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| quote: | Originally posted by Nell
As an experience CD DJ using much equipment in my time.. here is what i reccomend. Ive given the pros and cons to everything adn anyone who is experience with cd players will probably agree.
Pioneer
The Turntable style are very reliable but dont have that many features, they are a digital turntable. you tend to pay more with pioneer, but the durability is unrivled. the rack mount versions have all the features, but unfortunately they dont all work too great (CMX3000 for instance, the seemless loop isnt seemless). Verdict, buy the CD turntables if youve got the cash and have the space.
Denon
Have all the latest features and now come in the amazing turntable style oferring a 33rpm spinning platter, workign identical to vinyl. this is the most expensive cd player on the market atm, pipping the piooner turntables with its amazing features that ALL work. the downsides are that it costs £1500 for a pair and the life expectancy isnt as great as pioneer. however the rack mounted versions are standard equipment in any UK bar/club, they all thats necessary and the rack version last up to 15 years.
Numark
well the rack mounts are just like the denons, industry standard, and quite corking are the latest ones which actualyl flaw the pioneers feature capability. unfortunately the ones that are shown above by JS are not all that great, there find if you dont want to do anything creative and do soem simple beatmatching, but i dont think there that good tbh. if you wnat a pair similar to that, get the Pionner 100's (not 1000's) as they are top notch for an entry level dig TT's, and nothign coms close to them. the effects are great, and you could probably throw them down the stairs a billion times before they stop working. you will know where your money has gone as soon as you get them and after 5 years, when the numarks have crapped out.
you should realyl try them out for yourself if you can, but bare in mind, the same as normal TT's and anything in life, you tend to get what you pay for. id say play it safe and go for the pioneers.
just for your interest i own (2 Pioneer 800's, which are tht little brother of the 1000's (and slightly better when comparing specs as they have mroe features), i have one of the denon dig TT's and ive also got an old rack version of the numarks which i use in my bedroom |
o wow! thank you for the kick ass review ^_^
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