Hi,

Check this mate:

http://ch.its.tudelft.nl/~kallen/sl1200/buying.html

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Hey Sooper! I'm thinking of buying my frist pair of decks too...not Techs tho (can't afford). My plan is to build up my vinyl collection first, then go for something like numark tt-200's. but yeah anyways...

Personally, I wouldn't buy them used off ebay because you don't see them till you've paid the cash & shipping charges...if they're brand new off ebay it should be fine...

I would try and find a local seller or store that is selling them used. That way you can try em out, look at the condition first hand etc...besides, once you're done converting the cost into CDN dollars and pay for the shipping charges, it'll probably be around the same price.

as for mixers....

though grabbing a second hand pair is a safe bet, as many state they're "built like tanks", technics don't depreciate greatly in value so u gotta ask how much u'll really be savin. of course, shop and take a good look around as no doubt, there are real bargains out there. but after a month or so of looking around, i decided to just go brand new as i figured if u're going to pay that much, you may as well pay a little extra to be assurred with something untouched, un-used, brand new, and most of all with a warranty =)

as for mixers. you don't need something grand to begin with. no need for all the extra channels, effects n features. something basic, 2 channels, with 3 band eq. pioneer djm300 is a nice box to start. that's one i fooled around with for a lil b4 i got my gear. but then, my first mixer is a djm600, so i'm a hypocrite. but i got it cheap, so its justified =)

cheers!

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That'd be my advice too... go for brand new TT's. You won't save that much in the end, because Tech's don't drop that much in price.

When I bought my TT's, I looked around for some 2nd-hands too... But in the end I bought new ones (Gemini PT-2400's), just because I felt much more comfortable buying new ones. And I have to say, I still feel that way

As for mixers.. I myself bought a Gemini PS-626.. 3 channels, 3-band EQ's, everything you need, nothing more (except for the lame microphone talkover function of course ). Maybe it's worth considering for you too.. It's a decent mixer (until now, I've had it since early October 2002), and it's very reasonably priced.

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One thing why I never buy used equipment its because you dont know how the equipment was treated before you got it.

Just an example:
I dont smoke and nobody is aloud to smoke in my studio because the smoke and the hashes are really bad for your equipement.

Don't forget the humidity!! It can do good damage to the equipement and you wont know before they brake or start working bad.

So when you get used stuff, you never know how they were treated.

anyway. You make the call but I belive that you better by new stuff and put more money (even if you have to wait a bit more) then to get what you can afford now and not think about tomorrow!

Mat

By the way, make sure that you like Djing or that you will like it because even though Tech dont lose their value, you will lose some money if you want to sell them.

Thanks for all the advice guys!!

I agree that goin NEW is probably the best way to go - it'll be comforting knowing that they will be my babies from the beginning.

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Originally posted by Elmo-On-XTC Hey Sooper! I'm thinking of buying my frist pair of decks too...not Techs tho (can't afford). My plan is to build up my vinyl collection first, then go for something like numark tt-200's. but yeah anyways...

It's a good plan - yesterday, me & Hansolo bought 34 used vinyls in anticipation of the NEW decks!! I'm PUMPED.

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I'm gonna buy my stuff too, tomorrow if everything goes well.

I'm going fot 2 cdj20's and preferrable a Gemini PS-626i mixer.

Later on (i'm guessing in about 2 years), i'll probably buy some nice decks too, but for now it's just to expensive

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Mhuhahahahahaha !!!!

imho - only new!
it's cous more not so mutch - but u'll get new hardware!
all we have(2xcdj1000+2xdmp555+djm600+djm3000+2xT1210) - we buyed new!... coz if you using something from "0" u know everything about this "something" and when it breaks u know what u have to fix

(2xcdj1000+2xdmp555+djm600+djm3000+2xT1210)

YUM!!

i think the dmp555 is overpriced and useless.

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Originally posted by Elmo-On-XTC Hey Sooper! I'm thinking of buying my frist pair of decks too...not Techs tho (can't afford). My plan is to build up my vinyl collection first, then go for something like numark tt-200's. but yeah anyways... Personally, I wouldn't buy them used off ebay because you don't see them till you've paid the cash & shipping charges...if they're brand new off ebay it should be fine... I would try and find a local seller or store that is selling them used. That way you can try em out, look at the condition first hand etc...besides, once you're done converting the cost into CDN dollars and pay for the shipping charges, it'll probably be around the same price. as for mixers....

Hi,

Couple of suggestions for you. I too was faced by the same dilemma regarding turntables. I finally decided to finance my equipment, and went with Technics 1200s instead of the Numark TT-200s.

I must admit that I had some doubts with regards to how adamant everyone was about buying Technics, but now that I have my hands on them, I have zero regrets. The build quality is simply amazing - if you dropped a Technics turntable on someone, it would probably kill them. The things must weigh about 40 pounds each, if not more.

My line of thinking previous to considering financing was that I could buy something cheaper to start with, then buy Technics later. If you can finance, why bother doing that?

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Originally posted by DJ Kibon The things must weigh about 40 pounds each, if not more.

26.5 pounds each. i weighed them soon as i got em.

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