From: Christopher Grass (bluesjumper@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Dec 04 2002 - 16:28:11 CET
You should check out the forums at the Pioneer ProDJ website. Should be a
review there.
>From: "adario" <adario@thingsburnup.com>
>To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
>Subject: DMP555 (RE: [acid-jazz] Scratching digitally (from New York
>Times))
>Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 10:06:12 -0500
>
>Hi everybody,
>Speaking of digital turntables, anybody got an opinion or seen any reviews
>of the Pioneer DMP555?
>http://www.pioneerprodj.com/products/dmp555/dmp555.mv
>
>Thanks in advance,
>a dario
>
>btw, there's also an argument to made in favor of digital audio from an
>ecological/economic viewpoint. CD's and MP3's are a manifestation of
>"dematerialization", ie the transition from a material economy to a
>services
>economy. This phenomenon is a central tenet of sustainable development.
>With that said, I still love the material qualities of vinyl. Even the
>negative stuff. There's a random "pop" noise on a recent mix that I did
>that somehow just adds a little more flavor.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Olaf Molenveld [mailto:olaf@interactivelink.nl]
> >Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 4:33 AM
> >To: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
> >Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] Scratching digitally (from New York Times)
> >
> >
> >don't forget that cost can also be a very important aspect in it all....
> >you'll notice that a lot of the CD DJ hate comes from people that have
> >collected a huge vinyl collection over the years... when you have to
>build
> >your vinyl collection from scratch now it's *very* expensive with the 12"
> >prices these days.... wait a few weeks, maybe 2 months and a good (2)CD
> >compilation with unmixed full 12" mixes appears for the price of 2
> >12"es....this one might have 20 tracks, of which 10 are useable....for a
>DJ
> >that doesn't need to have all the latest stuff (although you can ofcourse
> >download tracks from the internet, both legally or from restricted
>forums,
> >and you probably can play the music out weeks before its for sale in the
> >shops) because he or she doesn't DJ 3 times every weekend the CD way can
>be
> >a very interesting route...
> >
> >Olaf
> >
> >
> >> Incidentally, a friend of mine who lives overseas recently told me he
> >> rocked this massive playing his entire set on Final Scratch, I told
>this
> >to
> >> another DJ friend who commented, "Man, he sold out." Then I told him my
> >> overseas friend had a great response...I also neglected to tell the
> >> commenting friend that this overseas DJ lives in Indonesia, where vinyl
> >> isn't exactly easy to come by...So all this vinyl purism is
> >coming from an
> >> American/European-centric point of view.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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