I think you'll find most weekend DJs don't even use a CD player now, instead using a PC/Mac laptop loaded up with all the tunes. Modern software automatically does the beat mixing between songs.
Gone are the days when big bro used to abuse me to be his roadie lugging boxes and boxes of 45s in and out of pubs, along with his big lighting units, huge valve amps, linear PSUs and army of speakers, from his van. Now its a laptop, and amp, a pair of speakers on stands, and a light projector unit, all in the back of a Focus.
.. and it was all going so well until..
Well done on the new job, Rolf. Thorens are one of the classic names in Hi-Fi and it will be interesting to watch what comes next.