Sonic Walker

The Numark iDJ is a 2-channel mixer that enables mobile DJs and iPod enthusiasts to seamlessly integrate their portable music libraries with other music and sound reinforcement systems—transforming the iPod from a personal music player into a source playback device.

A press release revealed today, that the suggested retail price will be $399. The Numark iDJ will be available Q3 of 2005.

What we are missing on the iDJ is at least a pitch control. Without this, it seems to be not more than a nice and expensive gadget (you still have to buy 2 iPods as well), which is otherwise useless for DJing. Today, Numark also announced the CDMIX3 DJ Station, probably more interesting for DJing.

On endgadget pod left a good comment:

The price point alone makes me think ‘gimmick’. Your average DJ mixer worth buying costs a minimum of $600. If I was a club owner, and a DJ showed up with this, I’d have security slap him around a few times, get my money back, and then book a real DJ, one who can work a real club mixer and real DJing tools like a pair of 1200s, a pair of CDJ-1000s, or a laptop loaded up with Ableton.