Which CDJ is best to work with for SSL
from my budget my choice are between
Pioneer CDJ 800
Pioneer CDJ 400
Pioneer CDJ 350
numark ndx 800
or if you have any other CDJ suggestions please do …
thanks tom
if you could find the CDJ-400 i would go with those. I personally used the 800s with timecode and they worked great, just the cue points would drive me nuts. CDJ-400 all the way.
could get the cdj 400s no probelm but they would be used but if they were to brake what would be the case are the part still avalible
I think you can probably still get parts for 400s, and those would be my suggestion as well since they have native HID support with SSL.
I picked up a single CDJ-850 the other day (found a great price), and the native support is soooo much nicer than using timecode.
There’s no problem to get CDJ400 parts from any decent supplier.
Have you checked out the Denon 3700’s…don’t sleep on those.
Good Luck and test them all if you can
Huey
I have 400’s and they work PERFECT in HID mode. I’d get those over the other ones because you have three free buttons you can map on them. Second choice would be the 350’s because you can use rekorderbox with them and SSL now supports them in HID mode.
400s here as well. Got refurbed for a steal and actually don’t even think they were used by anyone before Pioneer realized there was an issue. Not a stinking fingerprint on them when I got them. Love them to death and haven’t had an issue ever. Might even buy 2 more!
The 800s are the closest decks on your list to not sucking. The rest of them are not worth buying, and anyone who says differently has never played on real CDJs.
Is take my Denon 3700’s over those Pioneers any day…I mean like anything they have there pros & cons but I like a spinning platter.
Just sayin…
Huey
Politely disagree 
They are indeed CDJs, just perhaps not as evolved as the newer standards that cost 2-4 times as much. I have no need for all those extra features and would never justify buying $1000+ decks for a few features I can do in Traktor.
If he’s going to use a DVS anyway, I agree whole-heartedly. But he didn’t list used CDJ-1000s as an option.
CDJ-350, 400, and those numark things don’t feel like real decks any more than my CDJ-200s did…and I basically ended up throwing them away.
No current models other than the CDJ-2000 are worth buying, because they all feel like garbage. The 2000s are expensive as he**, especially if you’re new or you’re approaching DJing as a hobby and don’t have a pretty darn good job. But they feel like real tools instead of lousy imitations, which describes basically the rest of the market.
That’s why people use controllers. They still–mostly–feel like lousy imitations if what you want are CDJs, but at least they’re cost-efficient lousy imitations.
Been a while since I’ve posted anything in the forums. . .but now I’m in the Serato parts of the forums (My cup of tea!). . .
Pioneer’s will always rule the scene, as they are pretty much standard in major venues. By me being a Technic 1200 / vinyl junkie, I always loved the feedback from vinyl. I think the best CDJ IMHO is the Denon DN-S3700. . .I especially liked the Hybrid Mode for DVS set-ups. . .
just tossing my $.02 in.
the cdj-1000 are ok with dvs, but overall best bang for the buck with features are the cdj-400. CDJ-2000 are a joke, unless you show up to a gig with a thumb drive.
Just got my second CDJ-850. Love them. In SSL they work fantastically, you’ve got the big pio jogwheel and pitch fader but I got them for £500 a piece rather than the £1500 you pay for a CDJ-2000.
i agree with full english, unless your getting constant gigs, for the bedroom cdj 2000’s are just totally uneccesery
get the 350’s, after all, they are the upgrade to the 400, plus they look great and serato supports them in hid now
They have crappy jogs though. For the money you might as well get a controller.
Does anyone know all the models of CDJs that support native mode for Traktor? I know that the 400s do, since that is what I use, someone just said, 350 as well.
I am going to get one more to add to my 4 channel until I have a complete set haha. I am looking at the 800mkII at the moment, but don’t want to upgrade from Pro to Scratch. I like the Native Support much better.
350’s arent a touch on 400’s, a bar i play in sometimes has 400s and they are brilliant little players, 350s just suck imo.