Gemini CDJ 700
Hey everyone,
I’ve seen a couple reviews on the net about these.
Has anyone here tried them yet?
The only beef I have with them is that the djm-900 cant keep tempo by them.
That and they look kinda cheap. haha its like no name potato chips
What do you mean the djm900 can’t keep tempo by them? And I know what you mean, my roommate has been pushing me towards these, but I just can’t get over the cheap imitation aspect. We talked about throwing tape over the gemini logo so I wouldn’t feel so ashamed 
For the price though, they look pretty awesome hopefully someone here has given them a try.
i am just going to say that from experience gemini have problems with build quality… so i would not expect them to last longer than 1 year 
could be proved wrong thou
Gemini do indeed suffer from the same build quality that plagues Behringer gear, if you want something for home use they’ll probably last years. On the road, in a club or hire company deffo would not last.
For $500 a piece though they look like a pretty decent alternative to Pioneers for a home setup where you need to practice without the price.
I think I found the first obligatory “unboxing video” 
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djworx posten on their FB that a review should be up soon, looking forward to it 
You can get second hand Pio CDJ-850s for not much more than that if the label is what bothers you, or if you want something with good BQ.
As a pure curiosity, I tried them out in a store. They crashed after 5 minutes. It may be a pure coincidence, but when it happened i was pretty shocked, you certainly don’t want that to happen to you when playing out.
I would go for some 2nd hand Pio CDJ if I were you.
Really? What happened?
I really want these things to be good. The CD market desperately needs more competition.
I don’t know what happened. I was trying the features and stuff and suddenly : sounds stopped, menu froze, none of the buttons was replying…
As I said, it may be a “coincidence”, but it may also be the result of a poor quality player.
i wouldn’t trust any cd decks that werent pioneer
… why? Pioneer doesn’t have a magic wand that makes their equipment unbreakable and they are not the only company with competent engineers.
All equipment will fail and the brand name stamped on the side of it is not what decides when and how often that will happen.
i have never had a problem with any of my pioneer gear, therefor in the future i will continue to purchase pioneer products.
You think that one company’s success means that no other brand is capable of making reliable gear?
Why would they bother? Pioneer obviously isnt having it’s stranglehold broken any time soon. Why would a company waste tons of capital building a solid media player, only to have it be crushed in sales by even the smallest CDJ? That’s why most alternative media players pride themselves on having “more features than CDJs” or “half the cost of CDJs.” They aren’t going to waste time and money building industry standard decks that won’t be the new industry standard, they’d rather target the budget audience, that doesn’t care if the buttons get launched into the floor after a few months.
Because if they build crap that breaks then they will have a reputation as a company that makes crap that breaks rather than being seen as a viable alternative and stand a chance of becoming a market leader in the future.
I think I can confidently say that Gemini is not going to become a market leader and time soon. I hear what you’re saying jay, but if anyone’s going to challenge pio, Gemini is not it.
I didn’t say they were going to but it’s certainly a situation they would like to be in. They don’t stand a chance unless they make better products. I don’t believe they would have anything to gain from making the cheapest stuff either since a company like behringer with greater manufacturing capability will be able to create the same for a lower price.
It doesn’t make sense for them to make gear that will die fast.
Because gear that dies fast doesn’t cost very much, and can have many features bordering on novelty. This is their USP, and their only chance of actually selling anything. They could make the CDJ-700 with high quality parts, powerful firmware, and charge $1500 for them, but nobody would buy them, because why the Hell would you buy anything that isn’t a CDJ-900/2000 in that bracket? In the cheap junk market, they actually have a chance of moving units, targeting those who want a CDJ style, but can’t afford the Pioneer ecosystem.
If they wanted to sink money into a quality product, they would throw their hat in the controller market, and try to leverage a market with infinite niches, needs, and key players, rather than the high end CDJ market, which has been absolutely unbreakable for over a decade.
It’s exactly these kind of attitudes that keep pioneer charging soo much. You only have to look at there marketing machine to realise that most of your money markets more of their stuff and pays off some super club and Roger’s free pair. There CDJ’s feel cheap yet look how much they cost, ffs we should be boycotting them on principle.
Yeah, first time I used CDJ1000mk3 I was stunned by how cheap and plastic it felt. There was nothing all that special about it in that respect.