Pioneer S-DJ05

Pioneer S-DJ05 Review

Have you noticed how many people call themselves DJs these days? Chances are, you either know someone who is a DJ, or know someone who has a DJ friend. Perhaps this is because the digital age has morphed the face of DJ equipment. Or maybe it’s because DJ Hero has exposed the art form to a massively wide demographic, sucking in would-be disc-spinners aged 8 to 80 (yeah, probably not). Whatever the case, it sure seems like there’s a long line of people itching to jump on the DJ bandwagon.It comes as no big surprise to us, then, that Pioneer is positioning its new active reference speakers as DJ speakers. Considering the exploding DJ scene, why not? Brand it as you will, the S-DJ05 and S-DJ08 are active monitors and, as such, have applications in all sorts of professional audio scenarios such as project studios, recording studio start-ups and, of course, any instance where a DJ wants to hear superior reproduction of their mixes.Pioneer is no stranger to DJ gear. The company has a huge selection of mixers, digital turntables, controllers, effects, headphones and accessories. Considering Pioneer’s position in the speaker and electronics fields, we’d say it has as much business building active monitors as, say, Yamaha or JBL.