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The CDT 05 is awesome!I purchased 2 decks and im loving them! the cd mode is clean and the creative possibilities are ample,switch it to mix mode and you’ll be scratchin on top of the cd with a vinyl on one deck.It’s a no go for battling because the cd is attatched to the bottom of the deck,but if your willing to change up your workshop go for it.If your a dj with some spending money get it!if you want a new addition to your table collection,get it!
By totonz on 2007 03 30
I Just opened up 2 CDT-05’s, shipped only 9 weeks late of promise (from the dealer) and the table on one of the units just will not spin. It’s as if someone on the assembly line forgot to plug something.
Gemini includes no right-angled plugs - power or audio - but should be an industry standard, this caused me to cut back the foam AND go to Radio Shack for yet more electronic parts & adaptors that should always be thought through and included. The audio cables that are included are 1.5’ in length, not reaching any mixer (assuming non-battle here) input for the right-hand unit!
The Vinyl controller locking disc (the label-sized fastener disc) is now PLASTIC, and not metal as I had previously seen from early NAMM 07 show pics. The body is a charcoal gray, and is indeed plastic, not metal - what a surprise - but thick and sturdy. The tonearm counter weight is strange, hanging back out almost completely off of the tonearm for an Ortofon? Whoa! Also, zero instructions on what gets attached first: The control vinyl? The slipmat? The other mat? The control disc that locks the vinyl (?) down is pretty easy to figure, but at least pictures if not SOME narrative, please Gemini. I guessed with success.
No one makes a foam-lined case big enough for these CDT-05’s for battle, but, they should start. This really doesn’t matter as almost all the new Numarks and Gemini TT’s are at least 17+3/4” wide, and with only 17” of clearance after adding the typical 1” foam on all sides of the TT compartments in Odysseys largest (widest point, depth being the aforementioned battle style problem)...get it?
The other case design consideration? The front-RIGHT slot loading CD hole makes for an interesting re-design of the popularly asked for - but rarely built - drop-down sectioning of the front lip of a DJ coffin (this would be ideal, of course). The CDT-05 came out in March 07, so one would think that a case manufacturer could have built a case with such in mind by August! Nope.
CDT-05? Gemini? Good idea, but Gemini is not improving their rep sending out TTs that have not ALL been at least plugged in and run to see if the basics work. They are also not improving their rep by insisting - after 20 years+ in the business - that all repair work be done in NJ. Ridiculously, there website touts a good thing of not allowing any authorized warranty repair stations.
Odyssey? Can you say “Retrofit”, that’s what I am doing - cutting out foam pockets and getting the saws-all out of its new box to cut me some drop-down flaps for easy slot access! Of course, I will also have to re-rabit the locking handle holes of the almost-flight case.
But, since I can’t use but one unit, I can’t really tell if I can scratch nor cut until the failed 2nd unit is back on line.
By clcradiogm on 2007 08 26
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