CDJ350 vs CDJ800. Opinions wanted!

[Qasim Noorani]

Really depends on what your intended use is. If you are a mobile DJ and would like a kick ass rig for the go and with new features, 350s hands down. But if you want to get your practice on and get ready for some club gigs, 800s are a good bet. Also, are you strictly CD/USB? or laptop? All depends on how you are going to use them. Just my two cents. All the best to you!

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[ksandvik]

Really depends on what your intended use is. If you are a mobile DJ and would like a kick ass rig for the go and with new features, 350s hands down. But if you want to get your practice on and get ready for some club gigs, 800s are a good bet. Also, are you strictly CD/USB? or laptop? All depends on how you are going to use them. Just my two cents. All the best to you!

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...more and more clubs go for RekordBox enabled CDJs so 350 is a better bet if you want to prepare material for your USB sticks.

[Buszaj]

Personally, I'd take the 800s hands down. Large jog wheel makes it easier to mix and scratch, and prepares you for the CDJs found in clubs. Also very reliable and durable (I own a pair). What your decision will come down to for you is whether or not you want USB functionality, and Rekordbox.

[ae86touge]

Aparently the ndx800's have an issue sometimes when loading usb sticks? Most of my mixing will be from a USB - saves the risk of a disc getting scratched, usb is convienient for me (sometimes people have a tune on their phone or usb they want played) which sort of rules the cdj800's out. I'll be using them for bedroom dj stuff but taking them out for the odd party here and there.

[Buszaj]

Aparently the ndx800's have an issue sometimes when loading usb sticks? Most of my mixing will be from a USB - saves the risk of a disc getting scratched, usb is convienient for me (sometimes people have a tune on their phone or usb they want played) which sort of rules the cdj800's out. I'll be using them for bedroom dj stuff but taking them out for the odd party here and there.

Stick with Pioneer or Denon. If you do want to step up a bit from the 350s, get the 400s. Nice and solid little players, with a few extra features (no rekordbox though).

[djmickyk]

just going to throw something else into the mix here..how about a set of secondhand cdj850s...if you look around im sure you can get a set for around the £1000 mark,then you have the best of both worlds large platters and the ability to use cds,usb drives and software,ive used these decks to mix and there pretty much the same as the 900s which i own"minus a few features of course"but alot easier on the wallet

[Archon]

850s dont do flash drive i think.

[djmickyk]

http://www.pioneer.eu/eur/newsroom/n...50/index.html:)

[Andrew B]

850s dont do flash drive i think.

Of course they do.

[MouseAT]

850s dont do flash drive i think.

850s do have the flash drive. They just don't have Rekordbox Link, which means you can't connect two of them together and share data between them. You need a dedicated drive for each machine and will have separate tag lists on each player.