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Best CD decks for £500 ?

I wonder could anyone guide as to what would be the best for that price bracket. All it needs to do is have pitch bend and not have that annoying problem of the pitch jumping from 1.1 to 1.2 and so on as my previous cd decks (soundlabs) had this problem.

thanks also any advice as to the questions i should be asking when phoning about them

If I were you, I'd go for the CDJ100s from pioneer.

single or dual?
if you're looking for a dual, get Pioneer's CMX3000. It does everything you'll need it to.

If i were you, I'd not go for dual cd players.

its for a friend of mine, he wishes to purchase top loading ones preferabbly. The pioneer was his first choice but they dont have pitch bend, which is no good

he was then looking at the TASCAM cd 302 but no pitch bend either. So now he is looking at gemini CD400X

hmm, pitch bend... I don't think alot of CD players in that price range do have pitch bends...

the Axis8 from numark does have it, you'll pay 700€ for it (about 500£). I can recommend that one. As for the gemini player: they don't really have a good reputation on cd players. But, they do claim that the CD400x is frame accurate, so, that sounds quite good.

I'd say, you get the axis 8 if you REALLY insist on having a pitch bend since you won't use it THAT much...

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Originally posted by popop its for a friend of mine, he wishes to purchase top loading ones preferabbly. The pioneer was his first choice but they dont have pitch bend, which is no good he was then looking at the TASCAM cd 302 but no pitch bend either. So now he is looking at gemini CD400X

I don't get it

When you move the jog wheel you are using pitch bend, this it with any cd-player

Unless I'm completely not understanding what you're talking about i'd advice to get the pioneer cdj100s, I've got 2 and they rule, they've got everything you need without all the useless stuff

I was under the impression pitch bend was the cd decks way of nudging the record slightly faster or slower ie

on technics when u push the record when its kinda going off etc

so u can use the jog wheel in much the same way as vinyl by simply pushing it ? Surely that cant be right ?

no, the pitch bend is a little manipulation of the exit sound. It changes the tones. When you speed up your record, you'll hear that it's in a slightly higher tone. Pitch bend changes the tone that way you don't have any tone dissortion. But, frankly, you won't EVER use it, and for a rather unused function, you're gonna pay alot of money. I say, get a CDJ100!

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Originally posted by popop so u can use the jog wheel in much the same way as vinyl by simply pushing it ? Surely that cant be right ?

yes off course, what else do you think the jog wheel is for?

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Originally posted by Tiger777 no, the pitch bend is a little manipulation of the exit sound. It changes the tones. When you speed up your record, you'll hear that it's in a slightly higher tone. Pitch bend changes the tone that way you don't have any tone dissortion. But, frankly, you won't EVER use it, and for a rather unused function, you're gonna pay alot of money. I say, get a CDJ100!

After reading that 3 times I assume you're talking about master tempo

the master tempo is NOT the picht bend eej...

You've got them ST90's from stanton, they do have a pitch bend AND a master pitch.

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Originally posted by Tiger777 the master tempo is NOT the picht bend eej... You've got them ST90's from stanton, they do have a pitch bend AND a master pitch.

The stanton st90 doesn't have master tempo.

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But, frankly, you won't EVER use it, and for a rather unused function, you're gonna pay alot of money. I say, get a CDJ100!

That makes no sence at all because you use it all the time when using cdjs

Pitch bend just increases/decreases the speed of the played track a little, it has nothing to do at all at what you are trying to describe.

I have the AmericanDJ PSX and i really like them. I think I paid about 600 US for the pair...never had a problem...no doubt i'd rather have the CDJ1000's but hey...one step at a time

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Originally posted by Nabistai Pitch bend just increases/decreases the speed of the played track a little, it has nothing to do at all at what you are trying to describe.

Thats exactly what i mean i guess i describe it badly hehe

i thought the jog wheel was for cueing up ur first kick drum. Id imagine pushing the jog wheel would make the cd skip forward doesnt it ?

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Originally posted by popop Thats exactly what i mean i guess i describe it badly hehe i thought the jog wheel was for cueing up ur first kick drum. Id imagine pushing the jog wheel would make the cd skip forward doesnt it ?

Outer ring is used to scan the track.
Inner wheel (jog wheel) usually has 2 modes (I'm not sure if it is same in every cd player) :
1- When you press cue, you can use the jog to fine tune your cue point.
2- When used during playing, it can increase/decrease the speed like a pitch bend button.

I just got a denon dual cd player and I love it so far..

cool which denon dual did u get?

I got the dn 2600f about two yrs ago and its still my baby. the only annoying thing is that it does have a tendency to change pitch without me touching it. so say i set it at 3.4 and it moves itself randomly up or down .2 or .1 without any warning. can be really annoying if u don't realise its happening and then ur mix fux up.

Anyone got any ideas how i can fix my pitch control so this happens less?

I got the new D4000.
Can that pitch change be due to loose buttons? That must be really annoying. I guess you need someone authorized to fix it.

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