Denon SC5000 - One Year Later...

Here we will go through the Denon SC5000's a year after purchase. I'll talk about the good and the bad!

[@davidfranks1406]

First time viewer. Like your style. I’ve just bought two SC5000M’s used and love them. Been looking at getting the X1800 used. Glad you explained some things that it will do. Looking forward to more videos.

[@cjpeeton]

Nice review . I have them since almost 3 years . No problem at all . Really happy with them .

[@djplayerproductions]

Good Tutorial on how to use the units. Good reference for a quick guide. Well Done. Yes I have the whole setup. Thinking about getting the SC 6000M to and as a third one.

[@AluzionTV]

Just got my SC5000Ms and X1800 and I have to say I love them!! I also love how close to a real turntable they feel. Glad everything is going well with your gear!

[@livinglight9915]

still got my dns3700s but think ill be upgrading to 5000m soon!

[@cMaXeJIJIo]

First time viewer. Sure, I'll leave a comment: the backup battery feature really impressed me! No need to hack the chassis to solder wires for a 12-volt battery. Beauty!

[@DEBOASSE]

This video is saving us tons of cash. I'm not the only who think some of the stuff you showed is only available on the new 6000 series .

[@irregularbass]

Thanks for being so honest. I appreciated that

[@giuseppepennisi8699]

Even recordbox analysing gets it wrong every now and then. It’s normal for that to happen. Thanks for taking the time to do this review as I’m considering to get a pair of sc6000. Can see you’ve put your gear through the paces and everything is working perfectly still. Denon is becoming a life saver when it comes to cost savings compared with pioneer and you actually get way more bank for your buck comparing the cdj3000 and Sc6000. There’s only one hick up I have with the denon and maybe I’m just being really petty and I could most probably get used to it, that is the green lighting theme denon uses on their equipment.

[@KINGVENAROMA]

This is great. Well done! I'll be definitely getting mine soon. I use to have the Denon Prime 4 looking to move over to cdjs! Watching this really made up my mind on what cdjs to get! Subbed!

[@Code_mov]

Thanks! I love them, still using them another year later. Great units.

[@doc289]

hello, venaroma, could you update , if you made the update, and it was worth it?

[@Thomas_Swift]

Great video. I have the Denon Prime Go, Prime 2 and a pair of SC5000M's . I did have the AWESOME PRIME 4, had some technical issues with that unit, returned it. I have another set of the SC5000M's. I will say this coming from the Pioneer CDJ industry standard mentallity. That the Denon SC series are a very solid purchase, so many different things you can do with these units first off the WIFI streaming a lifesaver for tunes you may not have in the "crates", next the fact yoy can utitilize a portable thumb drive or hard drive full of music, next the network connection where you can daisy chain the units and have communication among the units. The screen, it is touchscreen with the needle drag to get to certain spots in the track. Those buttons on the front, my God you can have your cue points, loop points in the track. And the fact you trigger you loops to give them that drum effect. And the IEC power, no worries in trying to replace the cord and wait 2 to 3 weeks, Walmart, Amazon, heck even Home Depot and Lowes have IEC power cords. Whether you get the SC5000M SC5000 OR THE SC6000M SC6000 you cannot go wrong, plus Denon keeps their ear close to the owners of their products. They do not snub you because you aren't the top Club DJ. JUST TAKE CARE OF THESE UNITS AND JUST CREATE MEMORABLE MIXES AND MOMENTS. IT IS ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC.

[@dsanders1806]

Best review ever straight to the point. Can you do one on the software and transferring songs 🎵

[@RyanUybengkee]

nice one year review bro. you earned a sub. i love my 5000s and x1800 and i dont feel the need to upgrade to the sc6000.. maybe the sc7000...3 years after. hahaha... but yes. i agree with you in all aspects of your video. good job!

[@orang-utanklaus8998]

my players play like the first day ✅ great contribution ✌️ continued success 😇👍

[@giadinhthovacarotomy]

Thanks for your video . I ordered 1 set today, they have a really good deal . $2100 no tax , all brand new , i upgraded cdjs 900s / djm 600

[@doc289]

hello, where did you find that deal?

[@bradproctor6499]

Super jelly

[@giadinhthovacarotomy]

@@doc289 ebay

[@ericburgos]

I'm okay with the SC6000 players, they mostly updated the look of them, but I don't mind the look of the SC5000. If pressed, I'd say i actually like the look of the 5000s, they let you know STRAIGHT AWAY you're dealing with a different (and more capable) animal. They mixer is a weird one, imo, but I'm a huge Allen + Heath stan. Glad to see this video, I've only just started, but I absolutely love my SC5000s!

[@kelvinhicks6912]

Spot on with the players. I had mine for about a year too. My only gripe is the link. The player that is linked ( without the usb plugged in) sometimes takes a minute to update the playlist. Can be annoying sometimes, but not a big problem. Other than that, zero complaints.

[@andresgarza7972]

I have had my eyes on denon gear for a couple years now and I just recently found a seller that I'm meeting up with in the next week to purchase the exact same setup you have and I am very excited to get my hands on these! My friend has the prime 4 that I enjoyed the experience with so we will definitely be trying out a 4 deck layout with both our gear combined. I'm curious to experiment with the sc5000 players integrated with the prime 4 as compared to running 2decks with the layer feature on the x1800 mixer.

[@EdRodMusicEnt]

I have mine for over 1 year now and I love them. I have played on Pioneer Nexus in clubs and the platter always goes on those things. These Denon SC5000 are built well and they feel rugged. Thanks for the video update.

[@alexzanderking1556]

good review man, one question in the prepare crate can you save that list of songs and make a play list out of it?

[@benjaminwarner2667]

Thanks a lot man.

[@therealdjblack29]

This video was very informative. I will lock this in and return to it when I need a review. You have earned my sub. However I do have a question concerning Tempo adjustment. Is it possible to adjust the tempo within the player? Just to fix a few songs that are off. I know it's possible in the EnginePrime software. If not is it possible on the SC6000? I only have one SC5000 for now. I'm one of those guys you mentioned that just keeps in the house. LOL But I just purchased another one. A little tired of using the "Dual" Layer function so now I'm ready to start using this thing like a real DJ. U DA MAN! PEACE OUT!

[@MobilediscowirralCoUk]

Do they have better dac chips inside for clean better output into the mixer? Noticed the midi controllers just have got the punch output wise. Seems to sound better when loaded from usb drive then software! Great video by the way

[@amorales66]

My SC5000 beat keeper counter is not always on! Do you know how to keep that on at all times?

[@lihatjalanan1979]

Hey Man, im new and just strated ... can you give me advise.. why you choose Denon and not Pioneer ? in my country here..everyone using Pioneer and I don't understand why haha ..

[@joedinkelacker7998]

Hats off and thank you for all your advice and experiences that I can relate to but I feel ya when the bride requests a song u play it no matter the transition or bpms 😂

[@Code_mov]

Yeah, sadly with wedding djing (in my part of the country), it’s not as much about the djing and transitions as much as song selection. That’s not to say I don’t mix and match, but it’s not as much about that around here.

[@andinbriwel1092]

Great review! Thanks! Im looking to upgrade my system, and This is the setup at the top of my list right now. Does engine software read the data from mixed In key?

[@chadbrochill1764]

No, it’s proprietary

[@bamboocha8642]

Mega 🤘😇 thx

[@BRAVE_dj]

is there anyway to load the same song at the same spot juste like we can do with traktor and serato to swap from one deck to another?

[@TITOANDJOHNNYEDITS]

hi everyone just a quick question here , I have a DDJ-1000 Pioneer but I've been wanting to move up to either Denon SC5000'S/ or Pioneer 900NXS and now the the Denon SC6000's are gonna be available soon ... man I don't know what's the best move, what do you guys think I should go for ? I'm done with house parties weddings etc I don DJ anymore its just my own enjoyment at home a hobby I guess you can say but still want the best stuff you know...

[@BOBBYdigital31]

What case is that? I'm about to pick up some sc6000's and an x1850 and am trying to find a decent case. I see it's a proX but what is the model number?

[@jesustirado743]

Do you think it’s worth now getting the sc500m and do they work with Serato dj

[@lifetakesflight]

Thanks! I would like to see the preview include the waveform to see the track you are previewing

[@DJFawnz]

Great video sir! Just picked up the same system myself but I have to ask, what kind of flight do you have? I can’t seem to find one that fits the massive mixer lol. Thanks in advance!

[@Code_mov]

I have an Odyssey FZ12CDJWBL. Its rather heavy, but everything fits . The mixer section up top is a bit tight, but its workable.

[@elijahkorneffel2960]

@Code what's the power distribution you use?

[@SpecJDJ]

Nice video, helpfull. I am vinyl DJ but i think about players to extend my mixes because many new track not available on vinyl. Pioneer is a standard in clubs but i think i get Denon.

[@35ozgur]

For home user I don't know if pioneer has benefits =)

[@robgoodburn6178]

I am in the same scenario. Vinyl dj needed to add something to get digital only releases. What did you settle on?

[@FunctionGermany]

dope case

[@djace5191]

Why did you choose to not upgrade to the latest software version

[@tribeoflife1046]

Alot of these complaints come from those that never grew up with vinyl cheers for the vid, please follow too, have been deliberating between the 5000m5000m or prime 4 but think prefer singular players, more power to each rather than spread over while unit of 2 decks and mixer, what do u think? 🙂

[@qr9180]

I got the sc5000's since Christmas. Great gear but I am the only one to have some freezes??

[@itsamedjmario]

Ive always been curious how Djaying a wedding without a laptop.. especailly for looking up requests for guests.. also curious to see why you chose media players, over a controller for mobile gigs.. ?

[@Code_mov]

I will do a video on this soon! Honestly, with as advanced as these denons are, it’s really no different, the search is powerful, and just as easy as a laptip

[@ben6737]

Hi thank for the video! Is it possible to make a playlist from tidal or make a combined playlist using tidal and your hard drive??

[@Code_mov]

As of right now I don’t know a way to make a combined list, it requires that you “switch sources” over to tidal, and your lists are per-source. Hopefully that is something they fix soon!

[@tsunshine]

Can I Uninstall engine prime and stock use my sc5000 prime?

[@djalgrythm]

I updated to the new firmwares and my shit is all type of fuck up now... how do I go back to the one it came with? or the one that works the best? I know you said there was a reason why you didnt update, what is that reason? Ever since I updated, it has become slower, it freezes, the playlist dissapears, and the song stops playing out of now where.

[@Odyseuss08]

basically i know all feature and im just intersted in your personal resume of plus and minus after 1 year and not to watch a 30 min tutorial. So at which time i should start watching?

[@DMulabiTalejan]

Very good point on BPMs. Surely, any DJ worth the name DJ should be able to manually sync a few songs that are misread. Also, you can just listen to a song and guess its BPM range. But perhaps this is only obvious to some of us who learn our craft on twin CD players where you had to have an idea of BPM ranges of pretty much your whole library in the head. There are songs from the 1980's which have irregular BPM. Some people who have hard time with these.

[@P4boot]

Good point, but for costing that much, it shouldn't be missing the correct bpm for songs recorded on a grid. And it should have elastic beat grid editing option, not just shifting the grid horizontally.

[@hvxcolors396]

Do you see a big advantage of having this setup compared to a prime 4? Your setup looks impressive. I'm considering the sc6000M but it reminds me of lugging around a pair of 1200s. I needed a van to transport my kit back then. Also I would miss seeing waveforms running in parallel, which makes beatmatching so easy. There must be a reason to have separate players.

[@cduemig1]

A year old but why not. I don’t see the advantage over the prime 4. The platters are a bit looser but work well. The effects are great on the 4. The only advantage I can think of is the X1800 has filter and sweep fx where the Prime 4 has a combo. The only reason I bought the SC5000’s I do got the M’s.

[@tribeoflife1046]

Also you may find the difference being each player has more power individually rather than one unit with power spread across 1mixer and 2 decks in one unit

[@sheenodj]

Great video. If you’re on a slow WiFi connection, can you download and analyse a tidal track on layer B on a deck while you still play off the usb on layer A? Thanks!

[@Code_mov]

Yes! I’ve done that a few times now.

[@sheenodj]

Code Thanks for responding, that’s definitely a cool feature!

[@ilCosta]

how much weight is the Denon SC5000 full set when you move it around? have you considered getting something more smaller and lighter? (ddj-800?)

[@Code_mov]

I mean, that whole coffin with the denons is stupid heavy, but it has wheels, and I really like all the features for things like weddings.

[@JayDeeMarvelMusic]

I have the same set up but I have them in their own cases, super easy to carry with 3 little cases rather than a big coffin

[@djstiltz3117]

So, I use tidal now instead of Spotify premium. Also it allows me to have playlist of Kid friendly request to trending pop songs in case of request I dont have

[@RadINation]

Will the SC6000 work with the X1800. I thought only the 6000 had WiFi capability.

[@Code_mov]

Yes, all of the prime series units are compatible with eachother. And both the 5000’s and 6000’s have WiFi capability. The only difference between the 5000 and 6000’s are the screen size, and platter size, the hardware and software are the same.

[@michaelgarcia3274]

This guy love to talk

[@kennethsnellinx]

would you recommend to buy sc5000 and x1800 in 2020? Or should you buy the sc6000 and x1850?

[@Code_mov]

Depends on your preference, honestly if you are buying new, the 6000’s may not be a bad deal. But the 5000’s are still amazing.

[@kennethsnellinx]

Code I want to change to denon from pioneer, im used to NX2 but the sc5000 has the same functionality, the sc6000 looks really overkill compared to pioneer cds2000nxs

[@qr9180]

Save money and buy the 5000's. 6000's are just bigger.

[@mikedubz5576]

Hey i found 2 of these players New in the box and guaranty for the same price of 1 New sc6000. You think its worth getting one sc6000 or the sc5000 for the same price is Just as good!?

[@officialyourdad2342]

The improvements are marginal in most aspects. Screen size being the biggest improvement. I own pairs of both and the Prime 4. Best bang for the buck and functionality beast the P4 wins for me

[@mikedubz5576]

@@officialyourdad2342 i Just bought 2 sc5000 New and 2 gator cdmx 12 bags for them for 2400 tax in. Im stoked.

[@officialyourdad2342]

Insane. Two players, essentially 4 decks with more functionality and the same price as a single Pioneer CDJ

[@miamichi5]

@@mikedubz5576 dude AMS has the sc5000M for $799 each. I bought a pair. Denon mixer way to expensive. All these new equipment way to expensive. Denons best product was the sc3900 table top player. Vinyl platter smooth as butter. Enjoy your denons. 👍

[@CoroaEntertainment]

20:59 $10/month is kinda pricey? I guess that depends on how you look at it.Example, I could tell you about the "olden days" when us old school DJ's had to buy vinyl at the local record shop. Domestic 12" singles were usually around $5.99 each, and 12" UK imports started at $9.99 and went up from there. lol Anyway, if you're running a business (and you're actually paying tax on the income you make from doing gigs), you can write off some (or all) of the cost for that subscription service as a business expense.

[@ritchieorr3195]

Hi ya I am a mobile DJ doing wedding , party’s & festival I am in the making up my mind stage right now weather to get the denon Dj sc5000 or the Pioneer Dj cdj 2000nx2 I am a big Pioneer fan but the Denon’s look amazing is there anything you can tell me that would convince me to get the Denon’s over the Pioneer CDJ’s ? Thank you I think your videos are very knowledgeable and interesting to watch Dj RichieRich 👍

[@Code_mov]

So the biggest thing, is the versatility with the denons, you have zero room for branching out with the pioneer: these things will analyze music on the fly from raw folders, and have a MUCH better search and playlist features

[@ritchieorr3195]

Code thank you bud I am going to have a look at the denons soon I am just not keen on the mixer I like the pioneer djm 900nx2 with it FX better can the Denons work with the pioneer mixer ?

[@mark12810]

@@ritchieorr3195 yup I have my sc5000s mounted to a DJM 750 MK2, you will get a few extra features if you use a denon mixer with your sc5000s but tbh the few extra features are things I or many djs don't use anyway.

[@tom2b99]

@@mark12810 hi pal hope your well! What are the extra features you get? I'm looking at the sc6000 mixer but not sure about it.

[@TITOANDJOHNNYEDITS]

GUYS IM IN THE MARKET , WHAT TO BUY , THE 5000's OR THE 6000's , is it worth it to go all the way and get the 6000's or the 5000's would do fine ?

[@therealdjblack29]

IMO, I would probably go with the SC6000's. Just to the simple fact that you don't have the sc5000's. Anyone that has an SC5000, I would just wait for the SC7000 to come out because there is not much change in the SC5000 and SC6000's.

[@mrsleepyshow]

yo this video got 17,000 views with a horror movie background but great analysis. this is the clearest evidence that: you gotta just experiment making content and producing audio / video if you're a content creator and not overthink!!!

[@anonymousmc7727]

What he doesn’t do is finish basements

[@Code_mov]

One day!

[@Code_mov]

I finally painted that back wall LOL

[@anonymousmc7727]

@@Code_mov you da man

[@chadnliz2k11]

How damn big does a screen need to be for 1 waveform? The 6000's almost look cartoonish imo.

[@Code_mov]

I feel that the 5000’s screen is plenty big, easy to see, the text is easy to read, and I don’t have the best eyes. Not sure why they felt the need to make it so big on the 6000, just seems wasted space to me.

[@ImpactSpace]

@@Code_mov I couldn't agree more. I think the 6000s look worse (less balanced) than the 5000s, which have absolutely sufficiently sized displays. Good for me - they are getting cheaper on Ebay!

[@therealdjblack29]

@@ImpactSpace You got that right. I just bought one for $600 off of Ebay. They can keep those SC6000's. I'll probably spend the cash for a 7000 model.

[@azazel21379]

I liked everything u said, I bought 1 of the new 6000ms, but I also still use 2 cdj nexus, and 1 1200 2 scratch. But u said the SYNC word. I can't stand that shit. That button is putting djs, who have been spinning there whole lives, are losing gigs, just cuz there friends who are promoters, gigs cuz they use that button. I've been Djing House Music sense I was like 13 years old. But sync button is a disgrace 2 Djs

[@mrsleepyshow]

this was a great review, but 0:42 don't talk about 'nam if you haven't been there. we left a lot of guys back at 'nam!!! also denon is pronounced DINNIN??? wtf i thought DEE-NONN. man i always wanted to go to namm. i think it's in california and expensive or something. maybe i should go.

[@gracefullygraceful9776]

I think you are spot not upgrading the SC5000. Not sure why you are still on firmware 1.40

[@Code_mov]

It’s because 1.4.1 only has a small bug fix, and I have heard of issues with tidal on the newest. Nothing concrete issue wise, but unless I have a solid reason to update, there’s no reason on taking a risk before a gig.

[@darouge]

You don’t have time to DJ? I can’t imagine what you did before sinc... I can’t believe I’m hearing this 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ericy5670]

It sounds like he can beatmatch if he needs to but since he's a wedding DJ there's a lot going on besides the music, so sync is an appropriate shortcut

[@djrednitro4116]

Dj that come to weddings are not real djs, they just play tracks on decks. Just play them on iPhone and save DJ's fee

[@Code_mov]

Sure lol