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When I was first looking into getting my turntable setup, I had a lot of the same questions you did. And what I heard from person after person was, if you are serious about it, you will want to drop a little bit more money on the decks now. That way once you get good at it, and enjoy spinning and want more features, you won't have to go out and upgrade your decks. It's easier to upgrade mixers and what not, because those run a lot cheaper (for the most part). So on a budget of 300 dollars for two turntables, you're limiting yourself to about 150 a deck (I'm assuming we're using USD as the currency here). That's not going to get you much.
Anyways, the first feature that I would reccomend based on my DJing experience is direct drive. If you aren't familiar with direct drive, versus belt driven; it's basically the motor that will spin the table. You want some decent torque as well, that will make sure you can get quick start ups and stops when you need them. I'm really only familiar with Technics, but I'm assuming that other tables come standard with pitch adjustment.
As far as buying records goes, you can find LPs that have singles on them if that's what you are looking for. And they also make records with various artists on them. It mainly depends on the type of music you are looking into spinning for the most part. I know electronic music (e.g. trance and house) is harder to find in various artists packs than other types (e.g. pop and hip hop). Having done the mobile DJ thing for a while, I amassed a rather oddly proportionate amount of different types of music.
Anyways, that's my limited opinion. I'm sure some one else will have something else to say. Plus, you might want to search around because I'm sure there are many posts that cover this.
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