Will the CDJ800/1000 replace the 1200MK2?

ask yourself people do u love the music or the piece of plastic it's made on? embrace technology or u too will be obsolete in a few years.

Obsolete?

The electric guitar did not replace the acoustic guitar, nor did the Fender Rhodes replace the acoustic piano. Digital or software synths haven't replaced analog synths, and digital photography has not made analog photography obsolete. In all these examples, the analog technology offers artists something that their digital counterpart can't.

But with a consumer medium like DVD versus VHS, this is not the case, and therefore I'm pretty sure DVD will replace VHS in the forseeable future, just as the CD has completely replaced vinyl as a consumer medium.

There are many DJs for whom vinyl holds no advantage over CDs - house DJ's who don't scratch but just mix, for example. My guess is that they will in time switch to a digital medium, but this will take many years because:
a) they have (and value) their existing vinyl collections
b) the infrastructure that provides them with new music is still largely vinyl-based
c) to many, it is still 'cooler' to show up at a gig with a crate of records than with a folder full of CD's.

For hiphop DJs and turntablists, vinyl still offers a lot of things that digital media can't. Plus they are part of a vinyl culture - no group reveres vinyl as much as the hiphop community does (well, perhaps some audiophiles and record collectors). Therefore, hiphop DJs will be the last to completely switch to digital, if they ever will. That said, many of them already use some form of digital DJ technology to complement their vinyl performance, even if it's just bringing a couple of exclusives to a gig on CD.

To cut a long story short, my guess is that analog and digital DJ technology will continue to exist side-by-side for a very, VERY long time.

CDJs are the shit for sampling, the one i got, has effects, auto chop, and some other stuff. Dont know about using em at a club or house party though.

I'm pro vinyl no doubt..Been djing for 16 years..The only cd player I thought was close to a turntable was the Pionner CDJ 1000, but f it, cause it still wasnt good enough to make me want to by one. Until, I walked into Sam Smash a month ago, and saw the numarks CDX's. I actually got to used it there and it was off the hook. The cuts had no flange, echo or delay. When you touched the platter, it stop and started like a real turntable. Backspinning didnt sound digitized either. All that being said, I didnt have the dough so I didnt get it, but I would have. I would have only gotten one anyway!! Nothing beats the feel of vinyl. I would have used it only if I wanted to cut up some vocals I laid down and burned to cd. And possibly used it to play tracks I could find on vinyl at a party. Vary rare does this happen to me though. So, the technology had me mad hyped, but in the end nothing beats my vinyl!!

Peace

My testimony is nearly the same as yours Logic, but I was convinced enough to get the CDX's. They are the 'cleanest' sounding in the CD turntable realm, scratch-wise, and you have a 12" piece of vinyl to manipulate!!! Grant it, my preference will always be the turntable, but I can't front on dopeness. The only problem as someone stated is 'needle dropping' which ain't gonna happen with the CD joints.

As a dj, I use both 1200's and the CDX's. But I will never give up my old grey 12's. I've had them since '87. The only problem I've ever had is that the pop-up lights burned out. I got froggy and replaced the green pitch l.e.d. with a red l.e.d. (Radio Shack) and I replaced the stock RCA output cable with a 6 ft RCA gold Monster Cable. Damn near 20 years old and still going strong.

But I do agree with lo-fi... analog and digital DJ technology will continue to exist side-by-side for a very, VERY long time.



*I'm buzzin from the Heineken... 50 minutes until the New Year.

I have been DJing since I was 15, I am now 20 and it really seems as if vinyle will eventualy die out but it will be a very long time before it happenes. Cd turntables have really improved over the years especialy the pioneers. I myself own 2 tech1200s, 2cdj800s, and recently bought 2 techsldz digital turntables and I must say that just cause its on cd doesnt mean that it is easier, it still takes skill and timing to use all the effects. I have seen kids go to battles with cd turntables and a few of them got booed. Not because they had cd turntables but because they did't know how to use them right in their routine. Out of all the cd players, the pioneers in my opinion would be the simplest to mix on because of the nonmoving plater but when I got the sldz's, wow it really felt like a 1200 with the rotating wheel.

lets get real, the analog turntable culture is ending. At any major nightclub or for that matter, club in general, they are using cd decks and cd turntables. Just get over that shit.

Overseas the clubs still use both turntables and cd players.