Decksaver DS-PC-DJM900NXS2 Pioneer DJM-900 Nexus 2 Polycarbonate Cover. Pioneer DJ CDJ-2000NXS2 Professional Multi Player $1,990.56. Definitely warmer compared to the old 900nxs, which sounds a tad harsh in comparison. Mar 30, 2011 - PIONEER DJM 900 nexus vs. Plus 4 x cdj-2000, 2 x X1 and TSP 2. Mixers will be making as much of an impact as the djm-800 did, though.
Ok I need to buy a Pio mixer cause I dont own one and almost every club has one installed. I love rane but I just dont see them enough Im almost always playing on a DJM 900 using serato. Ok so Im biting the bullet and finally going to buy one so I can practice at home cause honestly I never really feel like Im killing it when Im playing on these mixers I feel like I have to extra careful cause Im never comfortable. So I have a great deal on a DJM 850. Seems solid does almost everything the 900 does and for my needs Im using serato and when I move to SDJ I can use the club kit with the 850.
So why as a serato user should I buy a DJM 900 over a 850? I'd say because, like you stated, you are seeing 900s in clubs and the lay out is similar but not exactly the same. Its nice to have the same efx you are using in the club and exact lay out when practicing at home. As much as people hate on pio mixers, im really getting into the 900, every time i consider switching(just because i like to get new equipment) the feature set and the set up for mulitple djs, the reliability and the fact that most everyone knows how to use one if you play with friends is nice. Im sure you can find a good deal on a nxs on clist or ebay. Quote: i'd say because, like you stated, you are seeing 900s in clubs and the lay out is similar but not exactly the same. Its nice to have the same efx you are using in the club and exact lay out when practicing at home.
As much as people hate on pio mixers, im really getting into the 900, every time i consider switching(just because i like to get new equipment) the feature set and the set up for mulitple djs, the reliability and the fact that most everyone knows how to use one if you play with friends is nice. Im sure you can find a good deal on a nxs on clist or ebay.
The layouts are almost the same minus a few color effects which the only one I use is on both models, I guess the better question is why shouldnt I get the 850? Or who can find me a sweet deal on a 900?
Quote: I dont have the loot for a 900 but Im gonna get that instead you guys are right I think 900 nexus has a better processor and noticebily better sound output (you'll notice doing mobile work). As well resell is much better than the 850 (bad investiment).
Call me when your serious i'll find out the best price i can get you. I agree with both of you guys I didnt pull the trigger on the 850 instead I just got some ELX 115p so I could stop renting speakers when I do mobiles so I can keep all my loot. Im loosing most of my money in rentals my mobiles are actually pretty regular as well as the clubs so thats why I need a 900 too. You guys are right 850 is a bad investment no wonder the guy was trying to sell me his for under a grand. What deals can you get me on a 900 Tre? Im really serious about buying one especially if they offer some sort of payment plan to.shoot I'd be down a whole lot sooner. Quote: I dont have the loot for a 900 but Im gonna get that instead you guys are right I think 900 nexus has a better processor and noticebily better sound output (you'll notice doing mobile work).
As well resell is much better than the 850 (bad investiment). Call me when your serious i'll find out the best price i can get you. I agree with both of you guys I didnt pull the trigger on the 850 instead I just got some ELX 115p so I could stop renting speakers when I do mobiles so I can keep all my loot. Im loosing most of my money in rentals my mobiles are actually pretty regular as well as the clubs so thats why I need a 900 too.
You guys are right 850 is a bad investment no wonder the guy was trying to sell me his for under a grand. What deals can you get me on a 900 Tre? Im really serious about buying one especially if they offer some sort of payment plan to.shoot I'd be down a whole lot sooner. I'm gonna call you. Quote: I dont have the loot for a 900 but Im gonna get that instead you guys are right I think 900 nexus has a better processor and noticebily better sound output (you'll notice doing mobile work).
As well resell is much better than the 850 (bad investiment). Call me when your serious i'll find out the best price i can get you. I agree with both of you guys I didnt pull the trigger on the 850 instead I just got some ELX 115p so I could stop renting speakers when I do mobiles so I can keep all my loot. Im loosing most of my money in rentals my mobiles are actually pretty regular as well as the clubs so thats why I need a 900 too. You guys are right 850 is a bad investment no wonder the guy was trying to sell me his for under a grand.
What deals can you get me on a 900 Tre? Im really serious about buying one especially if they offer some sort of payment plan to.shoot I'd be down a whole lot sooner. I'm gonna call you my number been the same for 15 yrs hit me. Quote: The 850 isn't that bad, lol!
It's not that it is a bad mixer it's just a bad investment for this guy. Your right I see what you guys are saying 850 would be great if I wasnt heavily invested in the industry but what started out as hobby is certainly no longer a hobby so I need to be practicing on what I play on mostly at this point. I still cant cut great on CDJs but I can cut like crazy on Turntables so I gotta even that up too and get at least one CDJ for home use but thats not as important as the mixer imo. Pretty much the only main 'difference' are some of the effects, and the X-Pad (and number of MIDI-mappable buttons if you use MIDI). There's no difference in the hookup, the faders and the knobs. I don't see how practicing at home on a lower priced DJM850 will not allow any DJ to be proficient on any DJM900 mixer at a club. Better resale value you say?
I'd argue that the money made back from a resale of a 900 mixer (in the future, who knows when that would be) was already earned from the money saved by buying a cheaper 850 up front in the present. Quote: Pretty much the only main 'difference' are some of the effects, and the X-Pad (and number of MIDI-mappable buttons if you use MIDI). There's no difference in the hookup, the faders and the knobs. I don't see how practicing at home on a lower priced DJM850 will not allow any DJ to be proficient on any DJM900 mixer at a club. Better resale value you say? I'd argue that the money made back from a resale of a 900 mixer (in the future, who knows when that would be) was already earned from the money saved by buying a cheaper 850 up front in the present. But, personally, I wouldn't buy a 900 yet.
It's way long due for an update and for some reason I feel it coming this year. Plus, my 800 has been rock solid since I bought it almost 10 years ago. Quote: i think you can easily find one used in the 12-1400 range. Although sales might have picked up since the drop of the club kit, since you now have a traktor and serato interface. I wish I havent seen a 900 that cheap Ive seen 850s in that range and I gotta offer to get one for 900$ but I passed on it. Code E how different is the fx layout?
Like do they sound different or whats so different beside the 900 having more color fx (which is a good thing). I do just want it practice on at home but are you saying the fx are so different they are like night and day difference? Hope that makes sense. Quote: how different is the fx layout?
Like do they sound different or whats so different beside the 900 having more color fx (which is a good thing). There are just a few different options incl. The xy strip. From what i can see from using an srt for a year, it just takes a while to get used to the mixer to even mess with the efx. We all know the pioneer layout, but the efx are pretty deep and they can be pre or post fader(assigned to a xfader or the 1-4 channel, you may know that).
I'm slowly remembering to play with the xy pad instead of hitting the button and use the color efx on transitions like the dub echo or space. I think it would just take time using the fx to get your own sound. Plus combos of the main efx and color can be interesting. Saw a friend thats a relatively big open format dj in LA play recently and it was interesting to see how he was using the fx and such flipped thru ebay and the prices have gone up quite a bit since i bought my srt. 900 NXS at that point were everywhere on ebay at 1499 list. Saw this seems like a deal.
Remy - bro I'm telling you, there's very little difference in the effects.like non-critical differences. DJM900 has a couple different COLOR FX that the 850 doesn't have and vice versa. On the regular effects section, DJM900 has MELODIC but the 850 doesn't. However, the 850 has UP-ECHO while the 900 doesn't. Who uses MELODIC? I'd prefer the UP-ECHO instead.
And then there's the X-Pad, which is basically a finger triggered strip that allows you to chop the beat parameters up much faster than pressing the left/right parameter buttons. And then some differences in the tactile feel of the knobs, like plastic vs rubber knobs. The DJM mixer layout is so simple and logical to use, it's not like when DJ's went from the 57 to the 62 where all these new buttons and colors showed up. The DJM mixer layout has been virtually unchanged since the DJM500. If I were in your position and I could score a DJM850 for $900 versus a used DJM900NXS for around $1200, I'd choose the 850 ALL DAY! Then buy the SDJ Club Kit for $169 and you're still ahead in money spent. The only way I'd spend the difference in the price is if I REAAAAAALLLLLLY wanted the X-Pad, and so that's just really a user-preference decision.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU WON'T KILL IT ON THE 900NXS BECAUSE YOU OWN A 850! Check this video at 5:25 mark for an explanation of the effects section differences. Quote: how different is the fx layout? Like do they sound different or whats so different beside the 900 having more color fx (which is a good thing). There are just a few different options incl. The xy strip.
From what i can see from using an srt for a year, it just takes a while to get used to the mixer to even mess with the efx. We all know the pioneer layout, but the efx are pretty deep and they can be pre or post fader(assigned to a xfader or the 1-4 channel, you may know that). I'm slowly remembering to play with the xy pad instead of hitting the button and use the color efx on transitions like the dub echo or space. I think it would just take time using the fx to get your own sound. Plus combos of the main efx and color can be interesting.
Saw a friend thats a relatively big open format dj in LA play recently and it was interesting to see how he was using the fx and such flipped thru ebay and the prices have gone up quite a bit since i bought my srt. 900 NXS at that point were everywhere on ebay at 1499 list. Saw this seems like a deal. Speaking of efx, I use to have Korg Zero 4 and I did some really neat stuff on that mixer with the Tap Echo fx I could roll that bitch out. Im hoping to get back to some of that stuff, I can use the fx on the mixer already but I still have to look at what Im doing I need this shit to fire off of muscle memory at this point my sets are way to technical to be checking that I have the right fx selected or knob in the correct position all the little things that can trip up a perfect transition because you forget to change one setting. Quote: I find if i'm not comfortable with a feature I wont use it.
So if you stick to the 850 there may be things you wont ever use on the djm900. I used a djm2000 for 3 years. So sad it's gone. Everyone who played on besides e didnt use 90% of what you could do on that mixer. Why because they had never used features like that, though they are easy to use, nothing is easy to master. I hate that DJM 2000, Im not a fan of big mixers to be honest but I always find myself playing some club that has the 19 inch mixer split between TTs or CDJs Im like WTF still really its 2015.
But yea thats my reasoning for getting the 850 is so I can kill it on a 900. I really only use the filter, echo, and bit crush which I believe is on both models. I may still spring for a 900 just so I can really use that bitch to my advantage. Im playing on a 2000 next weekend, I played on one in Las Vegas for the first time and I totally had to keep it basic so many buttons on the mixer I was a little overwhelmed so I kept it simple.
Here's a quick run down of what's different in the new versus the. This is just what I felt were some of the main differences between the two mixers that buyers are going to want to know. DJM-750MK2 DJM-900NXS2 Soundcards 1 2 Sound Color FX Dub Echo, Filter, Noise, Sweep Dub Echo, Filter, Noise, Sweep, Space, Crush USB 1 USB B Port, 1 USB A port 2 USB B Ports, 1 USB A port Pioneer's DJ Pro Link No Yes Microphones 1 balance XLR port 2 balance out, XLR and 1/4 out. Digital Outs No Yes Send and Return Yes Yes Booth Out Yes Yes Rec. Out No Yes ( RCA) Certified Software Rekordbox ( more probably coming soon) Rekordbox, Traktor Scratch Pro 2, Serato DJ Touch 'X-Pad' No Yes Beat FX Delay, Echo, Flanger, Helix, Ping Pong, Pitch, Spiral, Reverb, Roll, Trans, Vinyl Brake Delay, Echo, Flanger, Helix, Ping Pong, Pitch, Spiral, Reverb, Roll, Trans, Vinyl Brake, Filter, Phaser, Slip Roll.