Cd Deck Massive

[easty]

I'm just about to buy a pioneer cdj 800 and a 1000 mk 2 of posca. I have always been pro cdj and can't understand anyone whos against them really.
I think it boils down whether your thing is the enjoyment of playing old skool vinyls on a pair of decks. Or imo your into the real meaning of djing which is sharing what u have with as many people as you can and breaking new tunes and styles.
For me its more about enjoying the music, I am not arsed which media I use to play it as long as I get to play it. With cdj's i will get to play stuff I can't get on vinyl.
What peeps should realise is that back in the day when it all started coming though in chicago and new york etc is that according to what I have read is that people used to go mad and look forward to when the reel to reel tapes were played with all the new stuff and stuff that was not available on vinyl. Surely cdj's and stuff like serato scratch are just this generations reel 2 reel tapes.
Now if peeps were getting excited back then when the dj was not using decks and vinyl why can't people accept that now?

[bexleydurden]

I've got the Denon DN -HS5500, the two decks in one shizm! It's coupled up to a 250gb Western Digital usb drive. I love the fact I don't have to burn anything to CD. I just rip vinyl straight to the external drive and play. You can also fit it with optional internal drive or CD deck but I don't see the point!

[Shooms]

Originally Posted by bexleydurden

I've got the Denon DN -HS5500, the two decks in one shizm! It's coupled up to a 250gb Western Digital usb drive. I love the fact I don't have to burn anything to CD. I just rip vinyl straight to the external drive and play. You can also fit it with optional internal drive or CD deck but I don't see the point!

That's the one I want to eventually upgrade my DNS5000 to

Denons rock

[bexleydurden]

I'm a vinyl man by choice but the 5500 is just about on the money in my opinion. The pick up on the platter and general feel isn't that far off a 1210. I've been well impressed with it and the fact i can now play 50gb + of music straight off an external drive just makes it a fine bit of kit.

I've never tried the pioneers or any other type of cdr, went straight from 1210's to this. Running the Denon and 1210's thru a 4 channel Vestax you cannot believe how much 4 deck fun you can have!

[Shooms]

Originally Posted by bexleydurden

I'm a vinyl man by choice but the 5500 is just about on the money in my opinion. The pick up on the platter and general feel isn't that far off a 1210. I've been well impressed with it and the fact i can now play 50gb + of music straight off an external drive just makes it a fine bit of kit.

I've never tried the pioneers or any other type of cdr, went straight from 1210's to this. Running the Denon and 1210's thru a 4 channel Vestax you cannot believe how much 4 deck fun you can have!

Bang on mate

V similar to my experience with the DNS5000 - the platter feels v v similar to Technics 1210...the alpha track / mirror track is just SO much fun

The 5500 looks sexier & from what I've read is easily than the 5000 (which was a bitch to to get my head around)

Thanks for the New FADS mix btw - much appreciated

[bexleydurden]

Setting it up and getting going took no more than 10 minutes. That included copying some tracks to a 8gb flash drive. The larger 250gb drive took longer to sort as the unit will not play NTFS formatted drives only FAT32. The beauty is you simply plug the drive into the Denon and format it via the utilities menu. Now that's genius as Vista won't let you format FAT32 as Micro$hite want to phase it out. Obviously there's a world of other stuff with the effects, sampler, mirror mix etc that take a bit longer to master.

Hope you liked the NFADS remix. Brings back some funny memories of staggering round in Konspiracy!

[Biskit]

Originally Posted by bexleydurden

lol thats the one mi m8 shine has got, scrap the pic i put up before, dnhs5500 is the bees knees the hot cues are excellent, better than the pioneers, although the bpm can be a little dodgy at times

[Blackburn Bod]

hhhhm neil, dont tell me you are getting drawn away from vynil to the other side mate

[sy69]

Only real dj's use vinyl thats if you believe some folk on here

[CANO ...]

cheers everyone

has no one used the technics 1200 cdj ?

quite like final scratch or seranto have used FS before and found it good fun

going off the cdjs the DN HS5500 looks the bollocks after seeing it close up on saturday night

but bloody expensive mind at 700 odd , the DNS3500's are v nice too are these just as good as the 5000/5500 model but without the alpha function ? seen these at more affordable cost like

[anthonyf218]

Originally Posted by blue jammer

I network a laptop, so anything I download new or old can instantly be accessed over the network and fed into Final Scratch. The control is still vinyl as the time coded vinyls do the job nicely, it saves on space and there's no cost at all for any media which saves on time and money.

It's an alternative and works best for me, might not be for everyone but something to consider.

Scott, can the Time-coded vinyls for FS get scratched? if so, whats the cost of replacement ones?

[CANO ...]

i think there around 15 pounds anthony

[CANO ...]

Just watched a video for the technics 1200's , look good bits of kit like

[anthonyf218]

Originally Posted by CANO ...

Just watched a video for the technics 1200's , look good bits of kit like

cheers mate. Re: technics cd decks, all the reviews ive read both on here and the likes of youtube say they look good but dont perform too bright.

[Mr Radish]

Originally Posted by anthonyf218

cheers mate. Re: technics cd decks, all the reviews ive read both on here and the likes of youtube say they look good but dont perform too bright.

That's what I've heard also, had a quick spin on one of these in Cookies DJ store in Stoke. . . .Not too impressed to be honest.

Pioneer . .. industry standard. . . .if you play out it probably makes sense.

However, I had a go on Jack g's Denon Dns5000 deck. . . .Really impressive once you work out the buttons!!

The ability to read two tracks at once means it does not become an extra deck. . . .but an extra 2. .. .. fantastic if space and money is limited. Loads of loop/effects. . . . .Bobby Dazzler!