Pioneer Launches the DDJ-SZ Prior to NAMM 2014

Pioneer has recently announced its new controller for the DJ industry. It's become pretty clear that the DDJ-SX was a step in the right direction for Pioneer. With that in mind, the DDJ-SZ has become the new face of the DDJ series, and the looks of it won't disappoint.

Built with Serato DJ in mind, the DDJ-SZ is about 35% larger than the DDJ-SX, and the mixing unit of the controller represents that of the world-famous DJM-900. The platters are substantially larger, meeting the size that you'd normally find on your CDJ-900 or CDJ-2000.

Additionally, the DDJ-SZ comes complete with two soundcards, allowing the club DJs to bypass the nuisance of having to switch out computers while playing their favorite 4 minute megamix.

The price on this controller has been set to a pretty elevated mark at $2,399. Expected to be released in March of 2014, we're definitely not going to say that this isn't worth it...after all, Pioneer gear rules. Does the price tag line up with the benefits that the SZ has over the DDJ-SX? So far, we don't see why not, but we'll be getting a look at this first-hand soon enough.