The Official Pioneer PLX-1000 Thread.

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Jesus that thing sucked.

[Karlos Santos]

if pioneer makes a turntable I'm SOLD

Wow...The Pioneer marketing department have done a number on you mate. You want it and you don't even know what it's gonna be like..?

I get the sentiment though... it's only a matter of time (in this thread) before someone says "if Pioneer bring a turntable out it will be the industry standard in 5 years" as someone said about the DDJ SZ last week.

First off, Qbert is not the kind of guy to let something slip. That was pure Pioneer marketing right there. Qbert isn't a douchebag and he isn't a show off. He's nobodies fool but I'd guess they knew he was gonna say that.

I am not surprised that Pio are doing this. They are trying to standardise the whole DJ world, who can blame them, they have the high end CDJ market sown up and if seems that with their Serato colab they are sweeping up many controllerists despite pushing them down their own "industry standard" format. Why not turntables..?

I see they have 2 choices here:
A: Bring out a next level turntable. Push it down the midi route, buttons, encoder etc. Team up with Serato, include Tone Maps.
This I could care less about. I've never been a fan of bashing on a turntable which Is why I never bought into Dicers. Most of the people I know that bought them moved onto an X1 or MidiFighter cus in reality tapping away on a turntable is not a very nice experience (inmho)... but if priced right it will kill Reloops new TT dead in the water because........yeah you guessed it, people think that Pioneer are the "industry standard", why buy anything other than Pioneer if you can afford it. Chances are this TT would cost a fortune anway.

B: Go down the traditional route and bring out an OEM/1210 copy, price it right and the TT market won't have the diversity that people would hope, it will KILL all comers, because....yep it's the "industry standard" and people will fall over themselves to buy them.

Next Up: Pioneer sneakers that will outsell Nike cus in 5yrs they will be the....oh I can't say that again

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The Pioneer marketing department have done a number on you mate.

Y'know who did a number on me? The Lacoste marketing dept.

I never fall for advertising - but when the Eau de Lacoste adverts came out with GMF's The Message, I ran straight out and bought the White Eau de Lacoste.

Now I have the white, red, black and green.

And I'm buying the blue in Duty Free next week.

Yup. Marketing Dept.'s are bastards for sure.

But advertising is like that. It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under.

[jdownesbaird]

Like if Technics made a CDJ?

Such a good point.

[synthet1c]

ha ha-ha-ha ha ha

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ha ha-ha-ha ha ha

[SlayForMoney]

I see they have 2 choices here:
A: Bring out a next level turntable. Push it down the midi route, buttons, encoder etc. Team up with Serato, include Tone Maps.
This I could care less about. I've never been a fan of bashing on a turntable which Is why I never bought into Dicers. Most of the people I know that bought them moved onto an X1 or MidiFighter cus in reality tapping away on a turntable is not a very nice experience (inmho)... but if priced right it will kill Reloops new TT dead in the water because........yeah you guessed it, people think that Pioneer are the "industry standard", why buy anything other than Pioneer if you can afford it. Chances are this TT would cost a fortune anway.

B: Go down the traditional route and bring out an OEM/1210 copy, price it right and the TT market won't have the diversity that people would hope, it will KILL all comers, because....yep it's the "industry standard" and people will fall over themselves to buy them.

C: CDJ with a rotating platter (something like Denon SC3900), HID compatible with SeratoDJ and Traktor. New lineup: all CDJ get platters, jogs are left for controllers? Maybe.

[TCMuc]

Would it be crazy to think they might ditch the needle and make a real upgrade to the standard record player?

Yes it would. Because there's no way to play a record, other than with a needle. It's technically impossible.

[synthet1c]

you could use a laser... everything's better with lasers! can't see it happening though.

[Tha Gooch]

Yes it would. Because there's no way to play a record, other than with a needle. It's technically impossible.

That's hard to believe, but if you say so... I don't see any reason for them to throw their hat in the ring unless they're doing something next level unless they just can't stand to see someone else's product next to their mixers.