Pioneer DJM 850
just received this in my mail
what do you think…
im looking very much forward to the price..
http://pioneerdj.com/index_f.html#/en/products/djm850/more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FrteMx4l-IQ#!
interesting. Traktor scratch certified. Whats the price point is the question…
So no 750, but an 850, 900 and 2000? 900 has what over this thing now? A touch strip and two more color effects?
looks like its $1999
Well, if it’s $ 1.999, you’d better take an Allen & Heath Xone mixer or go with the Pioneer DJM-900.
This thing doesn’t even have a input matrix and knowing Pioneer, shitty FX… Only plus is the Traktor Scratch Certification. Best mixer for home use, R U kidding me?! Talking bout Overpriced…
Looks pretty good, will wait till the price drops
from what I could tell from the youtube, those effects sound pretty decent, at least the ones he was using. But who knows. I don’t understand why Pioneer needs another mixer in the same price range with pretty much the same features as the 900 – why not firmware update the 900 with new effects or whatever? Seems like product overkill.
The scratch certification annoys me though. Why is it that this mixer in a market with a lot of products currently gets certified before it’s even been announced and yet NI won’t consider certifying the DB line. sigh
…or update the drivers of the DJM 2000 to support 4 input channels so I could make it TRAKTOR SCRATCH verified.
I was pretty much looking forward to what this was going to be over the 700/800 but to be honest this has dissapointed me and i am a big Pio fanboy.
It’s basically just a revised version of the 800. As said before why is it in this price range? There is now a massive gap laying where people would have bought the 700.
I can’t help but think they are just using the 800’s popularity against the price.
Wow traktor scratch certification!
It’s gonna get easier and easier to play out with traktor without carrying anything!
MSRP 1999? Are they kidding themselves?
I mean…they’re going to sell. You know all those “ooh shiny” comments people make about Apple? It’s actually true about Pioneer. But, damn. Just makes me want something else even more.
i still think the 800 will be the main mixer for a long time to come,but with this release should be able to get a good 2nd deal on the 800
That price cannot possibly be correct…
What exactly does this offer that’s better than buying a second hand 800 for half the price and a TSP bundle? Especially since most people who want to use Traktor Scratch functionality will more than likely already have an audio interface.
Also, I can see why they put the USB port on the faceplate but it makes it very untidy if you’re keeping the USB plugged in all the time. No ProDJ link either, nor digital inputs.
I really don’t get who this is aimed at, if it’s for straight CDJ use with 850s then there’s no need for the sound card so it’s just the slightly improved FX that raise it above the 800. If it’s for Traktor use with CDJ timecode then working with NI to implement advanced HID would have made a lot of sense. After all, using CDJs for timecode renders all looping (and, to some extent, cueing) functions useless.
Seems like a DJM800 to me, what’s the major difference?
one thing for sure, i can’t stand watching the youtube commercial…wtf messing with white noise all over? thank to this vid i think i’m officially fell out of love from my good ol DJM800, which served well me for the last 4 years…i really want a Xone for a change this time.
i think street price is going to be 1499 USD which is CRAZY when they label it as a perfect mixer for HOME use. Who’s home?! The perfect mixer for the 1%.
it maybe be slightly cheaper since the djm 900 can be bought for around 1600 and its msrp is 2400, but yeah them marketing this for home use is ridiculous lol.
At least there’s a bright side.
No, seriously, Pioneer mixers sound clean and awesome…if you ignore the effects. But that’s it. Every other mixer that’s in the same price ballpark is just better.
Seriously. What is the point of this thing? $1999 is the ‘suggested’ price point of this when the 900 is suggested at $2399 on their site.
It is just way too similar.
If this is all they are doing I’m really curious to see what new features the CDJ-2000 nexus brings. They’ll probably just add slip mode and call it a day.
And we’re still left with no scratch certification in the DB2 DB4. I’m convinced Pioneer has paid NI to not give Scratch cert to Allen & Heath??? Is that illegal in Germany??
More colours, obviously.