Soon I will be a very poor person, but at least I'll be able to spin away my woes on a new pair of Technics SL-1210M3D's. Where's the best place in Australia to buy them from? I'm thinking of getting a quote then getting my local centrals to price match it.

BTW, the best price I've seen oversees was US$419.95 (AU$711).

Also, what's the best needle to get for spinning trance? I want one that will have fantastic sound quality, but won't wear my records out. I don't want one designed for hip-hop scratching - just trance.

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$700 is F**** cheap!
You cant even get 1200's anywhere for under 800...(actually $AU849rrp)

If you buy from derringers music, theyll match your best price on 1210's, but it has to be in $AU and in australia, cos all australlian stockists bought em with our shitty currency therefore: inflated prices.

And as for the needle/stylus/cartrige issue, most are designed for trackability so you wont have random needle skips while your playing in really bass filled / bumpy enviroments. With the wear issue, it really depends how much tracking force you need to be running. basically a standard 2.5g track force wont wear your vinyl out for shit, but if you play in a really loud environment, youll probably need to go up to about 4-5 grams(still no real problem) and buy different cartridges.

The stockie p mount cartrigdes that come with the 1200/1210s are just fine for bedroom stuf, and run at 2.5g, so theyll do just fine

I use 2.5g needles and they are fine, havent worn my vinyl a bit, and the tracking is fine, i een scracth with em sometimes, they'll do just fine for home djing etc.

Except once I played a party on a wooden floor. We had a few skips, but I think any needle would jump a bit on a wooden floor with everyone dancing! Fuck I was praying my records wouldn't get scratched that night!

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Originally posted by GelatinPufF $700 is F**** cheap! You cant even get 1200's anywhere for under 800...(actually $AU849rrp) If you buy from derringers music, theyll match your best price on 1210's, but it has to be in $AU and in australia, cos all australlian stockists bought em with our shitty currency therefore: inflated prices. And as for the needle/stylus/cartrige issue, most are designed for trackability so you wont have random needle skips while your playing in really bass filled / bumpy enviroments. With the wear issue, it really depends how much tracking force you need to be running. basically a standard 2.5g track force wont wear your vinyl out for shit, but if you play in a really loud environment, youll probably need to go up to about 4-5 grams(still no real problem) and buy different cartridges. The stockie p mount cartrigdes that come with the 1200/1210s are just fine for bedroom stuf, and run at 2.5g, so theyll do just fine

Actually the person who I hire all of my Mackie's off (for 21sts etc) said he could get me a cost price cost from Derringers for me. He buys around $40,000 worth of gear from them a year, so he can pretty much get the best price around

I need to get two flight cases too.

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I spoke to the guys @ DJ Village in Doncaster a few months back and I'm pretty sure 1200 MK2s were under 800$. I remember asking if that price would go up and he sed nup. Check 'em out.

Had a pretty good 'gut feeling' about what the guy was telling me ie. not bullshitting. And I was referred to them from the owner at Carlton Audio Visual, which is where I get my AV gear from. And if you ask NE1 around you won't hear a bad word about the guys at CAV - FANTASMIC service and quality stock

So when it comes time for me to get my dex and whatnot I will be going back to DJ Village unless someone else can convince me otherwise.

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BJeT

the best price i've seen for a 1200 mk2 is $670 brand new in the box unloaded, but that was from some dude from "in the mix" or "the scene". unfortunately, by the time i got to him he'd sold out, but would inform me if he'd manage to get his hands on some stock.

from stores, lightsounds.com has been advertising them for 800 a piece in the trading post, not sure whether loaded. discoworld.com.au too gave me a quote offerin 800 so atm, i'm tryin to heckle with some guy there who's offerin a pair, loaded with slipmats for $1700. but after reading bjet's post, i'll have to check out dj village!

btw. i dun think u'll be able to use overseas quotes to price match. they'll vary, espesh with the whole exchange rate, and hell, some products are just priced differently in diff regions e.g. vestax pcv-275, which is the price of the djm-300 up in the states

as for needles, u'd probably have to pop over to the dj booth to get some real specifications, but elliptical is way to go if you don't intend to scratch and just mix. though they don't track as securely as spherical needles, sound quality's greater and it'd be less wear amd tear on your vinyl.

yikes, i jus realised u asked for the prices of m3ds, so throw an extra 50-100 on the price quotes =p u know though the m3ds look better than their older brother, the only real diff is the slight wavering pitch at 0% for the mk2s. not really worth the extra moolah when you're able to hear n handle the mix b4 it gallops during the transistion.

anyhow, hope i helped! =p
keep us informed on the purchase of ur new table!

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best price I've seen for m3ds is $910 loaded with stanton 500ALs
http://www.keelo.com.au/items.php?iid=10924600

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the best price i've seen for a 1200 mk2 is $670 brand new in the box unloaded, but that was from some dude from "in the mix" or "the scene". unfortunately, by the time i got to him he'd sold out, but would inform me if he'd manage to get his hands on some stock.

i saw that too and inquired. Ther story is that the guy would not do c.o.d and wanted the $ transfered into his bank account which was very dodgey. now he may ahev been telling thetruth but no one gives someone who they dont know $1300 without seeing the product.

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Originally posted by Tsunami One i saw that too and inquired. Ther story is that the guy would not do c.o.d and wanted the $ transfered into his bank account which was very dodgey. now he may ahev been telling thetruth but no one gives someone who they dont know $1300 without seeing the product.

i didnt even get that far to find that out. but either way, i'd like to give human nature the benefit of the doubt. like to think ppl are ethical in some way or another, and arent targeting to screw ppl over. its naive *shrug*, but to prove that, i actually did what u mentioned with my mixer, over ebay paying 1K. but b4 any transaction occurred, a signed contract was definitely called for. as long as u have some sort of reassurance, should be good, otherwise u can always head up to the petty courts and visit the likes of judge judy =)

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