Re: DJ Preference

From: Jason Jasberto Batog (jasbat@home.com)
Date: Fri Mar 30 2001 - 09:52:15 CEST

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    Out of curiosity, anyone here who's a DJ or knows one: if you've tried a DJ
    session with dual CD players rather than turntables, which one do you prefer
    more. The CD players and mixers for DJing are getting more and more
    features every couple months,...doing lots of things turntables can't.
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    Well I used both those Pioneer singular CDJ-500 and those Denon twin decks
    (can't remember what product ID, only used once or twice). They are okay
    but can't replace the turntable. However, there are both balanced pros and
    cons to turntables and CD players.

    Turntables:
    Pros:
    - Utilise records to your full potential
    - Better selection of music
    - It's vinyl, the quality is there!
    - Audiophiles dream come true
    - Can record hard-to-find music to preserve onto CD
    - Ability to scratch and perform vinyl dynamics

    Cons:
    - Vinyl wear if you aren't careful
    - Expensive and more expensive if you aren't careful
    - Confusing and tricky to set up at times
    - You need to be utterly careful with everything you do
    - Vinyl presses can be quite atrocious causing bad sound quality

    CD Players:
    Pros:
    - No pops or vinyl fuzz, sound quality is obviously a bit higher
    - Can play exclusives that were burnt onto recordable media
    - No need to be careful around the player, just need to be careful with your
    CDs

    Cons:
    - Hard to cue to music sometimes in loud environments
    - Some players cannot handle CDr media and skip and stutter sometimes
    - Music selection is downright horrible, most of the DJ tracks on promos or
    vinyl editions
    - Hard to manipulate something you cannot touch or feel
    - Cannot properly scratch or do turntable tricks

    In summary:
    In all honesty, it would be best to have both. If not two but just one CDJ
    player just basically to play anything you have CD only. Plus acetates can
    be really expensive and the quality of them can really deteriorate fast.
    Only make acetates for something you really want to play out but don't like
    the way it meshes with your vinyl copies.

    JJB/optica



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