I think we need an NSC gadget World Cup

[Simster]

Is this starting tomorrow? Will the opening ceremony include a parade of entrants and will the official theme be played on this?

No, it will be played on one of these:

A Casio VL-1, the gadget of its day and a "must have" for any aspiring musical talent in the '80s.

 

[Marc]

oh my GOD I had one of those Casio

 

[Heffle Gull]

Is this starting tomorrow? Will the opening ceremony include a parade of entrants and will the official theme be played on this?

I think we need a masters series so all those gadgets from years gone by don't feel left out!!!

 

[Theatre of Trees]

I think we need a masters series so all those gadgets from years gone by don't feel left out!!!

Too right perhaps we could include gadgets from the 70s and 80s.

 

[Theatre of Trees]

No, it will be played on one of these:

A Casio VL-1, the gadget of its day and a "must have" for any aspiring musical talent in the '80s.

I think I've still got mine somewhere.

 

[tinx]

I've still got mine, remember how annoying the pre-recorded tunes was.

 

[Marc]

I've still got mine, remember how annoying the pre-recorded tunes was.

Greensleeves was one of them was'nt it? thats the image I get from the thing, mine might be in the loft, might hunt it out for old times sake and upload the pictures fro all to view later on

 

[Lammy]

I can't believe I'm too late to enter this little doozy!

 

[Easy 10]

Can I just say WELL DONE SIMSTER.
This is building up to be the NSC event of the YEAR.

I am almost beside myself with excitement for my Husky Soccerkule to see how it fairs in the group. I think it should comfortably see off the Nintendo Robot. Group favourite is probably the world reknowned brand that is the George Foreman Fat Reducing Grilling Machine, so I think the Husky Soccerkule will be battling it out for 2nd spot with the Bar Master.

When do we kick off ?

 

[Pevenseagull]

The Norpro Stainless Steel Vertical Poultry Roaster Barmy Army are feeling very confident about progressing into the knock out stage and then as the Greeks will tell you, it's anybody's

 

[Gazwag]

I think we need a masters series so all those gadgets from years gone by don't feel left out!!!

He's my entry for the masters series

 

[Theatre of Trees]

No masters series would be complete without this

 

[Titanic]

GROUP 6

Don't rely on your nose... or spotting the skid marks...

The ARSE/FACE towel can save so much distress and embarrassment.

http://www.gobaz.com/detprod.asp?ProdCode=3016

Vote ARSE/FACE - you know it makes sense!

 

[Pevenseagull]

Can I just say WELL DONE SIMSTER.
This is building up to be the NSC event of the YEAR.

I am almost beside myself with excitement for my Husky Soccerkule to see how it fairs in the group. I think it should comfortably see off the Nintendo Robot. Group favourite is probably the world reknowned brand that is the George Foreman Fat Reducing Grilling Machine, so I think the Husky Soccerkule will be battling it out for 2nd spot with the Bar Master.

When do we kick off ?

In a food and drink dominated group, the dark horse 'crap robot' might sneek through. However, I'm hoping that there are more boozers than healthy cooking enthusiasts on here and that my Barmaster will come out victorious, with the Husky Soccerkule seeing off big George and his glorified 'Breville'.

 

[tinx]

My second team in this competition is ROB the crap robot.

 

[Gazwag]

Good old Chapman's Mum's Fridge
Good old Chapman's Mum's Fridge
It does crushed ice
Which is very nice
Of Chapman's Mum's fridge

It was the only one that went well with GOSBTS

 

[Hannibal smith]

How did I miss this beauty of a thread.

I'm throwing my ample weight behind the LAV/NAV. A must have.

 

[fatboy]

Numark CDN90

Wouldn't you love to have a CD player designed just for you? It would have all the features you love about your current player but each one would be slightly better and of course, there would be more features. That's exactly how it felt when I first laid eyes on the CDN-90, Numark's latest flagship dual CD player. Although their previous flagship, the CDN-88, has given me reliable service since its introduction, I still found numerous suggestions to pass on to Numark. They've taken those suggestions (and a few more) and put them into the CDN-90.

The CDN-90 offers all the features one expects in a flagship CD player, real-time scratching, key lock, built-in beat keeper, cool digital signal processing (DSP) effects, synchronized start between players, multiple loops and unique styling. Of course, the CDN-88 offered these too, but with less panache. The CDN-90 offers more effects, greater control of the effects and the ability to layer up to four effects on top of each other.

Other features include digital output and a MIDI interface. You can also save up to 3000 cue points (limited to three per disc). The best part is that they added all this extra capability and actually made the interface simpler to use than its predecessor. That's no small feat.

Look and feel
Whereas my CDN-88 is flashy like an Italian sports car with its bright red finish and colorful LEDs, the CDN-90 displays the muted Teutonic efficiency of a fine German sedan. The matt-black surface features neatly arranged, low-profile buttons and soft green and blue lighting. It projects a strictly business appearance.

Low-profile plastic buttons on the CDN-90 replace the high-profile rubber buttons found on its predecessor and on most competitors. The buttons have a tactile coating that felt good and worked well for me. Time will tell if Numark will win converts from the diehard fans of oversized rubber buttons. My only problem with the controls was the shiny knob of the pitch slider that felt cheap for a flagship product.

Numark wisely gave each effect its own clearly labeled back-lit button. There is never any confusion as to which effect is active even when you have four of them layered on top of each other. A dial knob was employed for track selection. Each click advances the knob by one track and pressing the knob advances by ten. I found that unnecessary however. The knob was plenty fast and I frequently scrolled right past the desired track.

A large blue LCD display keeps you well informed of the player status and settings. I was particularly pleased with the feedback it gives while adjusting the effects. On the downside, the display exhibited excessive glare at low observation angles under both fluorescent and natural light conditions. This is something DJs will need to consider when choosing which space to fill in their rack.

Performance
We have come to expect excellent sound from all CD players these days. And this player is no different. The scratching sounds natural, the effects sound good, even when layered on top of each other, and the key and pitch controls work flawlessly. What really separates this player from others is the control it gives you with each effect. This player lets you customize it to your own tastes.

Four scratch modes control how the player reacts when you use the light touch jog wheel. My personal preference was the third mode that scratches from the buffer memory and releases at the point where the player would have been had you not scratched. It is essentially a bleep function. Other modes will stop or continue play when the dial is released and the last mode will scratch from a preset cue point.

Turntablists will enjoy the fully adjustable speeds for platter start and stop. You can even adjust these times while the track is playing, just like on a turntable. The echo effect provides pre- and post echo control. The control is conveniently given in fractions and multiples of the beat rather than in absolute time. The pre-echo nicely imitated the effect of poorly grooved single. Unfortunately, there is no control of the wet/dry mix of the echo (or any other effect).

The CDN-90 offers DJs the unique ability to customize the fader start feature. You can control whether it acts as a cue or a pause button and you can determine what kind of control signal it acts upon. This offers some intriguing possibilities. For instance, one could wire a simple remote switch to control the CD players. Single-ops can now play musical chairs from the dance floor instead of from behind the console.

Every DJ wants a unit that loads quickly. The CDN-90 load speeds are acceptable but not remarkable. Track-to-track search speeds, however, produced an unacceptable pause between random tracks. Who knows, maybe this is something that can be fixed with a downloadable firmware upgrade.

Downloadable upgrades are a great feature found in many new CD players. DJs can add features and fix bugs without sending their units back to the factory. Unfortunately, software upgrades can't fix all problems. And while this player sings beautifully while it is playing it also produces a noticeable hum when it's idle. I suspect the source is the internal signal processor producing digital noise. I recently debugged a similar hum coming from another manufacturer's flagship CD player. I was able to eliminate that hum by simply placing inexpensive ferrite chokes around the cables between the control and transport sections. Unfortunately, I didn't have an opportunity to try this with the CDN-90. I have informed Numark about the problem but don't know if this is a systemic or a single unit problem.

Summary
The CDN-90 is capable player with a feature set befitting of its flagship position in the Numark product line. There isn't space to describe all its nuance and capability here. I can only say that I was still building my appreciation when I had to return the player. The flaws discussed earlier don't seem so serious that Numark can't offer fixes for them. They may also not be of concern to all DJs. That brings us to the bottom line. The attractive feature set and competitive pricing of this unit will allow many DJs to expand their skills and upgrade their performances.

 

[tinx]

How did I miss this beauty of a thread.

I'm throwing my ample weight behind the LAV/NAV. A must have.

Well said that man. LAVNAV is the way forward.

 

[Pevenseagull]

"
WE ROAST CHICKEN and WE ROAST CHICKEN
WE ROAST CHICKEN and WE ROAST CHICKEN
WE ROAST CHICKEN and WE ROAST CHICKEN
We are the Norpro Stainless Steel Vertical Poultry, Roasters

WE ROAST CHICKEN
WE ROAST CHICKEN"