CDJ-2000 looks like it has been discontinued- time for the CDJ-2000 Nexus speculation

[Xonetacular]

That was fast.

Yeah it feels like it right? But really it has been three years since it came out in 2009 and it follows the trend.

CDJ-1000 came out in 2001
Discontinued in 2003 when the MK2 came out
MK2 discontinued in 2006 when the MK3 came out
MK3 discontinued in 2009 and replaced with CDJ-2000

now here we are in 2012

[TJP]

Oh, please god no………those things sucked so much. Don't push them on another generation of unsuspecting DJs thinking that longevity matters at that price point.

Maybe your right, but I would like to see a more affordable CDJ option from pioneer, and the CDJ-200 is rather out-dated. I think whats most interesting here is the development of rekordbox...

[samjl]

Can't believe it was 3 years ago, time really does fly

I still think they'll keep the cd drive, a lot of dj's still use cd's so I can't imagine a usb only version

Maybe they'll incorporate the 'Slip' feature the 900's have, and most likely a touch screen.

[Toast]

This won't happen- a CD rom drive costs all of 50 cents for them to put in so there is no reason for them to make a CDrom-less CDJ and it wouldn't do anything to the price.

Actually the DVD Rom is one of the more expensive parts in there...
BUT this is Pioneer. They won't skimp on a DVD drive and cut out X amount of dj's still using CD. Especially on the flagship product.

The sell through of the 2000 was far from the 1000's though so they are definitely in catch up mode with everyone else selling boat loads of controllers.

[TJP]

Also hasn't the DJM-250 been available for a while?

[Era 7]

wow i'm excited. that's the first refresh of the high end pio players i can witness. lets see what they come up with.

[carl]

A cdj without a cd drive doesn't make sense, that would be a USBJ

[D@VE!]

meaby they will add a USB3.0 port.

[guiltyblade]

Awesome I just bought my CDJ 2000sssss... ugghhhhh but well i got them cheap and they are stilll sooooo rad. I'm interested to see what improves on cdj 2000s

I think:

Colored wave form
touch screen
track search capabilities (maybe touch screen keyboard)
Slip mode
Better HID support

[GRiNSER]

Actually the DVD Rom is one of the more expensive parts in there...

Seriously? What's so expensive about the DVD drive in there? Buying a cheap dvd drive sets you off about 15 bucks. Okay, it got special damping but that has already been engineered for the CDJ100, therefore this can't cost that much either...