lol i dont know. Its the one you can get for £200 from argos

A while back I thought one of those would be ok as a backup, it is small dont take up much room , but after 4 replacements all faulty I gave up.

I have seen DJ's using worse .. one I seen was using
2 of D*x*ns own brand £20 quid ghetto blasters with no mixer, they just wired to a home amplifier's multiple inputs .

Thing is no one there (punters) seemed to bother what he was using,

makes you wonder why spend lots of £££ keeping up to date with Pro? equipment

Lmao

Sounds like an adult conversation,i dont even know what any of these things are.

Homemix : Available here for £200

Numark CD Mix 2 available at **** (cant say due to forum rules) for £389

You never went up to the guy and said I'm a dj did you??? anyway you were up there slating his gear which sounds bad enough!!!
But Hey!!!! It was your friends party....and you never had the booking......Cant be that bad then! "His DJ'in that is"

Im just saying! A homemix...come on! I used to have 1, but it blew up, got a replacement and that blewup aswell. So far the Numark has had no problems. But im starting to use Labtops now so

Gotchya !

Hey whate is Homemix CD and why should it not be used, or why should it be used (If Necessary)?????


DJ NAMMU

Yes...fate can be a useful ally sometimes

I don't know of anybody in this area who uses a "Homemix" for professional use, but I do know of a local D.J who uses two under £59 Hi-Fi CD Decks for the last 2 years and it doesn't seem to have affected his business - as long as it plays music and is reliable, then it comes down to personal choice and budget, and whether you are willing to take a gamble.

I have posted this before, but I do get asked from time to time regarding the difference between hi-fi and Professional Dual CD players, and if you subtract the additional features (which you may not need anyway) of the more expensive players around then it does become a tempting option to go with 2 cheaper hifi players rather than one dual CD.

The main difference between DJ Players and hi-fi ones, is the internal build quality and tray loading system. Your average Akai or Sony CD Player is designed for domestic use and for loading of Compilation or Album CD's and playing through it. It is not designed for constant playing of one track and then ejecting, loading another, playing it, ejecting it, loading another, etc etc.

If you think about how many times you load a CD at a Disco - and then eject it, and then mulitply that by the number of gigs that you do, then you poor little Samsung bargain, has done 3 years of "Domestic" use in 6 months!.

Since domestic equipment is sold for domestic use, you will technically invalidate your warranty if you push it beyond its design capabilities (And manufacturers CAN tell if you have been using it professionally).

There are other features that you may find useful on the DJ Players, such as Anti-Shock which are not included on domestic ones.

With the price of Dual CD's falling all of the time, there really isn't that much difference between 2 Hi-fi CD's and a professional player, certainly no enough to take a risk, especially if you are new to the industry and trying to build up a good reputation, you really don't want CD problems at this stage.

Chris, I'm well pleased with my latest purchase from you (Soundlab). As i've said the homemix was below entry level but one of the worst things was the amount of skip. That was one of the things that I was looking for in a new CD player (anti-shock). There's nothing worse than loads of kids jumping about to Busted on a sprung gym floor!!!!

Paula..now reminiscing about the old days of "good" music, and remembering her Youth

..............Well one of them

Nothing wrong with those Tony! I also used 2 x Goodmans and built an extended height lid with front missing and they were suspended from the top of this lid over my NJD Vulcan deck, Iused that system for about 2-3 yrs five nights a week with never a problem!

Spin

Hmmm, I refuse to trigger the Good vs Evil debate again regarding the differences between Cheap & "branded" Products and how a £199 CD Player can be more reliable than a £999 one .......................

Oh Okay then

I daren't mention the problems I had with a certain Denon product for fear of Gary but needless to say that my original two R***er Sounds £39 Hi-Fi CD Players outlasted a £1000 Denon by around two years.

Speaking as a D.J (and not a distributor) who has owned several top of the range CD players as well as many mid range and £39 ones , I can honestly say that Top end products do often mean more features, lots of flashing Lights and a "household" name - but not a gurantee of rock solid reliability , and from my own experience of Cheaper CD Player / Mixers can sometimes far outlast the £1000 ones!.

I do own a Denon, and I use a Pioneer at Winkers Club, but my own Dual CD Player is a Stageline, and after 4 years it has never let me down. This isn't a sales excercise (I no longer distribute Stageline!) but based on my own product experience.

However, after owning their products, I still would never personally allow a KAM product to darken my doorway!

People keep sending me them for Free !

Maybe they can't sell them so they have to give them away

Eh? The mind Boggles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree. Ive tryed a friends homework before, and didnt like it at all. Slow at starting, Crap pitch adust.

Allthough £500 can sometimes outlive £5000 decks.


edit : ahh dam, that should be "homemix" not "homework". Thats my old age already

edit2: Woops, i should lay off the beer. I just posted something replying to chris is this forum which made no sense

- was the freudian slip "Homework" a subconscious indication as to your real age group and something you've just remembered you have yet to do! - or that your really over 22 and that was just an honest mistake!.

No, the bar manager was having a go, actually his son's homemix. I asked if i could have a go, and he agreed.

I wonder if these things still get manufactored?

Chris, is that why you keep an accordian in the car??.....Just in case!