Honest opinion of the CDJ -800/CDJ-400 agains the vinyl T Table

0:00 There's Snips and there's Paul

I'm here with two of my mates. There's Snips and there's Paul. So, Snips, out of all this kit, what do you prefer the most? What do you like? I like the 800 Pioneer, believe it or not. It's absolutely fantastic. But I must admit, I am a vinyl junkie and 1200s all the way. Sorry, CD mix. Not what I like. Fair enough. They are very good. Don't get me wrong, they are very good. It's probably because I don't... Yeah. I think that's probably what it is, but I'm much better... Well, I've grown up with vinyl, so... Yeah, alright. I'll tell you what, I'll pause the video now. I want you to have a go on that and on that, okay? The 800 and the 400. And I'd like you to give me your opinion on the difference in feel to a vinyl turntable as opposed to actually using a CDJ in vinyl mode, yeah? So right, seriously folks, what time is it now? Paul, what's the time? Right, it's 20 past 9. At 20 past 10, I'm going to start the filming again and then you're going to give us your opinion, okay? Alright, nice one. Alright guys, it's been an hour.

And my friend Snips has had a go on one of those. Let me just pause to get the camera sorted. One of those there. He's had a go on the 800 and the 400 and he's had a go on the old classics, the SL1200s. Now this is not being biased towards any piece of kit. Basically what he's going to tell you is his interpretation of how he feels or what he feels the difference is between... Vinyl and CD. Go for it. Well, we'll start with 400. I like it. It's good. It's neat. You've got to be really gentle with it. I can push it on and slow it down. Go on. But what I don't like about it is when you pause it and go back to the start of the track, it takes a lot longer than 800 to go back to the track. Okay. So, with this...

2:22 It took me a good half an hour to get the gist of it

It's more responsive. The vinyl is a lot better than this one. Okay. Reason being, I find it seems to jump a lot more as you go like this and it'll go back to the start. Yeah. Okay? Right. But this one is a lot better because it's bigger. Who knows? I'm not sure. But I've been on these for about an hour. Yeah. No longer. It took me a good half an hour to get the gist of it. More delicate and more responsive, because I was literally pushing it like it was a vinyl basically. And I am heavy handed with the decks. Love you decks. Sorry. But who knows, if I had these for a week, the 400s or the 800s, then maybe I would probably change, because it's all about getting used to what equipment you're using at the end of the day. It all does the same job, no doubt about it, but I think at the end of the day, I still love my 1200s.

Alright, but let's say from a usability point of view and also maybe from the sake of, let's say for example, you know, you're taking, hypothetically, you've got the choice of taking two or three boxes of vinyl or let's say two or three CDs with MP3 files on. What would you prefer to take in? Of course, the second option, but...

3:48 CDJ, but then after that I'm

I'm biased. I've got to say I love my vinyl. I don't know what it is. It's because I'm not used to these, I think. That's my personal opinion on a DJ. I see them at clubs, play at clubs. Okay, I might start with a CDJ, but then after that I'm permanently on decks. Only because I'm not used to them, I think. Yeah. Alright. Now, a lot of people are going to think, oh yeah, you know, we've sort of set this up and... Have we? Not at all. I'm old school. Unfortunately, I started playing the decks before these CD things came out. Unfortunately. Alright, like I said folks, this is Punk TV. I mean, basically Snips has... I've known him for bloody years and he's come around and earlier on it was a case of, as you heard me say, right, you know, we're going to pause the camera for now, which we did. We paused... Paul! How long? One hour. Alright, thank you. Seriously.

And he has, you know, he's had a mash-up on some sort of funky house tunes and fair news, you know, we're sort of giving a, well hopefully giving an honest opinion here. Alright, overall then, let's say from, what can I say, usability, the way you like it, the feel, the touch, the content, you know, marks out of ten? Well, okay, marks out of ten when I first went on them, two. Okay. After an hour, I'd say... Tell me truthfully, how much have you used this sort of kit before? Like I said, when I played in the club, I probably started with a CD. Right, I haven't really mixed at all out live. I've never... But after coming here to see you, John, gives me time really to play with us. Alright, alright, thank you very much. So, you know, ladies and gentlemen, you can watch this particular video and think, oh yeah, it's all set up. But, well, I don't...

To be quite honest, I don't give a shit what you think. This is how it is. This is real. This is funk TV. Exactly, yeah. And you can take it how it is. My mates come around. Paul's over there. Paul is not a DJ. No, I'm not a DJ. He's messed around on those guys and he has not got the foggiest but you've had a bit of fun, haven't you? Exactly. Snips, on the other hand, is a pro DJ, knows exactly what he's on about. And he's a bloody, yeah, he's a good man. And he's given us honest opinions. So thank you very much. And as usual, the motto is practice and enjoy! Hey! Check it out!

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