All user reviews of 4/5 for the Numark CDN88

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.

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- How long have you use it?
3 months

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
what I like most is the loops with adjustable "S-LOOP" makes perfect curls, the less is the BPM counter that is not accurate enough and often false beatkeeper (a Note that I use it as a cd a dish I do not care about her)

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
I had two cdj 500ii I sold, have a cot there
- How do you report qualitprix?
good enough or even good
Exprience with, you will do again this choice?
yes, I keep it I do not sell it surely

* Used for almost a year (on loan from a friend for an indefinite period), so episodic, to mix live / radio
* The beatkeeper is mortal is really a great thing, as well as the possibility of having 2 * 2 loops perfect, super easy to use and learn. The strength is there, the buttons are handy. The BPM is generally effective without breaking the barracks, but with the Tap just to have a good sense of rhythm to get back on track.

Big big damper on the wheels on the other hand. By default they change the rate at + / - 50% and are therefore extra sensitive touch-in a while you mix and you will damn your skeud from super fast all at once and the time you realize you 're dead. I do not know what use this feature and I found no way to disable it, having tried everything. Proper perspective it is the only major flaw, but if you take any precautions surgeon these decks will give you cold sores before the mix of fear to touch ...

* Tried anything interesting, always too expensive and the CD is long dead anyway, so it serves to get your feet when you start ...

* With the experience I would not have a choice of CD players in every way and it was not a choice but a loan (but a good loan quality seen). If you like feel free mix CD by these plates are coffee and it works very well in the evening ... if you want to hang out with your pounds of CDs.