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Posted by Cataclysmic on Mar-09-2004 20:14:

Technics SL-DZ1200

Alright, I don't want to start a flame war between vinyl enthusiasts, and digital DJ's... please leave the war of words of this thread.

Has anyone heard how much these will retail for? Anyone heard any feedback?

I've read a little about them, and I've seen some hype. What does everyone think?

http://www.panasonic.com/consumer_e..._dj/default.asp

Posted by dEsidEL on Mar-09-2004 20:20:

i'm seriously considering purchasing these puppies one of these days .. when i first saw them i was pretty impressed.. art !!

Posted by Form&Funktion on Mar-09-2004 20:21:

I do not know what the retail will be on these but expect to re-mortgage or start a grow-op to finance one.

As for feedback, I have heard early demo runs by some of the big name DJ's found many glitches and problems with this unit so it remains to be seen how much they can shore up the faults before release. They may have to push the launch back if the unit is as problemed as I was told by industry friends

FF

Posted by paul d engineer on Mar-09-2004 20:27:

pre-ordered a pair of these for the GrooveRince studiio for $1,199.00US each

Posted by Cataclysmic on Mar-09-2004 20:30:

I was blown away with the number of options, and the fact that they're the closest thing I've seen to mimicking vinyl tables.

It really shows how far digital media is comming along for Dj'ing. Vinyl will never die, but digital media has come so far.

Have you guys seen the Denon tables? (DNS5000's)

Posted by dEsidEL on Mar-09-2004 20:34:

all i see is ..

Media Compatibility CD, CD-R/RW, SD Cards, MP3, AAC

i hope they work out all the bugs soon !! i'm gonna go to the bank tommorow to take out a mortgage !!

Posted by Form&Funktion on Mar-09-2004 20:34:

Also the Numark CDX is coming out with a full vinyl platter....generally some great new DJ tools and technology coming out but the proof is in real time use....I look forward to trying all these new toys

Posted by mr. poopyhead on Mar-09-2004 20:38:

am i reading the specs right? only supports mp3 bitate of 32-192 kbps? that's kind of a garbage restriction... i wonder why thet did that.

Posted by DigDeep on Mar-09-2004 20:38:

quote:
Originally posted by paul d engineer
pre-ordered a pair of these for the GrooveRince studiio for $1,199.00US

I want a pair!!!
Where can you pre-order ?

Posted by paul d engineer on Mar-09-2004 20:45:

quote:
Originally posted by TECHno addict
I want a pair!!!
Where can you pre-order ?

http://www.djmart.com is where I got mine. I'm sure there is other sites out there as well. I find DJmart to be very proffesional with their sales. This is the 4th major purchase from them and so far no problems at all.

Posted by Skipper on Mar-09-2004 21:05:

I've heard about there being bad reviews from DJs who played on these once they hit the market. (keep in mind they have also used the Pioneer ones as well)

Posted by Rocco on Mar-10-2004 01:03:

those are really hype.. i expect firmware upgrades to improve some of the software preloaded on this baby. maybe support for 256k encoded mp3s. If not, i would have to wait till they have the MKII model which i'm sure should consider that upgrade.... it's not so much engineering but rather marketing. lets see what the final release have. Paul, give us a shout once u get ur pair studio tested.

Posted by DJAdamSmith on Mar-20-2004 23:57:

These look great, but I have one question..

Since the platter spins, I can see how one could drag their finger along the outside of the platter to slow the record down. But, I know some dj's make corrections on an analog turntable by manually grabbing the pin in the middle of the platter and applying more force. My question is, how could this be reproduced on this cd player? Any ideas?

Posted by Backlight on Mar-21-2004 04:10:

quote:
Originally posted by paul d engineer
http://www.djmart.com is where I got mine. I'm sure there is other sites out there as well. I find DJmart to be very proffesional with their sales. This is the 4th major purchase from them and so far no problems at all.

Paul,

Did you get stung with duties and taxes on your previous purchases?

Posted by rabbitjoker on Mar-21-2004 06:05:

Drool.

Time to sell myself on the street corner for a few nights to get one of these.

Posted by tomeboy on Mar-21-2004 23:54:

quote:
I've heard about there being bad reviews from DJs who played on these once they hit the market. (keep in mind they have also used the Pioneer ones as well)

I have heard poor reviews of these as well, as far as I am concerned if I was going to get a new cd deck, it would definantly be the new denons. I have heard nothing but good things about those decks.

Posted by Ninjapimp on Mar-22-2004 04:00:

quote:
Originally posted by DJAdamSmith
These look great, but I have one question..

Since the platter spins, I can see how one could drag their finger along the outside of the platter to slow the record down. But, I know some dj's make corrections on an analog turntable by manually grabbing the pin in the middle of the platter and applying more force. My question is, how could this be reproduced on this cd player? Any ideas?

I'm not positive, but isn't the CD read, then buffered, then played? Couldn't they just give it a long buffer to simulate?

Posted by paul d engineer on Mar-22-2004 07:00:

quote:
Originally posted by Backlight
Paul,

Did you get stung with duties and taxes on your previous purchases?

I did but to be honest it was nothing major. When I bought a pair of Techs 1200 MK3s 2 - 3 years ago, it cost me LESS with all the Duties and Taxes than it would if I were to buy them here in Toronto.

Posted by j_spot on Mar-22-2004 07:40:

I will be impressed when somebody builds a single unit that plays both CD and vinyl. Until then...im not getting into the CDJ market

Posted by BabyShadow on Mar-22-2004 19:44:

quote:
Originally posted by j_spot
I will be impressed when somebody builds a single unit that plays both CD and vinyl.

u know i was thinking the same thing..

Posted by dEsidEL on Mar-22-2004 20:11:

quote:
Originally posted by j_spot
I will be impressed when somebody builds a single unit that plays both CD and vinyl. Until then...im not getting into the CDJ market

Posted by DJAdamSmith on Mar-22-2004 20:24:

quote:
Originally posted by dEsidEL

Nice try, but that doesn't play vinyl.. The record is there only for the vinyl "feel". That record doesn't have any music on it.