It wasn’t completely a first look. I had it for about a week and had messed with it on and off for a few days when I had time. I did my best to correct any misinformation stated within the video with text overlay on the video. This wasn’t a professional review by any means, but more of just a DJ rambling while screwing around with gear. I didn’t have time to record a second time with my schedule (I work 6 days a week), otherwise I probably would have gone through it a second time to do a smoother review that wouldn’t require the overlays. I’m not an experienced youtube reviewer. I’m just a regular gigging DJ and that’s where my perspective comes from. I actually had the RX2 for less time than I had the Prime 4, it’s just the layout is very familiar for anyone using CDJ2000s, which is likely where my bias plays a part. However, it something to take into account if you are someone that regularly gigs with Pioneer gear. There is going to be a learning curve, and there are going to be somethings that don’t work right off the bat when switching systems. As someone that wanted to go back and forth between these two systems, it’s a bit more of a challenge.
Also, just a little more background… I never intended to pick up the XDJ RX2… I actually got it because I had initially intended to use the Prime 4 for a mobile gig, and between the time I got it and the time I had to do the the gig, I couldn’t get it running well enough for me to trust myself to give a proper performance. I had 2 gigs the same day, and I was hoping to use the Denon for the day gig, and my NXS2 system in the evening. But then the engine prime software caused an issue with my usbs making it unreadable in my pioneer system, I wasn’t able to view my playlists properly, the track analysis looked off for many tracks, and the hot cues/metadata I wanted to use wasn’t showing up. So I actually ran over to a guitar center the morning of my gig, picked up the RX2 while my computer formatted and rewrote my library to the USBs.
As for the audio issue being related to the plastic film. It definitely was not. I had the song in loop and it was showing the song spinning on the display, so audio should have never cut out. Like I did mention in my pros/cons above though, it wasn’t a realistic situation which is why I wrote up the pros/cons afterward and included them in the subnotes of the video. I should have just edited that part out though since it came off more negative than I really felt overall, which was generally pretty positive. I actually did have a real hard time making up my mind which system would have been better for me. Ultimately it came down to what do I already do for library management and issues with USBs getting messed up by the Denon system. For someone that plans to flip back and forth between systems regularly, I saw this as a potential problem, however another DJ brought up, I should just maintain two sets of usbs for each system. Frankly that’s too much work for me on top of what I already have going on in life, so I decided to pass and go the easier route. (Also, Denon really needs to and a tension adjustment for the jog wheels, they are looser than a…)