Stu, you definately raise some good points. I was not aware that the 1000's have internal memory in addition to the memory card and thats definately a plus. With the quick return it's best to hold your hand on the platter to return to your cue point and then release when you actually want to drop that point rather than tapping it like a hot cue on the 1000's. I wouldn't praise it for being used like the hot cues on the 1000's, but rather when mixing instead of tapping the cue button (how I use it mostly)...so in that regard the 1000's are sick because they have the hot cues. Don't get me wrong, I definitely know how awesome the 1000's are I just think the 800mk2's are just as sick and as a new owner am nothing but happy with how they compare to 1000's.

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Originally posted by Stu Cox A few points to pick up on - as far as I'm aware, CDJ1000s have got the same internal memory as a CDJ800, plus the option to dump it onto a memory card - that's not something exclusive to the CDJ800. Also, as I said in another thread, the Quick Return is a nice idea but is gashly implemented - as it needs to be in vinyl mode and the CDJ800's response isn't perfect there's always a slight lag between you tapping the platter and it starting playing from the cue point. Why you think this "pwns the hell out of the 1000's" I have no idea, seeing that you can do exactly the same by simply sticking a hot start on the cue point, only hot starts respond instantly so you can do SO much more with them - plus there are 3 of them.

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Aren't 1000mk2's alot cheaper these days?

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Originally posted by Clovis Aren't 1000mk2's alot cheaper these days?

yes if u can find them brand new that is

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Originally posted by SPAWNmaster Stu, you definately raise some good points. I was not aware that the 1000's have internal memory in addition to the memory card and thats definately a plus. With the quick return it's best to hold your hand on the platter to return to your cue point and then release when you actually want to drop that point rather than tapping it like a hot cue on the 1000's. I wouldn't praise it for being used like the hot cues on the 1000's, but rather when mixing instead of tapping the cue button (how I use it mostly)...so in that regard the 1000's are sick because they have the hot cues. Don't get me wrong, I definitely know how awesome the 1000's are I just think the 800mk2's are just as sick and as a new owner am nothing but happy with how they compare to 1000's.

Yeah I see what you mean, probably something I'd use the cue button for myself, but for a last minute "OhShitIveMissedMyCuePoint" it's probably a little bit quicker lol or as '' said, using it for scratching-esque effects when you can't be arsed to scratch properly.

And yeah, I don't really mean to knock it - I absolutely love mine, I just like people to know the benefits and limitations of the kit they could potentially be spending a lot of their hard earned cash on.

You definitely get a lot for your money with a CDJ800, seeing that it's 30% cheaper than the 1000 it's not particularly stripped down - in fact I tend to think that £250 for the extra features you get with a 1000 is a bit excessive and they might as well have just included them in the 800. It's probably actually cheaper for them to stick hot cues in a deck than the auto beat loops tbh... I know the overall build quality's better on a 1000 though.

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From what I've been reading, I would defo choose 3 Hot Cue's over Quick Return, and I also think that external memory (memory card) is much better than internal.

I've got a few tunes where it took quite a while to set the cue point (due to a weird intro) just right and I am so glad that I've now got those cue points saved to an SD card. As I probably wouldn't try and play those particular tunes out if I had to re-set the cue points.