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Pioneer CDJ-800

Tabletop DJ player from Pioneer belonging to the CDJ series

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Published on 12/25/05 at 04:12
I buy this board in late August 2005.

I like the central turntable, it's more convenient than the pitch bend I had on my old turntables. The BPM counter with a little coarsely adjust the tempo, but then be adjusted by ear, especially since often the meter is unable to decide (it is common to see the display 130, then 134, then 132, then 131, then 134 again ... even if it happens in the end to provide a fairly stable number ...). For that, the tempo is very (too?) Specific: 0.05% to 0.05!

Handy, too, the loop automatically, which should however only be used for melodies "basic" ...
I also like the overall look, stylish with the CDs and swallowing the central ring ...

But I like less the color (a little bronze, it's old-fashioned), and the lack of original functions, effects (absents. ..)... The thin plastic that makes up is also quite low in relation to the price ... it's weird ..
Too bad also that the window does not display the name of the securities, it can be used. In addition, the plate is not the MP3 .. Custom it does not really bother me because I think I would lose quickly in my CDs ...
Another thing: I also liked that there is a button to stop or not the CD at the end of the range = sometimes if I forget to lower the fader of the plate, the title linked together after ...!!

*****

Before I had JB Systems CD100 ... without comment.

Value for money: 600 euros for a plate that still hurts in the ass, then saw it takes two, I will not say .. but not against competition, it can be from 10 to 20% too much but hey it is sold well it seems ..

After a week of use, I found some problems reading CD-R: a bluntly planted, others have problems when we break ... I'm not sure these plates are so reliable as they say ...
In fact, the problem occurs with all new CD-R PHILIPS ... may be that this brand is not blameless in regard to its products ...
>>> After a few months of use, I'm rather reassured, the decks are still very reliable and manageable. A concern, however, my turntables "plant" sometimes it's blocked and must be removed and then reinsert the CD to make sure it works. And still the problems with some CD-R ...
For now, I would do anyway this choice, but the Denon DNS 3000 (and even DNS 1000) are also really interesting ...
My rating: 08/10 because in all it's still good deck, but we expect something closer to perfection at this price ... :

-0.5 For the plastic look
-0.5 For the lack of features and (CD text, reassuring live ..) effects
-1 For the failures when playing certain CD-R ...