Anyone know anything about a CDJ 1000 upgrade anytime soon?

I have a pair of cDJ 200s that i absolutely LOVE for the mp3 capability and the 0.02 pitch but would like to upgrade to something more industry standard. It still trips me up when i have to use a CDJ 1000 since the wheel is a lot different than mine in terms of sensitivity and feel.

It seems logical that pioneer will add mp3 support to the CDJ 1000, so i want to hold off for now, but does anyone know when this will happen? Or are they gonna keep the MK2s as their flagship for the next little while?

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Originally posted by djshtr Anyone know anything about a CDJ 1000 upgrade anytime soon? I have a pair of cDJ 200s that i absolutely LOVE for the mp3 capability and the 0.02 pitch but would like to upgrade to something more industry standard. It still trips me up when i have to use a CDJ 1000 since the wheel is a lot different than mine in terms of sensitivity and feel. It seems logical that pioneer will add mp3 support to the CDJ 1000, so i want to hold off for now, but does anyone know when this will happen? Or are they gonna keep the MK2s as their flagship for the next little while?

The only way I could see them doing an upgrade, is a firmware upgrade.

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Originally posted by Coup Vlad wins. Flawless victory.

Really? So you think with Denon putting out direct drive spinning platters, and the CDX out there for a while (and the new HDX out), pioneer is still gonna stick with its non-active platter without MP3 capability? All the other guys have the active platters, mp3, etc..

seems like if pioneer just upgrades the firmware and nothing else they're gonna fall behind??

i have played on a lot of cd players

i've even played on the numark and denons with active platters

the pioneers have my vote, little bells and whistles, they play cds and they do it well

they work and they're built to withstand the rigors of a club environment

any added features to a deck, that's just one more thing that can break

but then again i'm all about the purpose built equipment

if it was designed to do one thing and one thing only, you better believe they're going to make sure it works the way it should

i don't really like using the built-in effects on mixers, an outboard effector is a lot better

my mixer should mix, my TTs should play records, my cd decks should play cds and my effector should add effects, nothing else

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I posed the question to Pioneer a few months ago and they said they noting in the pipeline, no research or dev for a successor to the CDJ1000mk2.

Still, I honestly believe they would have said that anyhow.

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Originally posted by Coup Vlad wins. Flawless victory.

true. CDJ's are good enough.

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the cdj1000mk2 has esablished itself as the "1200" of the CD turntable market. if pioneer is smart, they will follow the lead of technics to the motto "if it aint broke, dont fix it"

i personally am more a fan of the dns5000, but you dont see too many clubs using those now do you? and as far as the CDX, that thing is a piece of shit IMO.

I don't see pioneer adding mp3 support to the MK2's anytime soon (if ever). Just doesn't seem to make sense since they're used in clubs and mp3's just don't sound good. I'm waiting for the day DVJ's become affordable though, that'd be a nice little toy to have hehe.

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Originally posted by ieko I don't see pioneer adding mp3 support to the MK2's anytime soon (if ever). Just doesn't seem to make sense since they're used in clubs and mp3's just don't sound good.

Right, but I have over 40 tracks from Beatport that are all 320 kbps.. I just dumped all of them onto a CD as MP3 and the CDJ200 pays 'em back perfectly (doesn't sound like an mp3).

They wouldn't sound any better if I dumped 'em to WAV and put them over 10 discs, would they? It would make sense for pioneer to add this feature.. of do they think that mp3 is only good for the 'bedroom dj'..?

I really don't think MP3 is a good idea. I mean it's been said before but who wants 40 to 80 tracks on one CD? Personally it's just easier having 2 (yes I do have only two tracks from a single artists who only has 2 tracks) to about 8 tracks on a single CD. This way I have all of the same artist on a single disc, and can mix one track to another, just like putting on another vinyl record (but with CDs). Thats just my opinion...so I treat my CD collection i'm building up like my vinyl collection, but just another medium...

Last edited by Spirit5 on Oct-07-2005 at 02:48