An eagle eyed Reddit user noticed that Alpha Theta (Pioneer DJ parent company) recently had a new "Stand Alone DJ Controller" tested wit the FCC is in the US. While there are not many details available, and this IS NOT an oifficial release or advise, is the XDJ-AZ the next 4 channel stand alone player from Pioneer DJ?
XDZ-AZ would also make sesnse from a namimg perspective with the current flagship 4 channel mixer being the A9, and the big daddy being the V-10. To us this does sound realistic.
08/08/24 Alpha Theta had a new All in one stand alone unit tested, and what the test document show us are some wireframe images, but we can make some guesses from the very little we have seen......
From the details contained in the filing we see that the XDJ-AZ will sport a single Ethernet port (reduced from the XDJ-XZ’s three), WiFi/Bluetooth certification, will work with external sources (Line and phono) and is slightly bigger and weightier than the XDJ-XZ it is rumoured to be replacing.
Rear panel wire diagram:
A look at the back panel opf the XDJ-AZ shows 2 mic inputs, inputs for Ch3 and 4 that we hope and expect will be line/phono switcheable, balanced booth output (traditionally 1/4 jacks on Pioneer DJ gear), Master 2 output (Typically RCA/Phono) and a master output (XLR). finally we see the link socket (Ethernet) and USB socket which will possibly be USB-C (Thoughts?).
Apart from the wireframe models we do not et or see a lot more detail about the new unit benig tested. Our own opinions is that the screen looks larger in the image above, so hopefuolly that CDJ-3000//XDJ-RX3 screen will make it into the unit. Other things we would like to see include STEMS control from the hardware, possibly rotating platters (Unlikely) and we rerllyhope 4 channel stand alone from a single USB - don't want much do we!
As a fully authorised Pioneer DJ Dealer DJBox will keep you updated of whatever it is that's coming and what we know and hear (When allowed) - Let us know what you think - Is there a new XDJ-AZ coming?