QUESTION!: Whats the benefit of having Dual Cd players or the single cd player

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Posted by Xavier on Nov-06-2001 08:00:

QUESTION!: Whats the benefit of having Dual Cd players or the single cd player

ok...I wanna purchase equipment to start off...can you people please tell me whats the difference & benefits of a Dual CD player Vs 2 Single CD players (not connected).

Posted by inatrance on Nov-06-2001 23:55:

well.. dual cd players are mounted on racks, or somthing close to that, while 2 singles are usually on either side of the mixer... If your gonna mix cd's get two singles, but if you are going to spin vinyl get dual, cause the singles will get in the way of TT.. or at least thats my understanding

Posted by Izzy on Nov-08-2001 01:54:

ya what inatrance said is true.
plus dual decks are usually cheaper than buying 2 single CD's.

Posted by inatrance on Nov-08-2001 05:40:

ya and singles r usually more fun

Posted by DJ Darchinova on Nov-09-2001 08:16:

Duals are usually for DJ's with turntables on the sides and the duals are mounted in front of the Dj in a sort of box.

In other words.. they save space

Posted by Dj-2TaLL on Nov-09-2001 13:47:

i'm pretty sure 'bout this, i think that duel CDs have special options that can be done only if you have two conected CDS...

i know that the numarks have an option to set the BPM by a TAP button (you tap the button 2-3 times acording to the other song and it sets the bpm automaticly...)

what other options are there?

Posted by inatrance on Nov-09-2001 14:28:

the numark also can auto mix for you, but wheres the fun in that theres also the tascam 302 dual cd players that split apart and can either be two singles or a dual.. which is pretty sweet if yoru thinking about starting on cds and later going to vinyl.. you can get those right now for like 800-900 US.. ha anyways theres plenty of cool stuff on cd and dual cd players.. watch out vinyl

Posted by Tony Morello on Nov-09-2001 16:14:

if you want duals, go with the denons, singles? then go with the pioneer front loaders

Posted by dj alonzo on Nov-09-2001 18:25:

Dual CD players save you lots of space, but they're most of the times less comfortable to work on than single cd players...
Singles have larger jog wheels, larger buttons, larger interface and larger display.
If you're a mobile dj then a dual can be very good for you - you just put it in a 19" rack case along with a 19" mixer and an amp and you're ready to go.

Posted by inatrance on Nov-10-2001 17:13:

pioneer seems to be a rip off on front loading cd players.. but I defintitley agree that they are the best

Posted by Superscope on Nov-11-2001 17:29:

For somebody like me, who makes thier own music, a single, shit hot quality cd unit, jacked into the mixer, really is the biz.

Obviuosly if you are wanting to mix soleley on cd, then go dual.

Posted by inatrance on Nov-12-2001 18:07:

whaaaaT??? if you want to mix soley on cd.. DEFINITLEY go single.. its actually djing.. not messing around with a little box of a mixer and a dual cdplayer... ehh whatever

Posted by Dj-2TaLL on Nov-12-2001 18:45:

quote:
Originally posted by inatrance
whaaaaT??? if you want to mix soley on cd.. DEFINITLEY go single.. its actually djing.. not messing around with a little box of a mixer and a dual cdplayer... ehh whatever

i use those...
i still have some pretty nice mixes...

(but i consider it to be a transition phase to VINYL so it's OK)

Posted by harcourt on Nov-22-2001 03:24:

There are a few threads regarding CD players. I'd like to get one to throw some CD's into my mixes. I've got two tables already but the vinyl collection isn't nearly as big as the MP3 collection and there are some great songs I want to mix in but can't since I don't have the vinyl. (software is crap, doesn't work well on my machine anyway) What is recommended for a simple single cd player to mix in CD's. I don't need any fancy jazz on it?

Posted by inatrance on Nov-22-2001 04:20:

I got myself two cdj-20's they are very good for their price, they have anti shock, +/- 16%, jog dial, and their about 165 apiece at audiolines.com get em while their hot, their discontinued for the new cdj-30's which dont change much but cost twice as much

Posted by harcourt on Nov-22-2001 15:33:

quote:
Originally posted by inatrance
I got myself two cdj-20's they are very good for their price, they have anti shock, +/- 16%, jog dial, and their about 165 apiece at audiolines.com get em while their hot, their discontinued for the new cdj-30's which dont change much but cost twice as much

Those the Gemini's? I don't know anything about the cd players. Gemini ok? American DJ stuff has some bad reviews on this board. What about Stanton? I don't want to spend the money on any Pioneer ones since I don't need anything fancy. Just a simple usable cd player for my 3rd input.

Posted by djskylz on Nov-23-2001 20:09:

I have the denon 2600F and i like it very much. That CD-player has a 3 HE control unit, with large buttons and a lot of freaky functions. I especially like the pitch bend buttons, i can't work with the jog wheel for pitch correction (don't ask me why, with vinyl it works better). I saw the pioneer CDJ-1000, saw it working, and there was no big difference between the pioneer and the denon (except that the pioneer has a better digiscratch, and a, in my view, useless track readout). But 2 Pioneers will cost you a lot more then a single denon, and they almost have the same performance and ease in use.

Greetz Maarten