the loop function back when it first came out must of been absolutely game changing

@MorgueOfficialMusic

7 ай бұрын

*must have

I appreciate your channel because you get it - you have the perspective from history and experience. You understand that back in the day the entire DJ industry was up for grabs... and Pioneer DJ is where they are now because they 100% earned it with rock solid products and industry shaping features delivered consistently for over 30 years.

Still rocking’ my 800mk2’s. Well over 10 years and going strong!

@t_leite

4 жыл бұрын

Learned to mix on a set of those, even today, they have the most pleasing jog wheel ever created

@Lucait

4 жыл бұрын

i still have my mk1

@maredevil1

4 жыл бұрын

About to get a pair soon :D

my first experience with professional dj equipment was the cdj-400's. I really appreciate people taking care of old gems like the 500's though :)

I still got my old dns5000 denons about 15 years old beaten to he'll gone to Mars and back but still work fine . Great machine in its day we'll advanced

@simonprice1938

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree bud mine were bought in 2002... still going on.

5:51 You're talking about the Ford Escort RS Cosworth.

@FSwiftDJ

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's talking more Ford Cortina there 😆

@Travis-guy-247

4 жыл бұрын

Or the Sierra RS Cosworth. Both are turbocharged, both have the whale-tail spoiler and both are REPULSIVELY overpriced for what they are nowadays.

@thedj5914

4 жыл бұрын

Travis Johnson Sierra RS 500 👌👌

@thedj5914

4 жыл бұрын

Travis Johnson worth around £70- £100.000 pounds now for a good one 😬😬

@Travis-guy-247

4 жыл бұрын

James Mckenna I wouldn’t say “worth” at all 😂 Yes they might sell for that nowadays, but in terms of true value and “bang for your buck”, they’re a £20-30k car MAX. The prices they sell for nowadays are just disgusting.

Full model history here: CDJ 300 - 1992 (like this but no looping buttons), CDJ 500 - 1994 (1 looping button), CDJ 500 II - 1996 (2 looping buttons, like yours), CDJ 500s aka 700 - 1997, CDJ 100s - 1998, CDJ 1000 - 2001 (and from here you know the rest, MK II & MK III)

In the mid 90s in Washington DC I worked at a record store and a friend of mine who worked there Daryl had a Pioneer DJ 500-G player. He went out and bought the mk2 player as soon as it got released. I bought the 500-G from him for $200 dollars, a superb bargain back then. It wasn't even six months old! Took it out of storage and still plays flawless today!

I think this video was the first time I ever saw someone use the cdj2000 to play an actual disc

Still got my CDJ 500 MKIs that do indeed predate the MKIIs. Slight difference between them is that the MKI only has a single loop button that you literally had to press twice to start & stop the loop. A bit hit or miss. No fine adjustment possible. Stop/Start. That was it I also have the DJM 500 mixer that went with it. Bought them in 1995 from a guy who was upgrading to the MKIIs so they must be coming up for 30 years old soon. MKIIs became the industry standard for many years. As you say a piece of History!!! Love 'em

Also funny how the same basic tech (jog wheel, master tempo, same yellow loop buttons) are still present without much modification on the modern players.

When I got my 1st residency in 97 they where using the cdj 300 mk1 then they up graded to the 300 mk2 these came out in 92. The only difference was the mk1 had a split second delay in the cue sampling and pressing play but other wise they where identical. The only down side we found was if for some reason the cd lid would not open you had to jam a knife down the side of the lid between that and the eject button to open it lol.

Hey , I appreciate your invite into these great iconic cd player decks I have the 300 and 500 mk2s and they are just super , your the best , thanks for your informative interview, your super, many Thanks Aj tha dj

It's funny how life turns out. When I first saw the CDJ-500s I knew this would be the future of djing. It just made more sense, to lug around a few cd wallets/cases then heavy ass record crates/cases. Not to mention the looping capabilities. However, back in the mid-90s everyone convinced me that vinyl was the way to go. Which was true until Final Scratch, Traktor and Serato bridged the gap between analog and digital, where now, digital medium has won out.

@anthonygato407

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. I saw richie hawtin when he first went to final scratch. It was him, aquaviva, and Paul van dyke that first used final scratch.

This is masterpiece 😎

Love the hospital records shirt

My dad had two of these along with a Rane mp24 / JBL e140 cabs. first full system I ever got to play with. It's wild what an experienced DJ can do with something as simple as the old pioneers. Great system even today.

Just bought one today. I spin 45s, but some are way beyond my budget. I’ll use this to supplement my decks

I picked these up for 25 bucks Craigslis hardly used and they are awesome , I will never sell them.

them cdjs use to be clubs bars etc next to technics but no DJ would go near em ever , believe I use to see them in London clubs I played in 😆 funny today ain't it lol but they probably sound better in the mix , give some of these pretender dj's today on the club scene pair to mix on , that be funny out their nexus 2 comfort zone 😆👌

They had Bill Nye, The Science Guy. We have Ellaskins, the Master of Spins. Thank you for existing my dear chap!

I have one cdj 500ii and 300, and they both work very good condition, I have them about 10 years, and they both work great on serato scratch live sl1 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎈🎈🎈🎂🎂🎂

started of on citronic belt drive to learn how to mix, then went to 1210s then to sc3900s they do all that is needed... your right tho back in day if you got that CD player with pitch you were buzzing how technology has changed happy days 😃

I still sometimes mixing with the CDJ 100's ... cool oldscool Feeling

@Silkmaster4200

4 жыл бұрын

@Star Lord Only part it didn't have loops in and out. I believe it was the first cd player in front. Like the cdj 2000's etc..

CDJ500Mk2-LTD is the same as the standard Mk2 but has loop-out adjust on the fly like the later CDJs , once a loop is established you can hit the loop-out and it will flash, then you adjust the loop out point with the jog wheel or the same hitting the loop-in button, all while already looping. Otherwise all the same. CDJ500mk1 just has the one loop button and the play-cue button mechanisms are similar to the technics SL1210 with a centre sleeve bearing that can gunk up.

Still rocking the dance floor with 1000 mk3s and 800s

Hang on to thoes babies, I still have an original pair of pioneer cdj 500s. they are adorable lol

Cdj 500 was the best thing In it's day

These are the first CDJ i ve seen. The first CDJ i owned was 500S ... they were so small and looked great in a case with a mixer. The loop function was shit but it was a great alternative for vinyl. Good memories!

2:08 the production month & year is written on the back of every pioneer cdj

Whoa talk about a blast from the past

The Ford you are talking about is the Escort Cosworth or the Sierra Cosworth. Epics cars

I have two of those 500mkII's and one 100s connected to my djm-500. With my sticky fingers that's all i need, the less the better.

i have two of these which I bought when it first came out. Tested it today but both of the heads skip like crazy. Is there a way to clean or fix the head?

That was the 2nd or 3rd edition Pioneer CD player. The first one didn't have a loop out. I'm sure being this video was posted in 2019 you already know that by now. 😉 Hope all is well Johnathan!

Think the CDJ500 were introduced around 1993... Mk2 not far after. The difference was, as far as I rember, one added loop-button, as well as reloop. The original only had 1 button. Wanted the CDJ500mkII during all my teen years, but ended buying Gemini due to budget. Then moved to Denon DN2600F when working as a DJ. For home use the later years (working in office, not as DJ), I have bought CDJ1000mkIII and now CDJ2000Nxs.

The original 500 had just one loop button...I loved the 500S which was tiny back then

Bet you can still do something special with a pair of them alongside a set of trusty SL 1200/10s!

How are these for just playing cds and skipping out on the dj’ing part?

That was one awsome video. I would love to know more about the history of club sets throughout the years. Love that stuff follow you for years now. 👍🏼

player untuk para-para professional dj

Dude did you miss out on the Dual Deck CD era before Pioneers tabletops came out?

Love this! Reminds me of my first Pioneer CDJ100’s where I learnt to DJ by ear. Very basic but I loved them as you had no sync and learnt the hard way! Everything is made so easy now to DJ. I would teach students on those quite happily.

i love ur hospital shirt :DDDD

my cdj 1000 mk2's are cool but it doewsnt display the track title and it kills me slightly

I also have one cdj 500 mk2 limited. It still works super. I did change the pitch fader, and that's about it. The only problem that my cdj has is that it skipps randomly into other songs only when it is in continuous play mode. Does someone have an idea what this could be?

Just got 2 of these in perfect order

Did you ever use the Technics Sl-P1200? I believe these were the earliest CD players DJs used.

@dj-peterofficial2753

3 жыл бұрын

No, they were never made for DJ use, at least not in clubs but rather for radio stations, and the price were horrendously high. Here in Sweden the price for one player were around £4000. They had pitch fader, but you couldn't set manual cue points, and the start time when you pushed the start button were like ages. Worked fine in a radio station where someone talks in between tracks all the time, but for any kind of beat mixing or cut mixing they were useless.

Sierra cosworth bud is the car ur explaining 😊

Great memories :) The 1st generation had no loop function (mk1). Cheers from israe!

@dj-peterofficial2753

3 жыл бұрын

Yes they did, but 1 button only. The CDJ-300 did not. I had the CDJ-500, but when the 500II came out only a year later, I had to sell them to afford the new ones. Price for both models were just below £1000 (10 000 SEK where I live), and back then, if you went for the whole setup (2CDJ's and a DJM-500), you could get 10% off the price. Back in 1994/95 that was pretty close to what the latest club gear sell for now. Back then the DJM-500 was the same price as one CDJ, just the way Pioneer DJ still set the pricing.

dont matter about kit,have fun

Hey Skins! Will you be doing a review on Technics new turntable by chance? Or is it up already and I’ve missed it lol??

I got a few of these, not working properly though 😬

i find this funny when cd decks where made and it was great make like pioneer they still work today and when get decks that had gotten other features like usb and midi they dont put much effort in making good cd deck player anymore so they tend to not last long where cd won't eject gets stuck or gets an error message im having that probem with mine but not just happens to me most of the decks its common problem my decks are citronic mpcd-x3 they both have cd drive problems plus one of them randomly changes pitch keeps going up and up ive got tap wheel to stop it.

@dj-peterofficial2753

3 жыл бұрын

Stick to Pioneer if you want older CDJ's to work. I have 4 CDJ-1000MK3's that came out in 2006. They all look quite battled, but they work just fine. I also have a couple of CDJ-200 from 2003, also working perfect. Since 1994 I've never had a Pioneer CDJ that stops working or break down. The only service I've ever made is to get new switches for the cue/play/pause buttons a couple of times, but only after like 6 years of heavy use.

Nice one.. I started out with the old grey cdj100

@Ex0rz

4 жыл бұрын

I was drooling for a pair when I bought my first dj kit @ 2007... But they cost 100€ a piece more than the Numark Axis 8's so I went with the Numarks. I always kept drooling for those CDJ-100's :D Nowadays i got a pair of CDJ-850 already tho.

Fingerprints on your cd's ! 😲

La mythique avec la révolution djm

I played on a set of 500s with a 500 mixer for a good minute they were not too bad

@dj-peterofficial2753

3 жыл бұрын

I did that on my old gear this year for a good hour and a half. I recorded the set and you can watch it on my KZread channel. I just don't like to put links on other peoples channels, but it's easy to find.

Escort RS Cosworth. I have one of these CD players. Had it for years. Replaced the laser in it not long after I got it, then stuck it on the shelf, ha ha. Dont think they are worth much. About £50 or so.

The manufacturing date should be marked near the serial number I believe...

Denon were the innovators though, take a look at the dns3000 for example.. motorized platters etc..

I own a cdj800

Did you buy them from a lad in Lincoln ? My mate had a set identical....

I have a pioneer cdj 500 and I don’t know how I can mix music with or what is the bpm. Is there a way to know

@ellaskins

3 жыл бұрын

You can always play the track, use a stopwatch and time how many beats in one minute

They load a cd quicker than the nexus

ford escort cosworth i actually owned and sold one for stupid cheap. still got my cdj 100s tho lol

Love them

BIG UP THE HOSPITAL TOP!

come back with a denons dn2000-2600f i started with these :D

@FSwiftDJ

4 жыл бұрын

Denon dj actually had in 2000 Mini disc dj decks mate !!! I see em in few clubs

@stevehenke678

4 жыл бұрын

We're they the rack mount jobs? 3" of travel on the pitch control?

@thompi8

4 жыл бұрын

@@FSwiftDJ true but i havent seing them in a clubs. usaly vas the denon dn2000 and 2500 or 2600 after that the pioneers players vas the players they go for denon vas good in end middle of 90ies and start of 2000 after that pioneer dj vas the flagship.

@FSwiftDJ

4 жыл бұрын

@@thompi8 actually if they stuck with MD format that been interesting as the technology is more robust then cd or vinyl and better quality then lot of digital formats like MP3 ALC , apple etc

i have one of those... mines just the 500mk2, not the limited though

Ah Yes Remember it well.

I remember seeing them in the shops but I just could not afford them

Where are those idiots who often compared "shitty Numark" with pioneer??? Pioneer is the best forever. Take it to the bank

i have never been able to use the 100’s :(

Immediate like

numark axis 9

Remember that tiny little scratch messing up your whole mix Or rotten corroded cd's

Escort rs turbo. Nickname ( White lightening).

italian version please 🤨🙄😥

Hospital!

@damianclarke8056

4 жыл бұрын

First thing i noticed lol

Hospital

Cosworth rs 😉

Escort cosworth

its a piece of shit tho lol