Yup. It's official now.

http://www.skratchworx.com/news3/comments.php?id=1442

why do some of the comments claim its because of Denon DNS-3700?
Whats so special about that one?

rip

All it says is that the CDJ-1000 MK3 is to be discontinued. Not the CDJ-1000 series itself.

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well mk2 and 1 have been for a while

i don't see why they would discontinue the mk3 only, makes no sense?

I wonder how much of this is rumor. Remember Technics sent out a newsletter stating they were going to discontinue their 1200 line. There was so much outrage against it, that they continue to make it.

If it's true, maybe there's an mk-4 in the works or they're doing like Denon did and only promote the new stuff. When Denon released the 3700 the 3500 went bye bye.

Who knows, I'd say just say flood Pioneers mail box with rage and maybe they'll continue the line.

Pioneer’s Martin Dockree said:

“It is with mixed feelings that today we announce to the channel the discontinuation of the CDJ 1000MK3…….thanks to the hard work of our then newly appointed direct retailers, installers and established distribution, as well as the DJ’s who instantly recognised it as the first real practical DJ CD player, it very quickly became an industry standard fixture in the DJ booth.”

if i remember correctly, there wasnt anything confirmed or denied by panasonic or whoever makes technics.

time to move on and pay more for pioneer gear

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Originally posted by i got big pants Pioneer’s Martin Dockree said: “It is with mixed feelings that today we announce to the channel the discontinuation of the CDJ 1000MK3…….thanks to the hard work of our then newly appointed direct retailers, installers and established distribution, as well as the DJ’s who instantly recognised it as the first real practical DJ CD player, it very quickly became an industry standard fixture in the DJ booth.” if i remember correctly, there wasnt anything confirmed or denied by panasonic or whoever makes technics. time to move on and pay more for pioneer gear

Exact same type of newsletter sent by Panasonic, and yes there was confirmation. Google it.


It only says MK-3, nothing about the 1000 line. Which means there could likely be an MK-4 in the works.

if that statement is official, sounds like the 1k line is done.

he talks about the mk3, but then goes on to talk about it being the 1st real practical dj cd player. call me crazy but i think the mk1 could be considered the 1st.

wasnt the mk2 a standard fixture in dj booths prior to the mk3? and the mk1 prior to the mk2?

hm............

This could be a really good thing for the scene.

Yes, bedroom DJs are going to find it harder to afford them. Yes, smaller clubs will probably have clapped out old CDJs for years to come because they can't afford to replace them (although tbh those clubs probably wouldn't bother replacing them at the CDJ1000 price)

But it could encourage more and more clubs to have 2000s installed as standard... which would mean that clubs have a very good standard interface which laptop DJs, CD DJs and DVS DJs (well, DVS using CDJs) can all use.

Since it came out, I've been of the opinion that the 2000 is the best MIDI controller for DJing (of course some will beg to differ) - the only problem is you realistically need 2+ of them and you really don't want to have to pay for them and then lug them around to gigs! So I'd be over the moon if I knew every club would have 2 or 3 of them in as standard, so I just turn up with my laptop, plug straight in and go.

Or even just turn up with a USB stick...

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Some of you are really clueless. Plain and simple this is a marketing move and a move to make more money. If some idiot was really going to pay 400 per pair less for 1000's over 2000s they should be checked into a psych ward. s soon as the 2000s came out it was goodbye to the 1000s. This is just making it official. Too much conflict in price points.

It was making no sense from a marketing perspective having the 1000s at 1500 and the 2000s at 1700.

Now they steer the way for the new industry standard. Everyone knows that the digital dj has grown in numbers over the last few years and now with Pioneer putting the 1000s to the past it forces the clubs which can afford them to move on with the future and make gigging for ditial djs MUCH easier.

This is GREAT for djs that play out. Within the next year most clubs will be stocked with 2000s.