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Advantages: Turntable style CD player better than a turntable
Disadvantages: reliability

The Numark CDX is one of the best profesional CD players on the market. their reliability raise some questions but as an over all there great. its the closest you can get to a vinyl turntable the CD player works and looks just like the numark TT direct drive turntable, with 2 start stop buttons and start up speed and break controls and programable pitch controls so you can set it up to feel like almost any turntable you have used before. you can ...
...or darkest of conditions Numark are consantly updating the firmware for the CDX and have made it very easy for the home user to do this with a download available from their website. you burn it to cd pop it in the drive job done. there are some known issuses with the early cdx. CDs ejecting randomly or not playing, there is an easy fix for the DIYer but numark should have address this now. dont buy second hand unless the seller is a good friend ... Read review

Advantages: Size, features, looks.
Disadvantages: Unseamless loop & not instant start

This review is for the Kool Sound 220 & not the Kool Sound 220P which is exactly the same apart from the very modest 200W built it amp. Bought this unit for back-up purposes only, but can be easily used as a main system. I have started to use it more & more along side my other main twin decks so I have 4 decks constantly on the go. I am also in the process of converting to digital DJ'ing by using the Numark iDJ2, however, even though almost all ...
...though the above brands are identical in features & size the Kool Sound CDS 220 has the better looks with its ultra bright multi-coloured L.E.D's. You will also find that this system is almost 50% cheaper in the states. I hope this review will be of some help. ... Read review

Advantages: Same functionality as CDJ-1000 but half the price
Disadvantages: None I have found

I have owned the Pioneer CMX-3000 for almost two years now. My dilemma was that I wanted CD decks, but couldn't afford to spend £1,400 on a pair of CDJ-1000MKIII but still wanted the build quality and functions of a Pioneer unit. I believe I have found this with this unit. As well as having an auto cue, it has a built in loop function which basically acts as a sampler. Once loop points have been set it can then be saved into the bank memory of the ...
...use of the unit, I can honestly say that I have never had any trouble with it, and I recommend it to any dj (being beginner, intermediate, or advanced). I believe that with this unit you are getting as much funtionality and build quality as the CDJ-1000 but at a snip of the price! ... Read review

Advantages: Really easy to use and great sound and never skips
Disadvantages: I can't think of any to be honest

A really good entry level machine for the pub or club DJ or a mobile DJ who wants to test the waters first off without going for expensive kit. This is a dual CD player and mixer all in one all it needs to operate are an amp and speakers - and the ease of use is second to none. Very very robust machine - no matter how vigorous your dancers are - or how bouncy the floor is - (and I have both) - this never EVER skips the cd. Has functions for loop, ... Read review

Advantages: Very easy to use. The first step towards the new digital age of DJing.
Disadvantages: Technical support is very unhelpful.

...is available free from the Cortex website to database the MSD before you connect it to the HDC-1000 (this is generally much quicker, rarely taking more than five minutes). Once a databased MSD is connected to the unit you can then browse through and play all your music using the directional buttons or the jog wheels. You can also perform a string search, which allows you to enter text using the directional buttons or jog wheels on the unit and search ...
...Every few months or so Cortex release an update for the unit enabling new features and fixing bugs. As of today (12th August 2007) the latest update features: scratching, seamless looping, USB keyboard support (allowing you to use a keyboard to enter text in the string search and navigate around the unit's menus) and BPM searching. The latest version of the databasing software also allows you to create a waveform of each track which (with the latest ... Read review