first whats your budget??
if you can save up for technics

used Technics mk2s or m3ds would be your best choice for starting on a budget
or
you can pricematch at Guitarcenter and get Mk5s

from there you need to choose cartridges, Shure Whitelabels, Ortofons etc

what kind of music are you gonna play ?
electronica you dont really need a quick crossfader
imo i'd get a pcv 275 about 500$ (i think)
or you could go on a major budget and get that behringer djx 700 about 250$

then you need good headphones... imo sennheiser hd 280 pros...

well thats my quick advice... if you wanna start with good equipment then you're looking at maybe 1200$ or more.. probably.

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Originally posted by cryo then you need good headphones... imo sennheiser hd 280 pros...

I second that. Got them on Amazon for 79 bux. Best bang for yer buck.

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the hd 280 pros are great phones, excellent phones, but if i were you i wouldnt worry about getting a pair quite yet.

Use all the money you get to go twords a mixer, and turntables, or digital turntables (cdjs).

Headphones are very important, but if you have a setup you CAN use crappy headphones (like the ones you get with cd players) to mix, until you have the money for better ones. However having a kickass pair of phones with no equipment is just wasting time...

i'd like to keep it under 500 bucks... I know I could upgrade if I got into it... but then again I dont want really shitty stuff. I just find it hard to spend 1,000 off the bat for something I don't even know if I will like/be good at/be able to learn you know?

Music will be trance/techno all that good stuff

could someone give me a good starting setup with prices.. I looked at turntables.com or something like that and they had some interesting stuff there. Would it be best to buy online or goto like guitarcenter?

wow your 16? im 14 and the day i turn 15 im getting a job an saving up (14 is a legal age to work but no one considers you untill your 15) but the thing is, is that i was considering cds instead of vinyl due to costs...

I have a job but im only making around 100 a week (which will be less once I start school on august 12) and half of that goes into my bank account for my car. rest Im going to save up for DJ equipment I have like 200 bucks atm.

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Originally posted by yayo I have a job but im only making around 100 a week (which will be less once I start school on august 12) and half of that goes into my bank account for my car. rest Im going to save up for DJ equipment I have like 200 bucks atm.

yeah a year ago i was still inlove with trance but still cars are my true love but.... im going to do the same as you and split it half and half (im gonna buy my uncles 90 gt cobra mustang [hell on gas though..] but thats a diffrent story..) but anyways yeah.. ask for cash from your relatives for special occastions eg) b-day or christmas also (it always works )

b-day is coming up... i just asked for gift certificates to guitar center and money... I guess I'll get 200-300 from them maybe plus my money and pricematch at guitar center....

how do I learn this stuff? lol


Still don't know what to get

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Originally posted by yayo b-day is coming up... i just asked for gift certificates to guitar center and money... I guess I'll get 200-300 from them maybe plus my money and pricematch at guitar center.... how do I learn this stuff? lol Still don't know what to get

good man he he he im on the same page with you... like i have been searching this site with the help and watching various videos like another TA's website www.ger-e.nl and such.. we should get him to helo us out... im gonna send him a pm

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Originally posted by yayo Still don't know what to get

Do yourself a favor, save up and get technics. I've been waiting to spin since before I was 16, but I was patient and waited until I had a lot of cash saved up for techs (I only just bought mine a few months ago, and I just turned 18).

If you're really serious about mixing, lower end decks simply wont cut it. You'll be wanting to upgrade bad, and since you can't really sell lower end turntables for anywhere close to their original price, you're going to be back on square 1.

If you do buy technics and decide you don't want to mix any more, you can sell them for very close to their original price, especially if you've taken good care of them. Be patient and save up.

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ok, plain and simple. if your gonna get tables get technics, not because they're soooo much better than the numarks or stantons or whatever, its because the resale value is so fucking high. even if u drop 600 on 2 technics, u can still sell them for 600 in another year if you don't like spinning. heck i got 2 1200-m3d's for 550. add another 200-300 dollar mixer that's 800-900. remember, there's a special friend called ebay