Terry_42

I think both companies have good products. I would take the ones that are more appealing to you and serve your purpose better. They are slightly different in what they deliver, so I would buy on what features you like more.
Now in build and finish Yamaha has the slight edge, however day to day it wont make much difference as they are both in the very good segment.

Sorry for not being more of a help it is a close call.

There is no general rule.
For example one of the most used DJ headphones (Sennheiser HD-25) never were marketed as DJ headphones. Actually Sennheiser has a line of DJ headphones and the HD-25s are not in it.

When companies make DJ headphones usually they have a few key features:
– Coiled cables (os it does not get in the way)
– Good sound isolation
– most have some way of moving one can of one ear
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However I have seen good DJs use sports headphones, production headphones, in-ear monitoring headphones,…

On the other hand I see a lot of non-DJs run around with DJ headphones.

So the rule is: Whatever floats your boat and supports your workflow and mixing.

First class compliant or not issue:

With Macs this is usually done with the software (OS) since the hardware is always class compliant. (A USB port will always be USB and have full power etc. while in many consumer PC laptops you do get multiple USB ports, but only 1 or 2 will be class compliant… which is fun…)

However since their Core Services are very hardware dependent, they have to support all versions and protocols of chipsets. Some of those chipsets also support multiple versions (downward compatibility).

Now all of this sounds pretty cool, however (in case of that Denon player) in some cases a player or controller needs an older protocol (say USB 1.1). Now if the CoreAudio developers drop support for that protocol version (even though the hardware would support it) it will no longer be recognized. Usually in Apples case this is however only with very old hardware, they support protocols and formats usually for at least 8 years. So in some cases this might also be the manufacturers fault (well USB 1 is enough…) implementing an deprecated feature… so blame cannot be solely given to one party. Denon thankfully have caught up with this and all their current gear is state of the art.

Non compliance means in any case you need drivers. In Windows you will always need drivers 🙂
However Windows problems can be 2 fold: It can be the hardware: there are many chipsets especially in cheap and AMD devices that are only “sort of compliant”… so the hardware can cause a driver issue. On the other hand driver can get outdated and no longer supported.
Windows 10 has even nicer feature: Mega-Updates. Now Windows 10 compatible does not mean it runs on Windows 10. Those Mega-Updates can alter main components and hence cause drivers to stop working (the AMD grafix driver issue with the last monster update…).

However yes Windows OS major releases are further apart than MacOS (yearly) and hence general compatibility is easier to achieve once you have a driver.

Which is better? You decide 🙂

I am not going into NI and how they support stuff, I switched from Traktor to Serato 6 years ago and never looked back.

He said dearest to me 🙂

Yes and honestly my bookings have gone up since I play this way. I have more creative freedom on my controller and crowds seem to like it. I am at a point where I have to turn down bookings which is nice.

Yep I have been checked twice last 5 years and all they wanted is the invoices. So I showed them (I store them all in my cloud storage) and after they went through a few they were OK with it. (I think if the amount of invoices is satisfactory for them, they let you off the hook hehe).

Serato Flip and Pitch`n´time can be used with any controller if you have the pack installed.
However without dedicated buttons, flip is much harder to use (pitch´n´time is easy).
I strongly advise you take a deep look at the NS7/III if you really need the rotating platters. While it is nice, I have yet to master any scratch routine to actually need the moving platters. If you are comfy on the standard jogs of Denon controllers you can do pretty much anything scratch wise (look at out course). The MC7000 will easily fill all roles for you in my book, without the need to have 2 controllers.
It is much more important to be blindly aquired and familiar with your controller and it will most definately be more disturbing to have to use 2 controllers if you are just starting out.

Hey and welcome, have fun!

go to serato.com and look under midi mapping.