for the links and recommendations. =)

[Jibgolly]

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cdj 200's are better than 800's and 1000's in some respects.
the loop is fucking magnificent. also the efx can be used during the loops so thats fun.

i've been pushing the 200's on people ever since i got mine. hambino got 2 upon my reccomendation and well, you see he's happy!

listen to the Jib and life will be swell.

[Fangstick]

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check:
Denon DN-S1000 video


decks.co.uk:
- Pioneer CDJ200 - £355.00
- Denon DN-S1000 - £319.00

denon is greater, better, sounds real good.
pioneer is to much expensive & sounds horrible.

[Jibgolly]

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i guess you and i will agree to disagree fangstick.
i really dont understand how pioneer sounds horrible.
why does EVERY club in the world use them then?

[imported_cneill]

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I started a thread about the denon dns 5000's alpha track feature, but maybe i'll get more response here. Does anyone have experience mixing with the alpha track? It uses a little knob for the alpha track pitch, just wondered how smooth it is

[imported_cneill]

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Hmmm, what about this new toy from pioneer http://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?ItemID=21852 I just stumbled across it, not sure if it's really ideal for actual mixing or just people who want to mess around in their home. The description leaves many questions

[Hannibal]

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pioneer ... sounds horrible.

This is bullshit!

[Fangstick]

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SAMPLE - Denon CD + Ecler (with some effects)

do exactly the same sound (or better :P) on your pioneer cdj200.

[Fangstick]

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plz also check -> http://tinyurl.com/kkgrf

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Jibgolly - plz tell me something about cdj200 & mp3 vbr.

CDJ200:
- no search on VBR
- no time remain on VBR
- is very difficult to set CUE on VBR (because no search :P)

MPEG-1: Supports Audio Layer-3 sampling frequency 32kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, Bitrate 32 Kbps ~ 320 Kbps.
MPEG-2: Supports Audio Layer-3 sampling frequency 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 24 kHz, Bitrate 16 Kbps ~ 160 Kbps.

hmm ??

Denon DN-S1000:
- mp3 seamless looping w/B point trim
- mp3 scratching
- mp3 hot starts
- mp3 effects
- CBR & VBR encoding up to 320 kbps
- ID3 Tags, displays: artist, title, album
- mp3 file search system (locate your files by name fast & easy)



CDJ200 pitch:
- 6/10/16 - (step 0.2% on +/-6% ; step 0.5% on +/-10%)

Denon DN-S1000:
CD - +/-4% (step 0.1%) ; +/-10% (step 0.1%) ; +/-16% (step 0.1%) ; +/-24% (step 0.1%) ; +/-100% (step 1.0%)
MP3 - +/-4% (step 0.1%) ; +/-10% (step 0.1%) ; +/-16% (step 0.1%)

[dante_k]

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Easy now Fangstick, before you go and step in shit! I have your back on this one Jib! First off a company (like Denon) can toss in all the bells and whistles they want but when it comes down to dependibility and sound quality, Pioneer raine supreme! All those bells and whistles don't mean shit if there broke! You probably would defend Behringer for there stuff to, Huh!