4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Be careful,
December 16, 2008 Robert Mccarty - See all my reviews
This review is from: Denon DJ DN-S5000 Table Top Single CD Player (Electronics)
Like a kid in a candy store I had to have these as soon as they came out. One of the biggest mistakes I ever made. I absolutely loved the features, and every feature that it has works very well and I felt it was fairly easy to learn them. That said I had mine for about 6 months and the problems began: constant disc read errors, would not eject disc without taking apart, I could go on and on. Now from others I talk to some had the same problems, alot of people had no problems, it all seemed to be on when they were manufactured. I believe they had some bugs and worked them out over time. The biggest dissappointment was part of the selling factor that got me to buy these were that the drives were replacable "on-the-fly" which is true for I had removed mine several times on jobs to try and get the cd's out that would not eject, the problem is that they NEVER made them easy to obtain as they said they would be. I did alot of research on where I could get the drives from when I...Read more
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Revolutionise your sets,
December 18, 2007 Angus Brewer (Monson, Massachusetts United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Denon DJ DN-S5000 Table Top Single CD Player (Electronics)
I am a DJ with 23 years' experience, who worked for Denon as a "Certified Denon DJ" and beta tester (2004-'05), and for Guitar Center as a Pro Audio salesperson (2005). I can say with certainty, the best (and for me, only) CD player options available to long-time DJs who expect their equipment to withstand the rigors of the club and of the road, are the Pioneer and Denon. I use Denon exclusively, as I have for years.
The difference between Pioneer and Denon offerings is perhaps the difference between Mercedes and Rolls Royce. Pioneer, already somewhat the industry standard, has forged ahead and made amazing contributions to the world of VDJs, with their incredible new mixers and their DVJ-X1 DVD decks. Its advantage over Denon is the removable chip that stores cue points for particular CDs; since quite a few clubs have these decks already, all you need is the chip and your music, and you're good to go.
But Denon's R&D department has continually scored coups with...Read more
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