Final fight for high end cd decks

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Posted by Toufas on Jun-04-2004 22:03:

Final fight for high end cd decks

Check this out ftp://ftp2.bheller.com/bheller/361_technics01.mov

its a video showing the technics cd deck up against the denon dn-s5000 and the pioneer cdj 1000. Got it off the denon dn-s5000 forums.

15megs
really nice vid,bad song :P

Posted by ESMdjm600 on Jun-04-2004 22:45:

yea great job and findin and postin this

Posted by Dervish on Jun-05-2004 00:47:

The techs look like a right bin product. Bested allround..... by everyone

Posted by amdmaxx on Jun-05-2004 00:51:

HOw ya openm .mov file? real player?

Posted by Dervish on Jun-05-2004 00:59:

Quicktime

Posted by SgtFoo on Jun-05-2004 04:28:

It seems that technics hasn't quite mastered the vinyl-sampling technique like denon and pioneer have.

Either that or he needs to test a better track with them

Now I wanna see a preview of the Numark CDX1

Posted by LinX on Jun-05-2004 05:00:

i think it needs a better track

Posted by skip on Jun-05-2004 07:42:

ha technics got owned! they look crappy too IMO! too shiny and bling bling! if i had enormous amounts of cash i'd go for the pioneer cdj-1000s i think! but now i'll just be happy with my cdj-100s'

Posted by _-MIl0 on Jun-05-2004 16:21:

iv heard that tecs turned out to be crap, id have to investigate for myself befor i buy anything

Posted by _-MIl0 on Jun-05-2004 16:41:

damn tecs got owned in this

Posted by SgtFoo on Jun-05-2004 17:24:

FOUND A VIDEO OF THE NUMARK CDX!!!!!!!!!!!!.

http://djbattle.mine.nu/video/review/cdx.rm

...K.. after that... this thing pwns all the others!!!! I'm sold!!... except I don't like how it's a battle-style oriented unit.

Maybe the Denon or Pioneer is better for my needs..Gotta research more.

Posted by Briden on Jun-05-2004 18:18:

yeah, the techs look like they aren't much good for scratching, but they could be better for mixing DJs.

Posted by Zombie0729 on Jun-05-2004 18:25:

quote:
Originally posted by Briden
yeah, the techs look like they aren't much good for scratching, but they could be better for mixing DJs.

well for the same price u could get one that scratches & mixes flawelessly... thats why they are tryinng to prove. I'd say the same thing u did if the technics were 600 cheaper

Posted by stnthmn on Jun-05-2004 18:35:

Soon I will be looking into getting a CD deck. Looks like there are so many choices.

Posted by Briden on Jun-05-2004 19:38:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0729
well for the same price u could get one that scratches & mixes flawelessly... thats why they are tryinng to prove. I'd say the same thing u did if the technics were 600 cheaper

true, but they will come down in price, just like everything else.

Posted by DJ FireWire on Jun-06-2004 04:44:

Man, the Techs really SUCK! The scratching sound is shitty. Who cares about digital distortion? WTF were they thinking? Why couldn't they make their scratching sound like the scratching on any normal Technics deck? I am kinda pissed off... that scratching sounds like a 16kb/s RealPlayer streaming file.

Denon sounded really nice though. I have to admit they sounded a bit better than the Pioneer. I myself have a pair of CDJ1000MKII's and I can tell that their scratching isn't perfected yet, but it sounds decent as it is...

I don't know how far the Technics will go in terms of sales... cause this unit is a pure piece of shit - no thought was put into it. Even the Numark CDX will do better than this (cause its scratching actually sounds more realistic)!

EDIT: Here's the video for the Numark CDX unit:
http://homepage.mac.com/marksettle/.Movies/cdx_big.wmv

Posted by Dj Dissent on Jun-06-2004 07:03:

quote:

Denon sounded really nice though. I have to admit they sounded a bit better than the Pioneer. I myself have a pair of CDJ1000MKII's and I can tell that their scratching isn't perfected yet, but it sounds decent as it is...

Really? From reviews done by respectable dj sites (eg. djbattle.net) and magazines (i-dj.co.uk) they all say that skratching with the denon is not as good as on the pioneers. Having also played with the denon myself I thought they werent that responsive. The spinnning platter didint impress me at all and I acually prefer skratching with a still platter since its resistance free. As for sound quality I thought the pioneers owned denon in this part. You have to remember that the site is typical denon progaganda and they are always gonna be biased.

Peace, Dj Dissent

Posted by Wildfir3 on Jun-06-2004 07:22:

quote:
Originally posted by Briden
true, but they will come down in price, just like everything else.

how could you say that about something that has the name of technics all over it?

Posted by borron on Jun-06-2004 18:19:

The CDX looks very good, but i'm praying that it has more than 0.1% resolution, because if it doesn't, it loses a lot...

Posted by pumavisor808 on Jun-06-2004 20:56:

quote:
Originally posted by Briden
true, but they will come down in price, just like everything else.

but by the time they come down in price denon and pioneer will have their 3rd generation players out and Technics sure has alot of catch-up..