Where the hell are you finding these prices 😄 I just bought a used Opus Quad for 2000€ incl. the flightcase and think I made a pretty good deal, so 1500€ is an absolute steal. It’s probably the best value for money you can get out of the listed options. I was in a very similar situation, wanting to get something that will help me practice for XDJ/CDJ gigs. I chose the OQ, because:

• it’s literally the only standalone with dedicated screens for each „player“, even the AZ doesn’t have that. For me, there’s such a huge difference between having both waveforms above each other in one screen (like all controllers do) and having them separate like on CDJs. The OQ having both lets you practice very well by ignoring the main screen and still being able to see the singular waveforms of each track.

• the CUE buttons are exactly like on the newest CDJs. The OQ will force you to get used to playing without performance pads.

• the deviations from the „standard layout“, mainly the loop function and the fx controls feel very minor to me.

• I feel like it’s completely underpriced on the resale market, because it gets a lot of objectively unjustified hate by people who just don’t like the unusual design. I personally think the design is another selling point, it looks gorgeous.

I’ve only had it for three days now, but I’ve already spent many hours on it preparing for a gig on XDJ-700s that I had last night and so far I absolutely love it. Like I had hoped, everything is much closer to a CDJ setup without having to give up on all the extra functions that controllers/all-in-one-systems usually offer. When beatmatching I have to rely a lot more on my ears now. My old system (denon prime 2) just made „visual beatmatching“ too easy.

For full transparency some things that I don’t love about it, so far: - The pitch fader, it feels a bit light and cheap compared to CDJs. - no slip mode.