hahaha i'm just getting started and i saw this thread. This is my setup so far:

* 2 Technics 1200-MK2 Turntables, used for $1150 (would cost at least $1800 here for new ones)

* Pioneer rp-f500 headphones - my brother is getting them cheap for me in Singapore

* Vestax PMC-17A Mixer used for $140, usually about $400 new

* i still need to get some monitors with built in amps !!!!!

* 8 vinyl so far


I just want to recommend Chemical Records to everyone. I bought 5 classics from them from the UK at an awesome price and they arrived at my door in Australia about 5 days later....brilliant service!

So far i have 8 vinyls. I'm on my way!!!!!!!!

Hi

Ok i have a bit of money to spend. Not alot. I want some simple dj equipment, just to get me started. Nothing big. I saw a package on some webiste. It included:

Numark tt1625 direct drive turntables
Numark dm950 2 channel mixer
Ion dj monitor active speakers
Numark hf125 headphones
Numark groovetool cartridges & stylus
Slipmats
All connecting leads included
Vinyl file starter kit comprising:
3 of the latest 12" vinyl
Technics bpm chart
Vinyl file starter pack
240 volts



All of this was for £249

It's quite cheap, but also is it worth it? I'm only a beginner DJ and havn't had any realy experiences with decks before. Is this actually a good equipment? They are direct drve, which is good also. They speakers are small but that good enough and 3 vinyl's.

Everything is there for me to get started. I just don't want to spend around £1000 for technics incase i don't like dj-ing (which i will like). What are your opinions? Theere are oter packages up to £1000.

Thanks for any replies possible

cheers

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to radders:

piece of advice mate, stay away from that setup...

as you've indicated that you'll probably like DJing, you're gonna want to start with something a whole lot better. i had the same idea when i started...buy some cheap tables to see if i really liked it. but the thing is, you don't get the full experience with crappy equipment. i had bought the same set that you are thinking of buying, and i would definetly not recommend it...

if you can save up a little bit more money, i would recommend buying a pair of numark tt200s with a behringer vmx300 dj mixer. they are a little bit more expensive then that package, but will last you a whole lot longer and you won't be easily phased from your new hobby.

as for the headphones, you can pick which one you like cuz that is the single most important piece of equipment that you will need to get. if you don't have comfortable headphones with good sound quality, you're gonna start hating everything about your setup

Thanks for your reply.

Ok, i will save up some more money and buy a good setup. I know i will like dj-ing so i will may as well get some good equipment

cheers

Mist is right. Anyone buying that stuff will regret it. I've never seen Numark make a decent deck (TT-1 and TT-2 were pretty decent, but way too expensive).

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So would you say that the TT-200's aren't decent. I'm just curious at why exactly.

BasilF1

Addition to help:

Find a way to record your mixes!

if you can reccord your mixes, you can listen to it afterwards to critique yourself.

if you want to improve your skills, the first thing you will most likely hear is "practice practice practice!" and there isnt an easier way to put it. If you can reccord, improving your skills will be so much easier.

theres a huge difference between the way the audience hears a mix and the way the dj hears it because the dj hears everything they dont like about a mix down to the timing in their beatmatching whereas the audience only hears one track then it fades out or the next track comes in and it all sounds nice, the audience is usually oblivious to minor changes in the sound of certain hi hats or the bass hum of the next track you're throwing in and if theyre not sober (Which usually an audience wont be) they'll think your fuckups are amazing


anways, i dunno how accurate that information is, it varies from person to person, but the idea is that reccording allows you to step back from the decks and hear yourself the way the audience hears you and by doing this you can tell yourself "yea, that was cool, gotta work on getting those down" or "hey, that sounds like ass, what was i thinking?" even "holy shit that was badass! hell yea, practice those!"

you cant improve on something if you dont know whats wrong with it in the first place

I am a beginner to soem of the DJ things, Music is soemthign i like and soemthign i want to be involved in. All my family is invovled in music accept me, they are singers (not famous though :'( )so iw ant to make a contribution to the music industry accept i cant sing. One thign i've always been interested in is DJ-ing and ive decided to take the chance to learn. With a budget of £400 for a decent collection of music is pretty hard for soemthing ok, but theres always ebay. I havent a job at this time and also pretty young so im not earning much to buy the quality gear bit by bit over a few months, so i need to buy with some music from the start.

I have read and found plenty about mixers and i think im going for a vestax as they have quality at an affordable price, i've not seen much about turntables only than to avoid numarks. Somethign i've heard is a good quality is stanton and soemthing affordable is there STR8-30 or if ic an try for a STR8-80 if i land on a deal.

hello, n00b here.

I have fallen in love with trance over the past two years, and want to start mixing on my own. I will proudly admit I have no idea who makes good tables, mixers, etc. I know I will love it once I get into it.

Could you guys please reccommend me a good setup? I have about 1500 US dollars to spend. Any help would be awesome, thanks a lot.

-j

Say I have this friend, and this friend wants to buy his first turntables, and he wants them to be CD turntables that can play mp3s and regular CDs because he has thousands of tracks and only a handfull of vinyls which also happen to be in mp3 form. What should I recomend to this friend as a GOOD cd turntable under $1000US? I was thinking midrange Devons or techniks. but thats just me-err, my friend.

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quote:

Originally posted by Keo_Nade Say I have this friend, and this friend wants to buy his first turntables, and he wants them to be CD turntables that can play mp3s and regular CDs because he has thousands of tracks and only a handfull of vinyls which also happen to be in mp3 form. What should I recomend to this friend as a GOOD cd turntable under $1000US? I was thinking midrange Devons or techniks. but thats just me-err, my friend.

Numark CDX. Not sure if that can play mp3's though.

Stay away from the Technics cd-players, they suck.

Starting out buying DJ Equipment, I have tons of mucsic equipment, just want some turntables. Plan on being a DJ club/misxer/something.

Thinking about getting:

http://www.audiolines.com/cgi-bin/d...ct=platinumpak2
or
http://www.audiolines.com/cgi-bin/d...ct=audiogempak3

No, I can't save up to tget technics. I won't.

And 500 is pushing the limit.

I want to know if it's good to get, and what you mean if you say "No, it sucks" or if it's "Okay, thats fine."

I've never had any kind of equipment BETTER or WORSE than what its suppose to do.

Thanks a ton

Last edited by djseraph on Dec-07-2004 at 02:22