I Would Not Buy the Pioneer XDJ-RX3 Because..

0:00 Welcome to Ellaskins aka DJ Tutor and another video on the XDJ-RX3

Right, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Ellaskins aka DJ Tutor and another video on the XDJ-RX3. I wouldn't buy it. Now, there's two ways of saying that. Think about it. I wouldn't buy that. In other words, you're speaking to someone, you're talking to them and say, well, I wouldn't buy that. Don't buy it. As in, you're explaining to them not to buy it. The other one is, is I wouldn't buy that. And I would not personally buy the RX3. Now there's good reason for that and I will explain in this video, okay? So just hold tight. Now the screen is amazing, the jog wheels are small but what you've got here is you've got modern day tech in a very compact unit. Now if I pick up, hold on, go over here. If I pick up there...

2:01 That I wouldn't personally buy

That is the DDJ-400. And if I place that over the RX3, you can see the RX3 definitely does take more real estate. But, you know, I would say area wise, it's probably only just over double the actual area of the DDJ-400. But with the technology in here and what it can do, it's far superior. So again, you know, if you are a beginner DJ and you just want to dip your big toe into the art of mixing, DDJ-400 or the like. Then again, if you want to take it to the next level, there is the XDJ-RR. On the other hand, there's the XDJ-X... Sorry, I'll start again. XDJ-RX1, then the RX2, and now of course the RX3 with the big screen. The whole purpose of this video is to explain that I wouldn't personally buy it because I am so used to that beast down there, the XDJ-XZ. Hopefully you can just about see it. There it is down there. So I'm limited on space at the moment. You see, after using the RX1, RX2 and now the RX3, or no, start again. After using the RX1...

Then the RX2, then getting the XZ and now having the RX3. I would not go back to an RX3 because I'm used to the bigger jog wheels, the better mixer and so on. You see what you have with the XDJ-XZ is you've got a complete Nexus setup all in one. Let's say you had the XZ and you wanted to downgrade, then by all means, head along to the RX3. Don't bother going to the RX2, RX1, head along to the RX3 because what you're doing then is you're going from some good technology, the XZ, to the RX3 with better, I presume, bigger screen and maybe not so many functions, but... Overall aesthetics is more pleasing. Now, I would hazard a guess to say that Pioneer might bring out an XDJ-XZ Mark II. I mean, to me it seems logical it's going to happen at some point, alright? Now, I don't know, but it just seems as though it's going to happen. You know, RX1, RX2, RX3, XZ, XZ2. Who knows? Then there may be an XZ3.

3:53 Most people upsize, you get something bigger and better, the next best

So again, the whole purpose of this video is really about going, it's almost like upsizing and downsizing. Most people upsize, you get something bigger and better, the next best thing. But there does come a point in your life when you start to maybe want to reduce. So for example, you get to a certain age, you know, you're in your big condo and all of a sudden you can't climb up the stairs. And you go into, you know, a one-storey, one-bedroom flat apartment with your missus, your ex-wife or the bit you found down the side of the road. Down the side? No, that's not really the right thing to say, is it? Alright, you found a nice person down the road and you're thinking, I'll shack up with them. On the other hand, when you're young and vibrant, you want bigger and better. And I've been there with PA. I've gone from massive PA system to now thinking, you know what? Don't really need it. So if I continue DJing, maybe in the future, I might go, do you know what? I don't want to carry this huge, massive XZ with me or the XZ2 or XZ3, whatever's out, if I'm still DJing. I then may go, do you know what? I'll get the RX9. And there we are. I'll be happy.

So that's pretty much it. The XDJ-RX3 is probably at the moment one of the best units to have because of the modern day technology, the touchscreen, the functions. But if you want that four channel feel, the bigger jog wheel feel, you want the more of a nightclub feel, then you've got to go with the XDJ-XZ. And that is pretty much it for this video. Thank you for watching. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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