Cd/mp3 player

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bizzyb53

bizzyb53

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I need a good reliable CD/Mp3 player for backup.Does anyone recommend a specific one?
And don't say Numark Mp302 cause that is the piece that is getting thrown in the garbage.It took at least an hour for the dang thing to read anything.
 
Denon DN-D4500
 
I use the Denon DN-S1200 .. nice and small. Plays CDs/MP3 CDs/ and flashdrives.

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What is your budget and do you need a single or double drawer unit ?

If you just need a single drawer unit, look for something like a V2 GO player.
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I think they are discontinued but they were only about a hundred bucks a GC. They came with rack brackets and they will play just about anything you can could throw in them. Biggest drawback is they do not have a pitch control.

If you need a dual player, stick with a Denon.
 
I'll vouch heart and soul for the Denon DN-4500...it's the only one I'll use. We've got one now and love it. I also used one in both the studio and mobile rig in college...if it can handle almost 60 college gigs a year with the abuse that gear took, it'll laugh at what we wedding DJs put it through.
 
This is my weapon of choice. I can program it to do all my laptop can do! I barely touched my Laptop last night at my St. Patty's day Gig. Pioneer MEP-7000 Controller and Dual CD Player.

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I'll say Numark CDN 88. That's what i used when i first came back. It's rack mountable.
 
I will have an American Audio DCD-PRO210 dual-cd unit available shortly. I just pulled it out of a rack I had. Never used it much. I was going to put in on eBay in the next couple days .. PM me if it's of interest.

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ahoustondj said:
This is my weapon of choice. I can program it to do all my laptop can do! I barely touched my Laptop last night at my St. Patty's day Gig. Pioneer MEP-7000 Controller and Dual CD Player.

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Can you take it into your house and sit it on your lap and set up playlists for your next event? ( i set up playlists for the important songs, ceremonies, must plays and dinner/cocktail) Does it display all of your songs by genre so that you can scroll and pick that next great tune?
Does it sort though genres by artist, bpm. Does it play video? Will it run with no power? Can one control their lights with it? Does it play slideshows? Will it rip the client's cd of ethnic music? Will it download that last minute request fro I tunes or Amazon?

It its cost justified for use solely as back up?

Does it really do all that a laptop can do?
 
Steve LeBlanc said:
Can you take it into your house and sit it on your lap and set up playlists for your next event? ( i set up playlists for the important songs, ceremonies, must plays and dinner/cocktail) Does it display all of your songs by genre so that you can scroll and pick that next great tune?
Does it sort though genres by artist, bpm. Does it play video? Will it run with no power? Can one control their lights with it? Does it play slideshows? Will it rip the client's cd of ethnic music? Will it download that last minute request fro I tunes or Amazon?

It its cost justified for use solely as back up?

Does it really do all that a laptop can do?
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To be fair, the laptop setup won't run without power either .. the lappy may, but everything else won't. It's not a replacement for a laptop, but these media players (I have a Numark D2) do provide backup in case of laptop fail and can do basic stuff (you can do playlists, genres on some) if needed.
 
Don't worry Cesar - I'm just the "wet blanket", or to some; a loud mouth, ill-tempered azz. I have absolutely nothing against an individual that chooses to go the cd route or use what ever piece of hardware to play that media....Just don't make the outlandish claims.....
 
steve149 said:
To be fair, the laptop setup won't run without power either .. the lappy may, but everything else won't. It's not a replacement for a laptop, but these media players (I have a Numark D2) do provide backup in case of laptop fail and can do basic stuff (you can do playlists, genres on some) if needed.
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It will....everything else is academic...In the event of even a flicker, brown out; an external drive could shut down, meaning possible damage to the file system., or a best, a reboot of the pc; with the laptops internal drive, all is fine...

What ever once chooses in terms of playback is their choice.


To make the point that the MEP 700 does everything and more than a laptop is patently wrong and further and most important; the OP is looking for a back up cd player; this unit is $1600+; not good business sense in my opinion....
 
Can't help much here Brian. I haven't used a cd player in years. My back ups are all computers. I do have a denon hd2500 and a pacemaker mp3 player for instant back up, but I've never had to use them. I just use them once in a while to remind me how to play it if i needed it.
 
I agree the units aren't replacements in general, but can do in a pinch if necessary for some stuff. And in fact, Canute's Pioneer does have the ability to play Karaoke discs and has a video out on the unit as well as able to be a controller for most DJ software.
 
ahoustondj said:
This is my weapon of choice. I can program it to do all my laptop can do!
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I don't think this thread was meant to be a pissing match between these players and computers. but I have to disagree with this statement. Either you have a very old lap top, or you don't know what your computer can do. I think a more accurate statement would be, "It does everything I was doing with my computer, or know how to do with my computer.

Everyone should use what they like and what works best for them. If you like using that more than a computer, by all means that is what you should use. But i'm guessing we can find lots of stuff that a laptop, even one at a quarter of the price, can do that that system cannot. Steve mentioned some of the things already.
 
Again, playing devil's advocate, the MEP may do everything Canute does with the laptop, not what the laptop itself is able to do. If he doesn't do computer lighting or video, then those items are moot. Many of us (myself included) do not really use much of a DJ SW package .. playlists, search, and play mostly .. and you CAN do that on the MEP (or my D2) .. not always as quickly or easily, but it's really not that difficult.
 
steve149 said:
I agree the units aren't replacements in general, but can do in a pinch if necessary for some stuff. And in fact, Canute's Pioneer does have the ability to play Karaoke discs and has a video out on the unit as well as able to be a controller for most DJ software.
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Like I have stated before. With a little practice, the Pioneer can be used as a replacement to a laptop for playing music. It can read your folders in a hard drive Attached directly to the MEP. You can do Searches, Sorts, make Playlists and save them, Edit and Add on the fly, Auto Play, Auto Mix with three options. It does not require setup, just plug and play. You can create loops etc etc. If someone hands you a CD/mp3 disc or Flash Drive you can play it! It also have an awesome soundcard installed.
 
Scott Hanna said:
I don't think this thread was meant to be a pissing match between these players and computers. but I have to disagree with this statement. Either you have a very old lap top, or you don't know what your computer can do. I think a more accurate statement would be, "It does everything I was doing with my computer, or know how to do with my computer.

Everyone should use what they like and what works best for them. If you like using that more than a computer, by all means that is what you should use. But i'm guessing we can find lots of stuff that a laptop, even one at a quarter of the price, can do that that system cannot. Steve mentioned some of the things already.
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Correction! What I meant by "It can do everything a laptop can do" is in reference to playing music at a Gig, selecting, cueing, playlists, searches effects etc. I did not mean that it can download music from the Internet or rip CDs. I thought that was quite obvious and would not be taken literally as stated.
 
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