SeriesNumark CDN

The Numark CDN450 is a very reasonably priced dual DJ MP3 and CD Player, it takes up two rack spaces and it is a great solution to someone who needs an in house set up for a club or something similar. To me, this is not the device you want to be taking all over the place with you because it is pretty big and bulky and very fragile. So in my opinion that is the least thing that I like about it, when DJ’s look for these units they want them to be very portable, but this one is not. It does have some really good features, one of my favorites is the quality of the jog wheel, you use this wheel for your search screen as well as scratching and pitch bend. It is well built and has a nice feel with little resistance to it. I tend to over use my jog wheels and they seem to get very “loose” over time, but I don’t see the CDN450 every getting that way. The CDN450 has auto detection for your BPM and a tap tempo to. I used the Numark CDN450 with some dual ¼ Hosa cables because they are really good quality, the CDN450 did not come with the cords at all. The Price of the CDN450 is less than 300 dollars and that is a good price for such a solid unit that won’t give you any issues when used in a live situation. There are several reports of this unit skipping, I have never experienced that. I think this unit by Numark is a top of the line MP3 and CD Player, I just don’t feel like it is portable enough because it seems fragile even though it has metal chassis. The sound quality is great, I have used a ton of different Numark and Pioneer systems. This is one of the better ones, with a lower price!

Paid $850 on ebay. Needed a good dual CD player for gigs and the Numark unit offered a feature set that was just right and met my requirements. What's not to like? This unit features pitch lock, pitch control at 6 percent, 12 percent, 25 percent and 100 percent. There's also a built-in beatkeeper that gives accurate BPM with auto-mixing. You can have two complete loops with three hot stutter starts per CD. Not to mention the built-in effects including: reverse, flange, warp, bleep, chop, slide and kill. There's so much more functionality, but these are the primary features that really caught my eye. There's not much to NOT like. I can't really add much in this column except maybe that the unit is a bit pricey. But then again, you get what you pay for. First rate construction and quality will hold up to years of gigging abuse, weddings, drunk people at parties, etc. A great dual CD player at a price point that's a little more than I wanted to pay, but heck, it's the quality and feature set that will provide the pay back. I'm a big believer in not skimping on equipment because you always end up wanting the better model anyway. This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

Searchwheel features 2 speeds to search disks. CDR no problem but no CDRW-MP3 support. +/- 12 % pitch. Illumination is good. This is a older CD player so no effects no master tempo/key lock no digital out. Stutter function quite good. Price paid: $ 1200 Sounds: Good. Even without a digital out. Very easy to use and nice layout . It might skip last tracks of 75 to 78 minutes CDs. Built quality is very good. Over 2 years no flaws. Overall : this is a good CD player but after 2 years the market has changed and some extra features are well worth trading up. Numark built quality for CD players is quite good. If you don't need all those extra features this a good basic player. Originally posted on FutureProducers.com Posted by: Unknown (January 1-, 2003)