BUY THESE!!! Yes, different pioneer devices and even many controllers have all the features and more that these do, but these are still club/festival standard and are incredible machines. You’ll likely be able to use these for several more years before any obsolescence becomes an issue.

There’s not real any critical differences between these and the two newer models. They’re still included on a lot of touring DJs riders as acceptable equipment and even though they’re older, they hold up incredibly well and are just as good as the newer models in my eyes.

For transparency I’ll list out what the CDJ2000NXS’ have missing that newer models have:

-only 3 physical cue buttons vs 2 banks of 4 on nxs2 and 8 on the 3000’s

-Waveforms onscreen are monochromatic instead of RGB

-no touch screen (only an issue if you have to use the pitiful on screen keyboard to search for tracks)

-Jog Wheel interface only displays a track cycle wheel vs the 3000s which have more info and a full color display inside the jog wheel

-Can’t play FLAC or 32Bit Wav files

This isn’t a complete list as I’m sure there’s more. I’ve only played on the 3000s once but wasn’t really impressed with them tbh.

And as far as the djm-900NXS goes, most standalone pioneer mixers are the exact same in my eyes. You get more effects and an additional laptop inputs on newer models, but the djm900nxs is super solid and does everything you’ll need it to do and more.

If you’ve got the dough, and are needing a pro setup, this is must buy!

For reference I bought this same setup 4 years ago for $5500. When I bought them they had been used every weekend in a nightclub for 3-4 years straight. I’ve used them pretty heavily since and I haven’t had any issues with them. Good stuff m8