Pioneer CD player Comparison Chart
CD PLAYER FEATURES CDJ 300
CDJ 500-G
CDJ 500 II
CDJ 500
II-LTD
CDJ 700s CDJ 100s CMX 5000 CMX 3000 CDJ 1000 CDJ 800 DMP-555
Oil damper floating structure no no no no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
1/2 size no no no no yes no no no no no no
Media Capability CD/CD-R CD/CD-R
CD+G
CD/CD-R CD/CD-R CD/CD-R CD/CD-R CD/CD-R
CD-RW
CD/CD-R
CD-RW
CD/CD-R
CD-RW
CD/CD-R
CD-RW
CD/CD-R
CD-RW
Master Tempo (+- 6%) no no no no no no yes yes yes no yes
Master Tempo (+- 10%) no no no no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Master Tempo (+- 16%) no no no no yes only -16 yes yes yes no yes
Master Tempo (+- 24%) no no no no no no no no yes no no
Master Tempo (+- 100% or WIDE) no no no no no no no yes no yes no
Tempo Control Reset  no   no no no no no no yes no no
Pitch Bend Button no no no no no no no yes no no no
Real time cue/real time loop in/out no no yes yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes
Reloop no no yes yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes
Seemless loop n/a yes yes yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes
Long loop (10 minutes) no no yes yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes
Emergency Loop no   no no no no no yes no no no
Auto Beat Loop no   no no no no no no no yes no
One Track Loop no   no no no no no no no no yes
Short loop (1/74 of a second) no yes yes yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes
Out point loop adjustment no no no yes yes no yes yes yes yes yes
In point loop adjustment  no no no no no no no yes yes no no
Quick Return no   no no no no no no no yes no
Back Cue yes   yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Cue Point Sampler yes   yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Auto/manual cue yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
BPM Counter no   no no no no yes yes yes yes yes
Cue Point Correction / Pitch bend yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Large jog dial yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Improved jog dial response like vinyl no no no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
CD loading design top top top top top slot slot slot slot slot slot
Quick Start yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Playing address yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Tempo (pitch) control yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Quick auto cue on off yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Skip back key goes to prior track yes no no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Cue point sampler 10 seconds 3 seconds 10 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes 10 minutes
Fader start play activated yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes
Rackable tray no no no no yes no yes yes no no no
On Board Effects no no no no no yes yes* no no no no
Isolator (Low, Mid, High) no   no no no no no no no no yes
Legato Link no   no no no no yes no no no no
Auto Mix Play   no   no no no no yes no no no no
Scratch Play no   no no no no no yes yes yes yes
Multi Read no   no no no no yes yes yes yes yes
Multi read MP3  no   no no no no no no no no yes
On Jog Display  no   no no no no no no yes yes yes
Cd Text no   no no no no no yes yes ? yes
Wave Display no   no no no no no yes yes no yes
MMC Card no   no no no no no no yes no no
Internal Cue Point Memory no   no no no no no yes yes yes no
Bpm Synchro Mixing no   no no no no yes yes no no yes
SD Card Mixing no   no no no no no no no no yes
Reverse Play no   no no no no no no yes yes no
Hot Cues no   no no no no no yes yes no no
Digital RCA output no no no no no yes yes yes yes yes yes
Super Fast Track and Time Search
(1 min.per sec)
no no no no no yes yes yes yes yes yes
Karaoke CD+graphics output no yes no no no no no no no no no
 * = There are effects available on the CMX-5000 however only during transitions while using the Automix Mode