buying 2x CDJ-2000 Nexus + DJM-900 Nexus.. is this all i need to buy?
I’m looking to buy 2x CDJ-2000Nexus + DJM-900Nexus.. Do I need any other special cables to sync them together or run them to the mixer? I already have those standard black cables that I have hooked up from my Traktor Kontrol S2 to my Yamaha monitor’s (male to male connector, not sure the name of them)..
Do I need to make sure I pick up anything else to make sure this setup is fully functional or does it come with everything to link the 2 together and to the mixer? Thanks for your help!
I bought this setup over 2 years ago and it’s been my daily driver.. I haven’t felt ready to enter the public until now.. Purchased everything I needed 2 years ago, set it up and never had to deal with them again til now..
I can see why you’re acting like an asshole because til now, I haven’t had to interact with these cables again and you think that I’m some beginner whose new to mixing, which I am not.
Sigh, fine… here we go. I made an assumption based on your post, then checked your PREVIOUS posts, confirmed my assumption, and THEN commented.
Your previous posts indicate that you have difficulty doing even basic mixing using the gear you have at the moment, and yet you think spending a shitload of cash on the highest priced gear on the market is going to help?
You have more money than sense. Literally. You’re clearly lazy enough not to even bother reading the specifications of the gear you’re purchasing, or even do the most basic of research with regards to what’s required for your setup. You don’t have even the most BASIC knowledge regarding how these items interact, and yet for some reason you’ve got £7000 for a pair of 2KNs and a 900N?
This is one of those classic cases of those, “if I have good gear, suddenly I’ll be a good DJ” assumptions… either that, or you’re just trolling. It’s 7am and to be honest, I’m far too tired to actually work out which one it is.
Not trolling. After a settlement I was left with a fair share of cash. I’ve been DJing for years now and work in Philly’s top night club. The way I look at it is, If I can afford to lay out $5200 on a premier DJ setup and train and practice on the industry standard, when I know that it will always have at least a $4000 resale value (check Ebay), that means I’m basically leasing a “Ferrari” for $1200. I know that I’m lucky to have disposable income, but for my favorite hobby and passion for music, what is $1200 to me? The night club I work for pays their DJs $150/night so it’s a quick payback investment. If I can afford to lay out the cash now, why wouldn’t I go for it?
Well that’s all fair enough I suppose; and I can’t tell you what to buy and what not to buy, that’s obviously a personal choice But what I will say is, you’d be better served doing some research and learning the technical side of things as well. In answer to your original question, you’ll need a pair of stereo RCA to RCA cables, and possibly a couple of CAT5 Ethernet cables for the Pioneer Link feature thingy.
Not trying to be picky here, but he probably doesn’t need any ethernet cables. The decks come with an ethernet cable, not sure about the mixer (couldn’t find anywhere that states it).
The cdj’s come with RCA cables, and you only need either the RCA’s or the SPDIF, so unless he wants to use SPDIF the RCA cables are already in the box.
According to the specs on the Pioneer website, it doesn’t come with USB cables (which suprises me, as my denon SC2900’s came with USB cables), but unless he’s planning on using it with computer software he diesn’t need them anyway.
you will need a 4/5 port switch, an ethernet lead for your djm900 another ethernet lead for the laptop/computer(if you are going to plug that directly into the setup) usb sticks’s and a pair of hdj 2000’s to match the rest
The gas thing here is that this guy initially got pilloried for wanting to buy what’s considered the industry standard, while in the meantime there is a huge thread ongoing were lots of people are pissing down on DJ’s who want to use controllers with the general trend being ‘know how to use the CDJ’s before even considering yourself a DJ’ (The “club standard” CDJ. Lack of respect for controllerists. Why? The "club standard" CDJ. Lack of respect for controllerists. Why?)
There is a huge price gap between a simple CDJ setup that will give you everything you need in order to learn mixing on CDJs, and the full Pioneer Nexus set.
There are also many skilled DJs out there that don’t have the 1st clue about how the gear in front of them works.
I totally agree. But who wouldent like to have the Industry standard in your bedroom, lets face it many of the routines we all love to watch are done on the industry standard Pioneer gear. (just watch some of the Laidback luke routines out there,)and BTW I use controlers myself, never even touhed a CDJ2000.
Some people buy Ferraris, when a Skoda would still get them to all the places they want to go.
Nope, the point of the criticism was that he seems to have no clue about the stuff he wants to buy (and apparently about audio in general). And this is something which can be observered quite regularly on this board. There’s no shortage of questions like “what kind of cables do I need?”, which - in all honesty - should all be answered with “please quit!”
Totally agree. The criticism has nothing to do with what gear is being bought and EVERYTHING to do with the fact that his “research” into the gear is to come here and ask a question.
I completely agree with all that, but I do sometimes feel that there is a general prejudice against people buying expensive gear here unless they have worked their way up through all the crappy bits of gear and ‘paid their dues’ (or whatever is the DJ equivalent of bleeding fingers from the guitar strings). Down through the last few years, I have gone from a Korg nano to a BCD-2000 to finally spending a bit of money on a DDJ-T1, and to be honest If i had my time over I would have gone straight for the DDJ-T1. There is a lot of 'solve the problem for me, cos I don’t want to think’ posts out there but that was not the point I was making, merely that on one thread people are hammered for not being able to use CDJ2000’s and on another someone who is thinking of buying some presumably so he can also learn to use them, is hammered for not knowing enough about them so he shouldn’t have them. You can’t win sometimes,
But what I will say is, you’d be better served doing some research and learning the technical side of things as well. In answer to your original question, you’ll need a pair of stereo RCA to RCA cables, and possibly a couple of CAT5 Ethernet cables for the Pioneer Link feature thingy.
