Comments on: Guide to Buying Secondhand / Used CDJs

By: kimcliftrn

kimcliftrn — Sat, 07 Oct 2017 04:32:00 +0000

In reply to Walt White. Hi Walt , I would be interested in you getting our artist hooked up with DJ gear. Thank you kim mcgee clift 3163232167

By: Reticuli

Reticuli — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 18:24:00 +0000

In reply to Walt White. I come across plenty of those twits banging the cue and/or play button rapidly both when trying to desperately beatmatch and when finally dropping it on the downbeat. It's pretty hilarious to watch, and a bit mortifying when it's your gear their mishandling. They are always the ones who also bitch about needing moving waveforms and accurate BPM counters.

By: Dag Sonikku

Dag Sonikku — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 17:56:00 +0000

In reply to Oddie O'Phyle. GREAT response. This is the main reason why I switched from turntables to cdjs in the recent years. Can't afford the maintenance

By: Reticuli

Reticuli — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 00:55:00 +0000

Hanpin’s USB/CD players/controllers (under the Sync, Voxoa, Audiophony, Citronic, American Audio, Akiyama, Stanton Magnetics, DJ Tech, Omnitronic, and Reloop brandings): about $200 bucks used per transport; does most of the same basic stuff minus the visual aids and automation copied from laptop DJs, can play MP3 and Wavs, minimum, and you can link an unlimited number together (regardless of branding) with USB cables to share drives without the need for a router. If you see people playing with them, they probably have to be mixing by ear. The ones that have secondary USB drive ports can also accept a USB link from another unit, though they can’t pass the signal to another unit through the secondary port. Some of the units have SD card slots instead of a secondary USB drive port, which works even when the USB drive port is linking. You can also get new or B-stock Gemini MDJ1000 and the Denon SC2900 for a little more than double the Hanpins, and these allow carefree drive sharing through a router.

By: Jarret

Jarret — Mon, 14 Mar 2016 03:20:00 +0000

In reply to Walt White. okay big guy!

By: Walt White

Walt White — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 23:47:00 +0000

I am the owner of a backline rental and management company. Ive been running dj gear and artist transitions for the past 10 years with every major tour artist on the planet. You name the DJ, i’ve provided gear and managed the DJ booth for their performance. I work almost exclusively with Pioneer gear and for the past 4 years… the nexus models.

Ive bought 10 of my 20 CDJ20000 Nexus units on the used market.

100% without question – the #1 thing that breaks on Pioneer CDJs is the Ethernet/LAN port on the back. This is not even up for debate. I can’t believe you guys didn’t put it on your list in the article. Most of my 20 units have had the LAN port replaced.

The next most common thing to to break is the play button … from idiot DJs banging on the play button like its a drum pad. Then the USB port … and that typically only breaks on the DJM900 cause the ‘Not-so-smart’ design engineers at pioneer put the port on the top of the mixer (where it gets smacked all the time) instead of putting it in the back like the DJM2000.

Beyond that … unless the unit went to burning man… everything else in your article is barely relevant.

LAN Port / Play Button / USB Port

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By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:55:00 +0000

I recently took a chance and ordered some 2000s from a guy on eBay. Aside from a few scratches, they work perfectly. The firmware hadn’t been updated in a while but that was easy to fix. If you are on the fence about purchasing a set of these- just DO IT. They are so damn fun I feel inspired to mix for hours on end again. My only complaint is that the build quality could be better- the jog wheels aren’t exactly silky smooth (not a big deal for me) so if that bothers you get the Nexus ones.