Furthermore, Pioneer thought that it would be a good idea to include a physical knob to control the start/stop time when pressing play/stop. I find the search button to be a relic of a time when CDs was the standard format, and lack of physical hotcue buttons is disappointing. I would be much happier if the four search buttons where hotcue rubber buttons. Now, the XDJ-1000 MK2 does not have physical cue buttons, and yet, Pioneer decided to include buttons that functions like an old CD player. You have three options on the XDJ-1000 MK2 (1) use the dedicated fast-for/backwards and skip track back and forth, (2) search with jogwheel which can be combined with the fastforward button to be it faster and (3) using the screen. Speaking of buttons, it makes no sense to me why you would have four buttons for scrolling through tracks. I know that hard/soft buttons are personal opinions, but to me, these are just something out the 90s. Compare this to the soft buttons on a S4. They feel very plastic and hollow, and the push-button that it connects to is just a tiny, low quality component from China. I cannot believe why people like these cue/play buttons. Compare this with the build of a S4, which is more than half the price. Generally, I feel like these players could break any minute. Considering the price, I found this to be very diserapoting. No metal parts anywhere, and the weight make the players feel cheap. Pretty nice plastic for sure, but still plastic. I will not go through the features etc., as there are plenty of videos showing this out there.Ī bunch of plastic, disappointing considering the price. I tried to leave these assumptions behind, and got going with the XDJ-1000 MK2. I have always thought of the Pioneer players as being overpriced, and probably have gotten too much praise from djs, primarily because of the monopoly that Pioneer has managed to create. The XDJ-1000MK2 are very expensive, as with any type of the Pioneer standalone players.

I have always used traktor, from Vestax VCI-300, Kontrol S4 and now my favorite X1MK2 and timecode, but now I wanted to go all in on a standalone player. I bought them to standadize our dj booth, thus not needing traktor with a controller that non-resident might not be familiar with. Bought two XDJ-1000 MK/2950 euro/usd to use in a underground club setting.

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