As far as sound quality, nobody can really make claims to the difference between the Pio's and the Denon's just yet. In any case, I'm sure the 3500 will sound great... the difference in sound quality between most CD decks is nil.

Clearly if you go with the 3500's over the 1000's you will be getting all the effects and the direct drive platter for a good deal less money than the 1000MK2's.

I have 1000MK2's, and while I think they are great and do their job well, they really are devoid of features and their price is not in line with the market... Pioneer is still riding out their "industry standard" win for all they've got.

I'd try both and decide then. If you ever need to play out on the Pio's, they are easy enough to figure out on the spot that it shouldn't be much of a problem.

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Originally posted by Clyde77 hi guys, i need your help. im planning on buying new cd players this week, depending if i get answers. i was going to get cdj1000mk2s, but after reading about the 3500s it kinda changed my mind, i mean the whole direct drive motor n built in effects. waht do u guys think i should get? and something mentioned about pioneer having a quality sound than the 3500s? how do u know if its better sounding, that's also one thing i want to know. please help me! thank yuo very much

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Originally posted by Ryan0751 the difference in sound quality between most CD decks is nil.

Unless you're including the Technics one, in which case you have yourself a loser. Its sound reproduction is appauling. Standard playing is fine, but as soon as you start to touch the platter (slow it down or scratch etc particularly when the pitch control is more than a couple of % off centre) it starts to really fuck up.

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Well I wasn't taking into consideration the digital scratching as "sound quality" per se.

I've heard that the scratching on the Technics only sounds bad if master tempo is enabled. Still a poor oversight on their part.

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Originally posted by Stu Cox Unless you're including the Technics one, in which case you have yourself a loser. Its sound reproduction is appauling. Standard playing is fine, but as soon as you start to touch the platter (slow it down or scratch etc particularly when the pitch control is more than a couple of % off centre) it starts to really fuck up.