Saturday, 8 October 2011

Product review of the Pioneer CDJ 2000

By Jason Hermes


The Pioneer CDJ 2000, released back in 2009, remains one of the most popular types of digital turntables for professional DJs. It offers a range of stunning upgrades compared to other brands and even previous Pioneer CDJ models, which we will look at in more depth here.

First up, let's take a look at the appearance and styling of the Pioneer CDJ 2000. Whilst slick and sleek in appearance, these turntables are more blocky and retro-looking than other models in the range, such as the curvy CDJ 800 or CDJ 1000.

You only need to wait a few seconds for the Pioneer CDJ 2000 to boot up and load its first disc before you can get going. Instantly, the enormous colour LCD screen on the unit pops up a wave display of the track playing. This is a great feature, but if you rely heavily on the wave display during your set you should know that if you play tracks from SD cards or external USB devices, it will only be created bit-by-bit.

Getting to grips with the controls on the Pioneer CDJ 2000 is very simple, as the huge unit is well laid-out and all buttons, faders, knobs and switches are solid and well-spaced.

The special features on the Pioneer CDJ 2000 include the new Rekordbox music database management system and the Needle Search/Needle Drop ribbon. The first of these features gives you a great way to prepare your tracks and really be creative with your set, whilst the second is a touch-sensitive bar which allows you to scroll and skip through the track playing.

The Pioneer CDJ 2000 is overall a brilliant and very useful piece of DJ equipment, although it may take a more advanced DJ to fully realise its potential.




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