So, I am digging through boxes, and what do I find?

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Papa Deuce

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Apparently I found a pretty good CD player in its time.... though I never once used it.

Pioneer CDJ - 500 II

I bought it on ebay and then never used it, but Pioneer stuff is usually good. Was this a good piece of gear?
 
Yup, that was Pioneer's early top-loader venture into assimilating vinyl DJs to CDs. These guys were usually offered as a package deal for a pair of 500s with a center mixer and free coffin case.

Around 1999, Gemini offered a similar deck but it wasn't nearly as versatile as the Pio.
 
Papa Deuce said:
Apparently I found a pretty good CD player in its time.... though I never once used it.

Pioneer CDJ - 500 II

I bought it on ebay and then never used it, but Pioneer stuff is usually good. Was this a good piece of gear?
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Interested in selling it?
 
djrox said:
Interested in selling it?
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Maybe so.... I have no idea what I paid or what it's worth.... but I wouldn't mind keeping its as DJ history, either.... plus, it looks mint, but I never used it.
 
I'm interested in the piece from a historical/collector perspective.

Call me if you want to sell for $100.00.
 
I bought a pair new back in the late 90s ($1100/ea) along with the DJM500 mixer - ran flawless, no problems but the flip up lid is kinda scary - mine are sitting in storage now - last saw them available around the $100 mark for a bit of history - keep in mind they don't play mp3 files - with thumb drives & i-devices they are true dinosaurs now
 
rubtug said:
they are true dinosaurs now
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watch it Rubtug
statements like that don't sit well with us old farts....
(we felt the same way when they said the same thing about 45's...)
 
Ausumm said:
statements like that don't sit well with us old farts....
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If it takes the sting out (and all things being relative), I did by them in the 90s so I was much less a dinosaur back then too!

:tribiggrin:
 
I bought and sold a pair of them in about 2 weeks in the late 80s or early 90s. My friend had a Pioneer dealership and they were the demo pair he had in. When his full stock came in he sold these to me at cost. IIRC it was around $200 each and I wound up selling them for $400 each or so. I think they retailed around here for $750 at the time.

I found the doors flimsy and I was never a fan of top loaders I wound up buying a couple of Nikko CD players that still work today
 
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