Thanks to everyone for the replies, I'm sorry if I've had a somewhat cantankerous / obnoxious tone. Please realise, this *isn't* another "Vinyl vs CD / Laptop vs CD / Laptop vs Vinyl." thread. A wise man once wrote: All of it have advantages and disadvantages. Go for what you find suits yo...

::BLM:: wrote:but im saying i could do that myself. all you would have to do is put in the comments section or in the title that its for sale and a paypal address. then just get people to message you once they have paid and you send them a link to the track.

Like, a link that would expire after one download?

i think cd's are a useless format in these days, i'd rather would go for USB stick. imho it's just the exact same digital data, on a different package, so why not use one you don't need to eject and holds thousands of songs instead of tens. also, the weight issue...jeez, the most laughable excuse i...

the innovation is, well, i predict, that you would spend about 700 on an mp3-J and 1000 on the cd-j with the eeeeeeeexact same functionality. (except the cd playing utility of course) its maybe that pioneer thinks that DJing in some years will be, what hawtin does now. so no need for a device like ...

the same with this idea here, were is the real inovation in a USB Only player? you have to carry only 10 g insteal of 500 g CD Case? you save 3 minutes of your life with copying files over to a USB Stick rather than burning a CD? its all just to sell more devices to a market who already has everyth...

i think you are mistaken, its the opposite nobody wants USB only Player... When mp3 players came out, shops stopped selling CD walkmen. Why is that? And then what makes DJ equipment so different? People want the nice Pioneer build quality, jog wheel, buttons, and club familiarity, NOT the CD playin...

Anyone who can play with CDs, can more easily play with USB sticks. (pretty much, surely) There have been USB players for about 5 years yet Pioneer keep making you pay for top quality CD playing utilities just so you can play from your USB. If this isn't some shady business tactic, then what? They c...

"Hey corporation, I don't care how much you spent developing this software, filming this move, recording this album, I think it is worth zero dollars and I'm sharing it with the world for that price and putting ads on my site. Now stay out of my life." ps. Personally I think that there sho...