CDJ900 and CDJ2000...too pricey for what you get?

[SourceRaver]

Given that a pair of CD900s cost arround $3000, I know that you could buy the following with the same money:

1 X New mixer

1 X New medium spec laptop

1 X New headphones

2 X Preloved CDJ400s or CDJ800s

For a beginner it would make sense not to plash out on the 900's.

But for an experienced DJ who already has CDJ's is it really worth upgrading? Surely buying a higher spec laptop would make more sense in terms of flexibility than buying two expensive media players. I also dont see clubs spending the money either given that a lot of DJ's are moving towards laptops and midi controllers. What are your thoughts?

[CBG]

A lot of experience DJs dont pay for their gear.

They sent SASHA the new CDJ2000s and a DJM2000... prick lol/

And yeah, pioneer are a rip off. and they know they can be

[djarmed]

Its true Pioneer do have the monopoly, but if a company like numark started becoming the club standard then the price of all their gear would go up dramatically. Got to remember as well that pioneer had the best pitch resoilution for years and years before things like the Denon dns3700 came out. i did some very long hours of research and playing on the cdj900, cdj2000 and dns3700 when i was looking to get some new decks and i found that the cdj900 is best value for money, and now the cdj900 is the club standard, so if you play in clubs or ever desire too its prob best to get the cdj900 purely so you dont rock up to your first gig and go WTF how do i work these bastards. The other thing is Pioneer put ALOT and i mean ALOT of money into R&D thats why they generally end up out on top. But these days other companies are getting closer to matching the cdj's so its only a matter of time until something different becomes the club standard or they become on par with pioneer.

and YES they are a rip off and as CBG said its because they can be. They know people will pay the money for them.

[Buck_Choi]

all comes down to supply and demand.

bastards! lets come up with our own brand.

[LabRat]

pioneer will always have that upper hand for as long as they remain industry standard.

yes they are too expensive for what you get but people will still buy them because they've marketed them well.

if you look at it on a different scale, most will agree that the A&H mixers absolutely CREAM over the DJM's and the Denon CD players have always been that one step forward to what pioneer has been.

[Skank]

i didnt know the 900 was considered the new standard

[CBG]

I dont believe that either, its too hard to say. That 1000s are still unreal. 2x2 or 2+2 in my opinion...

[Tomy]

meh, they have 900's at the club im resident at but i wouldn't by them. USB is awesome but i still perfer the feel on my 1000's cause they do behave a little different to each other (the 900's to the 1000's)

cant see myself down grading to the 900's or upgrading to the 2000's until mk2, 1st gen is crap. few mates have been disliking the software (record box or some shit its called)

[Tomy]

my cons & pros of 900's so far.

cons

-wav form of the track is so small and really hard to see for me

- takes fucking ages to load a cd.... i mean ages! shits me off.

- took a while to get used of the nob thingy on the top still dont really like it but its ok for usb

Pros

- usb.

[defanutley]

I think pioneer are playing catch up to the DVS ,

but CDJs are CDJs they all do the same thing play CDs

[djarmed]

i didnt know the 900 was considered the new standard

Thats what they're saying now (as in pioneer, dj mags and even most dj stores), i think it has alot to do with cost though. cdj1000's will still be around for years to come but the cdj900 is popping up at alot of clubs now. The cdj 2000 is just waaay tooo expensive and even pioneer admits that the features between the 2 are very similar minus a few things so dun see why the $1000 difference. Surely a colour LCD screen and a better platter and a few software mods dun cost $1000!

But you know, what would we know were only the consumers.

[ruggs]

And with more and more ppl using serato etc.the difference between the 900 and 2000 wouldn't be noticable at all

[djarmed]

my cons & pros of 900's so far.

cons

-wav form of the track is so small and really hard to see for me

- takes fucking ages to load a cd.... i mean ages! shits me off.

- took a while to get used of the nob thingy on the top still dont really like it but its ok for usb

Pros

- usb.

might wanna check the firmware version on those 900's. every cd i stick in so far is ready before i have a chance to blink.

Latest version is 3.0

oh and embrace the nob hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[CBG]

seems a bit odd that cd loading takes so long