Denon products aren’t the most popular, and they won’t likely outsell Pioneer or Native Instruments in any department, be it controllers or CD players. They do have something that no other company can offer, and it keeps them relevant in a world where technology moves too fast to understand. Their spinning deck technology has been around for a very long time, long before Numark had the CDX around and long before Pioneer became the top CD deck seller. See, CDJs are nice machines and they work well with anyone familiar with a CD players, but they don’t have the versatility that a turntable or scratch able controller has.
Turntables are too big of a commitment for many, and CD players simply don’t offer the real feel of a responsive deck either. Aside from that, Technics once tried to make a spinning platter CD player and failed miserably. The cost is …
