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help me choose my 1st turntables!!
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| dj alexi |
hi everyone,
if someone could help me out here i would be forever grateful. i am looking to buy a pack to start out on. i don't plan on djing professionallly, i just want to play around and have some fun. i know everyone says technics all the way, but i can't afford it and they would probally be too advanced for what i want to do. there is some on ebay that i think look pretty good and i have put the link below.
if someone could check it out and let me know if it is a good deal or not i would really appreciate it
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI...MEBWA%3AIT&rd=1
thanks a lot!!!!!! |
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| Vlad |
JohnSmith, can you please post you .txt in here, kthx.
People are search deficient. |
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| Vero |
ok, in the top right hand corner of your screen you will see a little button that says "Search". hint hint.
i know you are a new TA but this question gets posted like once a week, so just read over the old threads.
and about that e-bay link. its not a terrible deal, but its not really an awesome deal either. keep hunting! |
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| veezee |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vlad
JohnSmith, can you please post you .txt in here, kthx.
People are search deficient. |
Yes, this board also has a search feature.. since the "which tables should i buy" topic has been covered 1,000,000,000,000 times, i bet there is a answer floating somewhere :)
Jay |
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| Briden |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vlad
JohnSmith, can you please post you .txt in here, kthx.
People are search deficient. |
lol, sorry i don't have it anymore.
by the way, i changed usernames, i am the old JohnSmith (and the even older RavingLunatic) from a long time ago. |
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| rainbow_marble |
deez r hot 
in all honesty get technics SL1200's... MK2 or MK3 doesnt matter, 3's have a pitch reset button, thats the only difference. sl12's are great tables, i own a pair and love them |
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| Vlad |
Well, here it comes again, as long as people keep asking this question without searching, i'll keep on busting out my whytogettechs.txt file:
Here is the reason that you should get technics 1200SL decks:
one of two things is going to happen when you get your technics. Either:
a) you will love them, and decided that you are loving DJ and you never want to stop. In this case, you are in a great position. You have the same deck as almost every club in the world, and every DJ in the world. You will never need to upgrade your decks, and you know that they will last literally DECADES if you take care of them.
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b) you will decided DJing is not for you, and decide to sell your decks. In this case, you will probabally be able to sell them for about as much as you bought them for, and maybe even more. Just take a look on www.ebay.com and watch how many bidders are after a set of tech12s, and you will quickly realize how valuable these decks are.
So, there is is, get technics, it's win-win situation.
Then, there is another option. You can get cheaper, lower quality decks. in that case, the same two things can happen:
a) you love DJing, but are frustrated that your decks don't hold pitch, have no torque, skip like a schoolgirl, have as many breakdowns as a set of oakenfolds from '99, vibrate near any sound source, or whatever else. or even just that they don't feel the same as the decks at clubs and raves, so you learn on yours at home, then try to beatmatch on techs in front of a crowd and get tomatoes thrown at you. in anycase, you'll be wanting to sell these decks. problem being, nobody is going to want to buy them. if you can sell them, i can almost guarantee you won't get what you paid for them. most likely, they will collect dust in your attic or basement, or be sold for a pittance to some wannabe DJ who doesn't know any better.
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b) you hate DJing. In this case, you will want to sell your tables, and will encounter the same problems as in point a. It could even be that you hate DJing just cuz you had crappy tables. (don't give up till you try a pair of tech12s, for me that was the closer, i just loved the feeling)
so, crappy decks, it's a lose-lose situation.
now, there are a few more things to think of. everything that is not a tech12 is not neccesarily a crappy deck! there are others that have just as high torque, low wow and flutter, good insulation from vibration etc. these include the Numark TTX-1 (and NUMARK TT-200, the same motor and build, but without the fancy display), the stanton STR-100 and STR8-100, and higher end gemini and vestax models.
However, NONE of these tables can boast the reputation of techs for longtime durability, simply because they haven't been around that long. and most cost almost as much as technics anyway.
overall, in choosing a DJ deck, i think technics are your best bet. Numark TTX1 is a close second, but i won't be buying one for another 3 or more years, when i start hearing about their reliability. Stanton are pretty good too.
Above all don't even CONSIDER buying belt drive decks.
Briden... look what I found... |
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| dj alexi |
thanks heaps guys!
sorry, i should have looked around to see if someone had asked the same thing! thanks for taking the time to answer my question anyway, muchly appreciated!! it gives me a lot to think about (mostly about technics!)
thankx |
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