Yes, a CDJ 500S/700S. I like them so much in fact, that I’d just as much want a pair of those and a DJM 500/600 instead of two CDJ 400s and a DJM 800. Of course at the moment I can’t afford either of them but hey they are nice to look at.
Does anyone have anything to say about the CDJ 500(S)/700 and or DJM 500/600?
You usually get a good laugh whenever DJ newbies use the CDJ500s for the first time. There was a DJ competition in 2003 where a DJ mounted his CDs upside down. Didn’t realize that the laser was concealed and the two plates would swing away just as the door was closed.
They’re pretty nice because of their size. I’ve also used the CDJ500, the one where the jogwheel’s below and the CD platter on top. That was way back in 1998.
As for the DJM 500 / 600, the 600’s still pretty much an industry standard so you’ll tend to see a lot of it. I’ve only used the DJM 500 once and didn’t fiddle too much with it because the faceplate was pretty rusted. One difference I can still recall is something with the inputs on the 4th channel and perhaps less / different effects.
A little looking on the bays of Es shows that you can pick up two CDJ 500s (plural not S model) for the price of one CDJ 200, give or take. DJM 600s are also rather cheap. Would they be OK to use as a home setup? I know the older models (the big’ns) don’t have as much/any dampening, but I don’t think this would be too much of a problem. 16% pitch range is enough for my uses, is the pitch bend resolution about the same as a CDJ 1000 or technics 1200?
My first CD decks were CDJ-500 mkII Limited’s (same as Progen describes, the longer units with the jogwheel and loading tray seperate)
Having used CDJ-100’s, in terms of feel they’re kinda similar since they don’t have touch sensitive jog-wheels (I don’t think the 200’s do either?) so it’ll be the same as any CDJ really bar the 800/1000’s and above
If you can get them cheap I’d recommend them, they’re perfectly fine to mix on. The only potential drawback is the accuracy of the pitch adjust compared newer models (they’re not as accurate as 1000’s or Technics)
You’d have to use timecode; presumably they might not have the finest pitch adjustment but you would still get a longer fader to play with. To get that precision off a regular MIDI fader it would have to be 4% range or so.
I’m not using this from traktor, I’m just comparing the usability. I can get usability at 8% range in traktor, comes out to ±1.7% or something silly like that actual range.
For manual beatmaching, much better; I couldn’t beatmatch with my VCI-100SE faders very well, whereas I’ve played out CDJ-500’s
If you want to learn the ropes as a beginner then I think the CDJ-500’s are a good place to start. I’ve seen some pretty good mixes on them on YouTube and as said I’ve owned a pair and spun on some at a venue
If you want to dive into playing with software and controllers, then the VCI-100SE is a great start for that
Basically they’re both great for starting out, but depends what route you want to take
As for the DJM-500/600, I’ve not used one but the aforementioned club had a DJM-3000 (which I believe was pretty much a rackmount version of the DJM-600) which was OK. If it’s cheap then it’s definitely a good bit of kit to keep you going, as it used to be fairly club standard before the DJM-800/Xone 92 came along
I was gonna make a new thread but I guess I’ll use this one. I was looking up more stuff between the DJM 500 and 600, since there are a few guys selling CDJ 500(s) along with DJM 500s. From what I read the 500 has somewhat useless FX but supposedly sounds better than the 600. Are there any other good 3-4ch mixers (or really fancy 2 channel) mixers around the 500$ point? The only other interesting thing I saw was the PMC 280, but I wasn’t looking too hard. Bonus points for older mixers.
Oh and the PMC 580 pro whatever looks good, but it’s more expensive than a DJM 800.
Got the first of two CDJ 500IIs in today, they are good. Only thing they lack is anti skip really. The pitch slider is a bit on the ‘dry’ side, I should probably look into lubing it up.
Well I got my 500IIs for 150, two separate auctions. Looks like the first one has a wonky loop in button but it’s an easy fix. Probably just has to be re soldered, at the most a new switch.
Any thoughts on the ecler mixers? I haven’t really heard anything bad about them, obviously the 3.0 is a bit bare but I don’t have a problem with that (CDJ 500IIs are bare too. )
I got the 500 II in today, after playing around with it for a bit I noticed the jog wheel was a lot more sensitive then my II limited. I had opened up the 500 II and saw a few adjustable bits on the inside. There are 5 total knob ish thingies, two say ‘MSB ADJ L/R’ (L and R being what side it is) and those have something to do with the internal DAC (PCM1700P, if you were interested). There are another two near where the CD drive assembly connects to the mainboard that say TR.GA and FO.GA. I have no clue what these do. Finally there is a blue one off near the middle of the board that says SP OFS ADJ. My guess would be that OFS is offset and it has something to do with the CD drive, but I don’t know who SP is and what he is doing there, again I don’t know. I’m hoping that one of those is a jog wheel adjust of some kind but I’m kinda doubtful. I set all of them in the 500II to how they were in the 500IIL but the jog wheel was the same.
Hey guys,
I saw an add that some guy is selling cdj 500s for 70eur.
That looks attractive to me, but I am total noob when it comes to older gear.
So what can you say to me about these?
Is it different much from cdj 100 or cdj 200? Also, if I decide to get this one, what should I pay atention to?
