I have the Denon DN-S3000's and I must say I really love them.
The rotating platter is perfect for a bit more vinylfeeling while mixing.
You also have 3 kinds of pitchbend:
- slowing down the platter
- shut down the rotating platter and do it the Pioneer way
- pitch bend buttons
There are some nice effects on it:
- Drag-s: when you hit play, your player will slowly start like a turntable. With the tracksearch-knob, you can choose how long it will take before your player is on normaal speed)
- Dump: when you hit play, your player will reverse your song but it will go further in memory
- Reverse: when you hit play, your player will reverse your song but it will not go further in memory (the normal reverse actually)
- Brake: when you hit play, your player will slow down your music and stop. You can also choose the lenght of your brake with the tracksearch-knob)
I think the pitch-range on this Denon is better than the Pioneer because you have more pitch-ranges: 4% at 0.02% steps, 10% at 0.1% steps, 16% at 0.1% steps, 25% at 0.1 steps, 100% at 1% steps.
Pioneer has only the 10% at 0.05% steps and the widerange 100% at 0.5% steps.
It's also nice to have a loop with hotstart (you can do nice effects with it).
The samples is nice to record some music for 15seconds. After that, you can hotstart you sample, scratch it and even play it while there's no disc inserted.
The CDJ-800MK2 has a beatcutter, wich is very nice IF you use it (I personally never used it on the MK1 but it's nice if you create lots of loops).
Both are fully MP3 compatible without any problems.
They both have mastertempo but Denon calls it Key Lock but it's the same.
Conclusion:
The CDJ-800MK2 has proven itself on the road but the DN-S3000 is definately that good. I always take them with me without any problems.
I know it's a hard decision, I had to make the same decision
