Today, Pioneer have released the arrival of a brand new media player! The new player supercedes the highly acclaimed Pioneer CDJ-1000 which has dominated the DJ industry as the industry standard for over a decade.

Pioneer CDJ-2000 will, for now, be produced and sold alongside it’s predecessor, the Pioneer CDJ-1000.

So what’s new?

Well apart from a new sexy look taken from Pioneer DVJ-1000, it’s are not just cd/mp3 players, they are media players with mini software control.

Both models are supplied with Pioneer’s rekordbox™ software which is both PC and Mac compatible but in the words of Pioneer is “like the leading music database management software, but is more creative and more DJ-friendly”.

DJ Link – Industry First

Pioneer claim that this player has an “industry first” player link. This functionality means that you can share music from any source simultaneously accross upto four players. This is great, because until now, you would have had to have two identical hard drives in order to play the same tracks on two different players.

Layout

As mentioned above, the Pioneer CDJ-2000’s layout is stylish, resembling it’s predecessor, the Pioneer CDJ-1000. However this player feels more robust and is better ergonomically designed, like the Pioneer DVJ-1000.

This is a major improvement for this new player, however, it does mean that your new Pioneer CDJ-2000 player will not fit on your old Pioneer CDJ-1000 case.

On the up side, the player is slightly narrower than the CDJ-1000, making this player more space saving and you can now fit this player and a 10″/12″ in a small DJ booth.

Also, Spacetek have just announced that they have created a new bracket specifically for the Pioneer CDJ-2000.

Date & Price

According to Pioneer the CDJ-2000 is available from November 2009 with a suggested retail price including VAT of £1499 which includes rekordbox software.