# CDJ choice help **URL:** \ **Category:** CDJ & Vinyl DJing\ **Created:** [November 30, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518 "2013-11-30T01:11:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DJ\_Mint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@DJ\_Mint](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/DJ_Mint)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/1 "2013-11-30T01:11:19Z")
**CDJ choice help** Aloha, I am trying to figure out what cdj i should buy to compliment my current setup that i am building. At the moment I have a Kontrol Z2 mixer and thats pretty much it. I need a cdj recomendation one that doesnt require an actual cd is preferable. I am new to this so I’d appreciate a simple explanation of why I should get a particular cdj. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![makar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@makar1](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/makar1)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2013, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/2 "2013-11-30T01:42:50Z")
What made you decide to get CDJs? ---
**Author:** ![TCMuc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TCMuc](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/TCMuc)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2013, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/3 "2013-12-01T15:00:31Z")
And if you don’t want to use actual CDs, why does it have to be a CDJ? If you absolutely want a CDJ, and one that doesn’t require CDs, the Pioneer CDJ 350 is the cheapest model that hast USB/Rekordbox capability. ---
**Author:** ![MyUsername\_2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/myusername_2/32/14670_2.png) [@MyUsername\_2](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/MyUsername_2)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/4 "2013-12-02T20:40:30Z")
Get second hand CDJ-400s, then let them control traktor with HID. Smoothest experience for the least amount of money. ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Mint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@DJ\_Mint](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/DJ_Mint)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/5 "2013-12-10T17:11:48Z")
Well It doesnt matter if the cdj can use cdjs or not but it be nice if i could get both in one. I was looking at the cdj-2000 but thats really exspensive. ---
**Author:** ![SlayForMoney](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/slayformoney/32/14501_2.png) [@SlayForMoney](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/SlayForMoney)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/6 "2013-12-10T18:47:48Z")
Denon SC2900. ![](http://www.4dj.co.uk/shop/DNSC2900.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![robdquick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/robdquick/32/12389_2.png) [@robdquick](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/robdquick)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/7 "2013-12-11T15:23:03Z")
> [@DJ\_Mint](#): > > Well It doesnt matter if the cdj can use cdjs or not but it be nice if i could get both in one. I was looking at the cdj-2000 but thats really exspensive. > [@SlayForMoney](#): > > Denon SC2900. > ![](http://www.4dj.co.uk/shop/DNSC2900.jpg) ^^ What this guy said. If CDJ-2000’s are too expensive but you want something that is pretty much identical (Bar HID support and a full colour screen), go for these. Can get 2 of these for the price of 1 CDJ-2000! ---
**Author:** ![makar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@makar1](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/makar1)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/8 "2013-12-11T19:01:54Z")
You (effectively) can’t buy CDJ 2000s new, and SC2900s are extremely rare on the used market. The used price of the 2000 is only slightly more than the new price of the SC2900. ---
**Author:** ![Irrational\_Fear](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/irrational_fear/32/12885_2.png) [@Irrational\_Fear](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Irrational_Fear)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 9:25am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/9 "2013-12-12T09:25:26Z")
> [@makar1](#): > > You (effectively) can’t buy CDJ 2000s new, and SC2900s are extremely rare on the used market. The used price of the 2000 is only slightly more than the new price of the SC2900. I’ve not seen many second-hand CDJ2000s go for less than £900/deck over here which is still a fair bit more than the £649 new price for the 2900- particularly if buying a pair. I would still probably go for the second-hand 2000s over the 2900s if you can find a really good deal, but the new price of the Denon’s is more comparable to the second-hand price of the CDJ900s- over which I’d take the Denon’s all day long (having myself traded 900s for the 2900s). It’s a shame the 2000s are still so expensive though, because I do reeeeeally like that lcd screen 😍 ---
**Author:** ![robdquick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/robdquick/32/12389_2.png) [@robdquick](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/robdquick)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/10 "2013-12-12T12:36:30Z")
> [@Irrational\_Fear](#): > > I’ve not seen many second-hand CDJ2000s go for less than £900/deck over here which is still a fair bit more than the £649 new price for the 2900- particularly if buying a pair. > > I would still probably go for the second-hand 2000s over the 2900s if you can find a really good deal, but the new price of the Denon’s is more comparable to the second-hand price of the CDJ900s- over which I’d take the Denon’s all day long (having myself traded 900s for the 2900s). > > It’s a shame the 2000s are still so expensive though, because I do reeeeeally like that lcd screen 😍 If Denon had put in a similar screen to the 2000’s, I don’t think anything else would come close to the SC2900. Would have probably only bumped up the price £100 max, and that would still be a hell of a lot cheaper than 2000’s! ---
**Author:** ![makar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@makar1](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/makar1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/11 "2013-12-12T12:59:31Z")
They’re still missing HID which is a huge benefit of the CDJs. I’d expect Denon players with large colour screen to cost at least £1000 given the original price of the SC players. ---
**Author:** ![Irrational\_Fear](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/irrational_fear/32/12885_2.png) [@Irrational\_Fear](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Irrational_Fear)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/12 "2013-12-12T13:47:35Z")
> [@makar1](#): > > I’d expect Denon players with large colour screen to cost at least £1000 given the original price of the SC players. Agreed- I’m pretty sure the 2900/3900 screen is pulled straight from the previous 3700 (so fag-packet maths suggests very little cost went in this area) so I’d imagine putting a full colour lcd screen in them would have easily seen the price up to £1,000. ---
**Author:** ![robdquick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/robdquick/32/12389_2.png) [@robdquick](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/robdquick)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/13 "2013-12-13T11:33:10Z")
And I would have been happy to pay £1000 per deck!!! Still 50% less than a CDJ-2000! ---
**Author:** ![Irrational\_Fear](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/irrational_fear/32/12885_2.png) [@Irrational\_Fear](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/Irrational_Fear)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/14 "2013-12-13T13:27:05Z")
> [@robdquick](#): > > And I would have been happy to pay £1000 per deck!!! Still 50% less than a CDJ-2000! Agreed again! ---
**Author:** ![SlayForMoney](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/slayformoney/32/14501_2.png) [@SlayForMoney](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/SlayForMoney)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/15 "2013-12-13T15:20:09Z")
If a user REALLY needs a big colour LCD you can easily use any iPad or cheap netbook to display waveforms, playlists. If a remember correctly, you can even load songs via that. For DJ’s that need to scratch there’s the Hybrid mode (on both 2900 & 3900) ![maxresdefault.jpg](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/original/3X/d/2/d216fd7ce9c522da2a107f3def16384de3ac6b5a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![robdquick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/robdquick/32/12389_2.png) [@robdquick](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/robdquick)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/16 "2013-12-13T15:32:41Z")
Good point. I don’t really need a nice full colour LCD screen, as I use it linked up with engine software on my laptop (too many songs to fit on a couple of USB drives!!). The iPad browsing of USB sticks is really cool though, if the decks could support a nice large hard drive with about 170gb of music on I would definitely ditch the laptop and just use an iPad to find and load songs!! ---
**Author:** ![makar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@makar1](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/makar1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/17 "2013-12-13T16:43:41Z")
> [@robdquick](#): > > And I would have been happy to pay £1000 per deck!!! Still 50% less than a CDJ-2000! CDJ 2000s are worth £800-900 per deck, and the Nexus players are around £1200 for B-Stock new. Continuing to quote the Mk1 2000s as being £1500 is a little ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![SlayForMoney](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/slayformoney/32/14501_2.png) [@SlayForMoney](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/SlayForMoney)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/18 "2013-12-14T12:15:14Z")
> [@makar1](#): > > Continuing to quote the Mk1 2000s as being £1500 is a little ridiculous. And yet…completely true. If you wanna talk about little ridiculous try about pushing Pio gear as a best buy choice to a bedroom dj. 😑 ---
**Author:** ![makar1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@makar1](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/makar1)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/19 "2013-12-14T21:08:09Z")
> [@SlayForMoney](#): > > And yet…completely true. > If you wanna talk about little ridiculous try about pushing Pio gear as a best buy choice to a bedroom dj. 😑 It’s not true at all for the end buyer. Noone is buying CDJ 2000s new anymore as the Nexus model has replaced them. I haven’t been pushing Pioneer to anyone in the thread, only correcting the exaggerations about CDJs coming from all the Denon fans. The 2000 Nexus is the only CDJ you can legitimately claim has a £1500 price tag, and as of yet has no worthy competing model from Denon or any other manufacturer. Pioneer seem to be targetting the bedroom DJ nicely with the new DDJ controllers. Would you say that Denon has a superior range of entry-level hardware? ---
**Author:** ![robdquick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/robdquick/32/12389_2.png) [@robdquick](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/robdquick)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518/20 "2013-12-16T12:55:59Z")
> [@makar1](#): > > CDJ 2000s are worth £800-900 per deck, and the Nexus players are around £1200 for B-Stock new. > > Continuing to quote the Mk1 2000s as being £1500 is a little ridiculous. Sorry, I missed out the Nexus bit… Brand new price for a 2000 Nexus is £1500… Compared to £700 for SC2900. [Next page](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/cdj-choice-help/62518.md?page=2)