Hello,

My question is about CD decks. I've had my turntables for around... oh I dunno 8 - 12 months or so, and it's been great. However, horror has struck! I'm currently a senior at HS, and I started DJing the dances last year and such. (Simple hiphop/r'n'b/slow song stuff ) We've been using rented equipment and as such it's been, well, pretty high cost. So our beloved Student Council decided it would be in their best interests to hire out. So they did, and well, I listened to this guys and was... not impressed. They didn't know their discs well (*hell* of alot of unedits, which I wouldn't mind personally, but it's kinda unprofessional ), didn't 'understand' our school ("*omg* it's not hiphop wtf") and somehow overloaded their setup at one point.

The point of this? I've always wanted to have a little set of CD decks to play around with, I have the money (thank god for wellpaying fulltime summer jobs ) and now I have a bit more reason to. It'll certainly cut down rental cost, and perhaps I'll get back these dances and be able to show my school a little bit of the good ol' trance.

So what CD decks would you guys suggest? I've decided that I definitely would like looping abilities, I just feel there's so many creative uses for that. Besides that I'm not really picky. Double, single, no difference. As for price range, I'd *like* to keep it below $1400 CDN (so about... 1000 or so American?).

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
-calldown

denon 2600f or if you can find them the 2100s are very similar and a bit cheaper

For Dual decks: Without a doubt, the Pioneer CMX-3000. Great unit. Awesome intuitive layout, very simple to use. Best pitch resolution of all the duals out there @ 0.05%, CD text, Wave form display, 1000cd memory and a great emergency loop feature that can save your ass from embarrassment (like when you pay too much attention on sweatin the honeys instead of mixing).

Denons! They're so sexy.

the pioneers look good too, i've never used them but i've heard good things. either way you cant really go wrong. denon or pioneer are probably the only two brands i would buy. i have a set of older numarks, and they are ok, but for $1000 denon or pioneer all the way

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Originally posted by TwiloNYC a great emergency loop feature that can save your ass from embarrassment (like when you pay too much attention on sweatin the honeys instead of mixing).

that button is known, with great affection, as the "oh-shit" button

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Originally posted by dartman but for $1000 denon or pioneer all the way

you can't buy a pair of pioneer or denons for under 1000.

i have the Numark Axis 9 Cd players...they came out early this year or last year, can't remember...but they are awesome players. they have a multitude of features and are very easy to use and manipulate. they have all the features you want, and not so many that it becomes a hassle.

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As for CDJ, Denon is the way to go... the DN-S5000 are firmware upgradable and support mp3 playback, unlike the Pioneer's.

Does anyone use search, wtf? God knows how many threads there are about this.

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Originally posted by Coup Vlad wins. Flawless victory.

My apologies Vlad. However, I'm pretty sure the new Denon's don't come in under $1000 US. :P That's the only reason I created a new thread, to see how many pennies I could squeeze. However, I talked with the guys down in the shop, and this weekend I'm going to rent the DN-4000 from them. MP3 playback and all the goodies, see how I like it. $40, can't go wrong.

-calldown

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Originally posted by calldown My apologies Vlad. However, I'm pretty sure the new Denon's don't come in under $1000 US. :P That's the only reason I created a new thread, to see how many pennies I could squeeze. However, I talked with the guys down in the shop, and this weekend I'm going to rent the DN-4000 from them. MP3 playback and all the goodies, see how I like it. $40, can't go wrong. -calldown

You will definately like that model! pm me if interested after you try it out.

ps is there a guitar center near you or Sam Ash, you can take your CDs and your headphones and go there to try them out.

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Originally posted by DrummeRaver86 you can't buy a pair of pioneer or denons for under 1000.

denon dn2600f $899
denon dn2100f $699
denon dn4000 $599

maybe your cant buy a pair of denon s3000 / 5000 for under a grand but you can get a set of denon dual cd decks
and u can get a set of pioneer cdj 100s for $600, and and you can get a set of cdj 800s for $1100 after the rebates which is a bit over a grand but its close

Yup! Found out today when I went to Sherwood that I can get DN-4000's for exactly $1000 CDN. Going to test them out this weekend, see if they do it for me. Thanks for the advice guys, here's hoping.

-calldown