Techs. Save up if you don't have money. Or just get decent DIRECT drive decks...belts are BLAH...never used em but I heard horror stories...

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Dude, try to buy on ebay, thats what Im doing. Trust me, you dont want to buy turntables just to have SOMETHING. Just save up money if its out of reach right now. Good turntables that arent expensive, my opinion is Stanton STR8-80 or STR8-90... I have a friend who uses them, and she loves them. You can get the STR8-90's on ebay brand new for $219.00 each. Heres the current item numbers #2536743784 and #2536214785, check them out, the seller has awesome rating.

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the answer all depends on how much you wanna spend. if you have 600 lying around get the gemini pdt-6000...i've spun on techs b4 and these are just as nice if not nicer and they have more features.

if you don't have that money Belt drives suck but you can learn on them...hell i did for 1.7 years and now that i spin on DDs i can beatmatch in like 2 seconds cuz my ears are so tuned to the beats being on target. i dunno if you really know why belt drives suck so i will just tell you. they don't keep the same pitch(speed) so when you match the beats within a few seconds your gonna have to fuck with the pitch fader or push the record around to get the record back on beat. they also have no torque what so ever to when your beatmatching your gonna have to "send" the records off a bit harder then you would on a DD cuz the platter on the BD might just stop or move backwords with the record your touching.

i know the feeling you have all to well..you can't fucking wait so your gonna buy whatever you can afford at the time and worry about upgrading later....it's actually not a bad idea though because then when you do decide to upgrade you can look for the equipment that will best suit your needs and be more comfortable. this was how i did it and i am definitely glad i did...either way sorry for rambling on and good luck on whatever path you choose



*not looking for an argument from anybody about what is better either! this is just my opinion

Please dont buy belt, please please please... dont waist your money on that garbage.

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Indeed, Don't even THINK about buy belt driven TT's. They're not good for beginning dj's AT ALL

A few weeks ago i'd have suggested the JB Q20 or the Q30.

The Q20
This one costs 220€
*Weak motor


The Q30
A slightly better TT, with a little more torque than the first one but still, a weak motor.

But, then came an alternative.
Reloop TT's


Reloop RP-2000 MKIII Chrome LTD
This one costs 209€ and has alot more torque than the q20 or Q30

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Starting torque: > 1000 g/cm

My personal choice would be this one:

Reloop RP-4000 MKIII Chrome LTD
249€ and a very decent motor for that price.

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Starting torque: > 1600 g/cm

I'd go for this one.

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Originally posted by Push2005 Ik ben net terug begonnen met cassettes op te kopen... Die pitchcontrol is echt ongelofelijk !

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.

OR

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.

OR

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.

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Originally posted by DjFable Alright people i'm limited here on money and I can't find a job so help me out and give me your advice on the best and cheapest turntables that could get. Thank you

well i gave up on tt's like last year, i have one left and i wanna get rid of it. i dont think ill be able to sell it to u because u live in the us and im in canada and its far. but if anyone else here is looking for cheap turntables just let me know if u want mine. i have a stanton str8-50 belt drive. ill give it to someone for about 100 buks cdn. if anyone is interested please email me at [email protected] . thanks

i had chep decks to start with and now i've had good ones for a while i see how much the crap ones held me back just save up and get technics its worth it by far in the long run

My god these threads/posts make me sick. Always the same questions (cheap turntables) and always the same answers (technics).

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Originally posted by gibbo i had chep decks to start with and now i've had good ones for a while i see how much the crap ones held me back just save up and get technics its worth it by far in the long run

Amen to that!!! shitty, cheap t-tables are used for home audio playing records 1 record at a time. Good turntables like Technics or Numarks TTX1 are used for DJing, mixing, scratching, turntabalism, recording, etc.. Catch our drift.
And just to Clarify, and Mister_Michel please correct me if I am wrong,

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by Mister_Michel My god these threads/posts make me sick. Always the same questions (cheap turntables) and always the same answers (technics).

that is, technics themselves aren't cheap, every thread with same question gets TAs to respond the same way, don't buy the shitty cheappies, get the Technics.

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