Reply To: Setup for under $1,000?

Juggernaut wrote:

Greg, whilst we appreciate your input, please don’t insult that of others, we’re all entitled to our opinion.

A warning for me, but not for the initial insult? I was just retorting, and thought my reply was obviously not serious.

[quote quote="Juggernaut":65fndap0]That said your sheer ignorance cannot go unnoticed. CDJ’s (namely Pioneer CDJ1000’s mkI, mkII and MkIII) are pretty much defacto in nightclubs this side of the pond. And funnily enough, the few nightclubs i’ve been to in the states (georgia, florida, texas) have also had pioneer cdj1000’s (one had cdj800’s but that’s just splitting hairs)
EDM, i’m presuming you’re referring to electronic dance music? they’re real dj’s. Anyone who can mix two tracks seamlessly are dj’s. Remember what DJ actually stands for:
DISC JOCKEY

whether you want to add to the fundamentals of what a Disc jockey is or not is entirely up to you. That’s what makes one DJ better than another. However, doesn’t mean they’re not a DJ.

If Tiesto (who DJ’d at the OZ olympics a few years back) isn’t a DJ, i will personally down a canister of petrol and ignite myself.[/quote:65fndap0]

How is anything I wrote ignorant? Did I not type that over on your side of the pond it’s obviously done differently, and also allude to the high probability that I don’t really know the exact specifics of the inner workings of the UK club scene?

What a DJ is or isn’t is debatable, and you have your opinion, and I have mine, and we disagree, and no amount of debate will probably sway either of our opinions. So we should save both of ourselves some time and leave that be.

What goes on in US clubs is something I’m very familiar with, I’ve played in just about every club in San Francisco (the only spots I’ve missed are dive bars and some really small clubs), and have also been very fortunate to have had the opportunity to play in most major US cities, a fair amount of Canadian cities, and some in Europe also.

And there are clubs I’ve played in that packed up the CDJ’s, or moved them, for a front and center laptop stand. Some clubs have gotten rid of 1 CDJ, and kept 1 so that there can be multiple DJ’s in the same night and they will have another option to transition and switch laptops, and of course any club large enough to comfortably keep everything and have a laptop stand as well will do so, but it’s obvious to me that most clubs are favoring Serato by now, and most professional DJ’s in the US are using it.

Conversely, as far as I know, there are no clubs whatsoever that are getting rid of turntables. That seems pretty well informed, based on first hand experience, and not at all ignorant to me. I am of course biased, however, since it’s my own opinion …….. however, I think your opinion is very biased, and I’m reasonably certain that the average person would not find my opinion to be "sheer ignorance".