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Originally posted by Blithe Like was said above, belt drive's can't hold a beatmatch. Like recess says on his site: I recommend reading into his gear suggestions to get a more detailed comparission, although I believe the statement above should have helped change your mind http://www.recess.co.uk

First of all. i have to say that guy is the biggest cockiest wanker in history. i dont really know why so much people read into that site of his and believe the repetitive and incoherant shit he dribbles.

First of all let me make this point.

if you can play on Direct Drive TT's, you can play on Belt Driven TT's just as well.

the biggest negative point people make about the Belt Drive TT's is there inability to hold there pitch. Now i think if anyone has used Belt Driven TT's, they know that this is just not the case. sites like reccess.co.uk take a minor flaw, and exagerate it by about a million.
Okay now in the worst case scenario, i think their pitch can vary from about .1 - .15%. now some people cant even beat match two tracks to that accuracy, so big deal if Belt Driven tables are out by such a small margin And anyway, i can still spin on BeltDrive TT's brilliantly, and im sure alot of other people out there are the same and that should really be telling you something.

and one more thing is the fact about how serious you are. if you're really going to get into the whole scene, and become really passionate about it, of course you'll eventually want the best stuff on the market. ie. a set of Techs.

now this wont be becuase there better (even though they are )or you're other tables are shit, it will be becuase there the industry standard, and well.....

theres just something special about em

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I totally agree with that.
My first setup consisted of two Numark belt drives and I learned how to beatmatch perfectly well on them. I even put together a mix cd with them and there were no mixing flaws at all. In my opinion it's not really fair to compare beatmatching on direct drives Vs. belt drives because they involve different techniques. I will say that if you're not sure where you want to go in the future, it won't hurt you that much to play safe and get belt drives although I do agree that directs are the way to go even if they're cheap geminis or something. The thing about spinning on belt drives is you'll get too used to how they work and are manipulated and you'll be like a fish out of water on direct drives. When I bought a direct drive I felt like I had to learn how to spin all over again because it's so much different. Long story short, get direct drives.

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