[DJ Iron Mike]

I am presently using the Numark equipment and I like the equipment. My first CD player was the CDN 34S which was defective out of the box. There was distinct difference between the 34 and the 34 S models in that one has a digital output and one does not. The cosmetics look just about the same but the internal circuitry is different so that it could accomodate the digital interfaces. I had to send my 34S back to Rhode Island 3 times in order to have it fixed. What was happening is that the cicuitry would heat up and cause the programming in there to get saucy on you. (it wasn't vented well, but did my share of venting it well to Numark) There were about a thousand of these models made that had an overheating problem. Finally, I had received one that didn't overheat on me. Numark discontinued this model and replaced it with the 36. I finally have a 34S that doesn't overheat and and I also bought the 88 and haven't had a complaint about them since. As for the 34S, Numark has a warehouse full of them and they can't really do anything with them. They do not really know how many were having the heat problem. The 34 model did not have the digital outputs so it was known to have run cooler than the 34S that replaced it.