I started off with a gemini 500 xl table, a gemini PS 676 MkII, and a real old technics direct drive table. I think it was the one that came out before the 1200s.

Anyways it was good to start on this stuff because I had to learn to be gentle with the vinyl because it would skip alot on those tables. Then when i upgraded to 1200s i was used to being gentle lol.

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Originally posted by boris_the_bear What was your very first DJ equipment? (idea stolen from djforums)

Been done here a ton of times too but always interesting.

Created my first mix tapes using a twin deck cassette machine and using the pause button to create effects and cuts etc. This was 1983 or 84 I think.
Then in 84/85 got a mixer with no crossfader and two non matching DJ decks (One Sony hi fi deck with direct drive and one department store own brand deck with enough torque to rip your arm off if your sleave got caught, and I mean torque that shames ANY deck availabe today unless it's powered by a chainsaw).

First time I played on Technics 1200s was in 1986.

All these years later still going strong, still love it, just have better equipment. Sadly find myself using just CDJs these days.

Things have also changed a lot, back in 86/87 anyone that could vaguely match a beat at an acid house party was a god. Proud to say that I was harmonic mixing back in those days too but just wasn't aware of the technicalities of what I was doing.

You kids just don't know how good you have it!!! :P

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good thread idea.

I originally (me and someone else) had a university radio show so we'd mix downtempo with the faders on the mixing console (we had mk2s and a dual Denon CD deck /w pitch control).

About a 2 years later I had a pair of Numark TTs and some random 2 chan Numark mixer. The TT500 isn't a bad table but wow the TT200 was a POS for sure.

I have hooked up a "setup" with belt driven tables and a peavey mixer. Those were not proud moments.

Doesn't quite beat those all-in-one units with two belt tables, and mixer.

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Originally posted by jpgrdnr Doesn't quite beat those all-in-one units with two belt tables, and mixer.

Hard to imagine that one of those was the dream for a while lol...

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stanton rm50 mixer with two tech 1200mk3s

now xone 62 with two cdj 1000 mk3s

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Originally posted by chinamon not true. i say "ugh" but i am a tranny.

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Originally posted by kotsy lol colour me retarded

I started with a CMX-3000 and numark DM-950.

started with a djm3000 and two pioneer turntables (i think re-branded omnitronics or similar). ended up selling them for more than the pair of 1200's i replaced then with cost.
only recently sold that mixer, now the last bit of my original setup I still have is the SEDJ5000 headphones. no foam inside them anymore, but still comfortable and working fine.

started with some used 1200mk2's which i still have...and some POS numark dm 2002x mixer

stanton str8-80's
vestax pcv-275

2 x Omnitronics decks and 1 x Numark DM1002EX mixer, and some god awful cans that fell to bits in a matter on weeks.......

Happy days!