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Posted by Prism on Aug-22-2005 05:44:

Numark CDX

Hey there, I am in a debate if the CDX is indeed worth buying, I've put a lot of time into researching what pros and cons the product has and decided it's the best CD deck on the market that came close to a vinyl. However it's by Numark and unreliable or at least what I read. I've looked at other motor driven, MP3, spinning platter (those are the features I need, sorry no Pio CDJ's) CD deck by Denon DN-S5000 but it doesn't quite impress me with its 7" platter. So if anyone has any personal experience with any of those products please share them. Thanks.

Posted by bent on Aug-22-2005 06:36:

I've got both the CDX and s5000.
S5000 is good reliable, great features, but sucks balls for scratching since the platter is so small and belt-driven. CDX is awesome, features are alright, the only thing is the CDX has two problems are apparently from overheating/crappy cd drives.
a) problems with the cd in/out button, and not reading cds
b) randomly looping while a song is playing

Go to www.cdxforum.com, lots of posts there about the reliability of it. I've never had problems with random looping whilst in the bedroom, just when playing out, which SUCKS bigtime. The CD in/out problem isn't too bad though, just a small inconvenience and time waster.

Posted by Prism on Aug-22-2005 06:46:

Hey bent, thanks I was on that forum for a few hours and yeah those are the biggest problems with CDX eh? Nevertheless some people may have not experienced those problems is also what I read...does yours overheat? Exactly how often do you get random looping on an average, at least 1 track out of 20? Thanks again.

Posted by bent on Aug-22-2005 11:47:

I'm not quite sure, i've only played out twice with mine, the last two weeks, so you'd probably have to speak to others about the actual reliability.

On friday, it randomly looped once after maybe 8 tracks? and after that, i stopped using it, cause i didn't want to risk again.
On the saturday of the previous week, after a couple hours it wouldn't read certain cds, so again, I gave up on it and just used my denons instead.

I'm not sure if overheating IS the cause of the problems, but it might be, and from what i read on the cdx forum, the quality of the cd drives suck so that would contribute to it too .. which is disappointing. A reliable CDX would easily be the best darn cd player around! For bedroom use though, it seems fine.

Posted by Seakr on Aug-23-2005 00:52:

I would agree that if the CDX was decent quality it would definetly be the best cd deck. the problems described above are worse than what i've heard. the only reason i didn't want it before was because of the digital pitch resolution being only 0.1%. the Pio's have 0.02% resolution.

As for hands on feel and control, please. the CDX is vinyl. what more needs to be said?

Ahh technology.

Posted by bent on Aug-23-2005 03:37:

I'm so hoping numark brings out a CDXii or denon releases a s5500 with a direct drive 12" platter *drools*. It'll cost a shitload, but provided theres no major issues with them, i can't see myself upgrading for a long long time if i bought a pair.

Posted by Prism on Aug-23-2005 06:28:

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Originally posted by Seakr
I would agree that if the CDX was decent quality it would definetly be the best cd deck. the problems described above are worse than what i've heard. the only reason i didn't want it before was because of the digital pitch resolution being only 0.1%. the Pio's have 0.02% resolution.

As for hands on feel and control, please. the CDX is vinyl. what more needs to be said?

Ahh technology.

Can you explain more about the digital pitch resolution beng .1? Does it mean when beatmatching the beat would always be slightly off and would need to be corrected more often than usual say on CDJs right?

Posted by Seakr on Aug-25-2005 07:47:

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Originally posted by Prism
Can you explain more about the digital pitch resolution beng .1? Does it mean when beatmatching the beat would always be slightly off and would need to be corrected more often than usual say on CDJs right?

Well, in a nut shell, yes, this means the Numark's would have to be corrected more. As for being slighty off, I'm sure a good DJ could get em synched for a while, but eventually they'll go out faster and require another correction.

I guess a good analogy would be to relate the pitch resolution to the resolution of a good mp3(128+) to a bad one(64-). the pitch resolution is how the track is broken down into chunks, i guess. someone say it better please .