I learned to spin CD's on Numark CDN88s. I noticed that the smooth analog like cueing and pitch bending gave other CD djs alot of problems at first. But most of them liked it once they got used to it.

My 88's died at BM this year, so I just sprung for the rackmount denon d9000. They are rock solid cd units with alot of cool features, but I think the cuing and even more the jog wheel pitch bending is pitiful. The amount of pitch bend on the 88's was proportional to the speed at you turned the dial. If you suddenly stopped turning the dial, the pitch would return to nominal right away. The denons have this 1 second lag before they normalize. It's a fricking nightmare. The best example is if you spin the wheel real fast and then stop it suddenly. It takes more then a second before the pitch returns to normal. I dont understand how can be useful. I am seriously think about returning them.

I know the 9000 can accept software updates, but does anyone know if denon listens to its customers enough to care to make changes.

I think the numark feel of the jog wheel is far superior. I'll have another week and 1/2 to try to get used to it before I return them and exchange them for CDN95's