Depends what your income is. For me, there was a HUGE difference between $300 and $1000 since I'm a college student with a part time job and other bills. I'd much rather get started and have a shitload of vinyl right off the bat instead of waiting 3-4 months and having nothing left to spend on vinyl.

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Originally posted by diesel0 Thanks guys, well I guess im gonna have to save up then. I cant believe that the only good/reliable turntable u can get is a 1200. I mean there should be something else out there thats close to the quality yet cheaper in price, no?

technics are at the top of the food chain when comes to turntables but they aren't the only good/ reliable turntables out there. if you have the money to spend you cant go wrong with technics, however if you dont have alot of cash to spend on a set of decks then you can certainly get by with out them. by all means, if you can shell out the cash for 1200s go for it, you wont be dissapointed but dont think that the only decks that you can use for djing are 1200s. tt-200s are good decks, st-100s, st-90s, etc. will all get the job done as well. i probably wouldnt venture too far down the line into the really cheap turntables out there but these ones that i've mentioned are fine.
to all of the technics lovers, i'm with ya, i understand your arguement of buying technics right off the bat but realize that some people just dont have that kind of cash to spend on two turntables.

Blah, im tempted to go with one of those packages, the Stanton Str8-100 package.

Its a good deal, Maybe i'll just slowly upgrade later...

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everyone says technics are the best, and most clubs have them. when i started i looked everywhere to find a nice set of 1200s.. but after looking at the tables and then at my wallet.. no way. i thought it out ALOT, and i decided that i could do without the best at home. i opted for st8-80s.. (the best stanton decks at the time) and i love them. these are pretty good decks, and if youre planning on getting them, i definitely recommend them to the beginner. their torque, pitch shift etc etc are damn good. (if you can get the st-100s though, DO IT, ive checked them out and damn they are nice..)

if money is a big deal, dont go for techs yet. pay $500-$600 on some stanton str8-80 or 100s, because these are great for home use and practice. i am assuming youre going for the platinum pak 2 or titanium pak.. theyre really good deals for what you get, and there is no lack in quality. if you can go titanium, the str8-100s are great.. good luck diesel0

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Last edited by razzi on Sep-21-2003 at 13:22

This site I know used to carry the package with some St-100's but now i guess they've sold out. It was a fucking good deal, $499.00 :|

They still have the St8-80's left, but i want the 100's.

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dunno what others said
but you´ll end up buying techs anyway so save your money
i started w/ some gemini pt1000 or something like that, and a couple of months later i sold them and got techs
it was really hard to sell the gemini ones, it wouldn´t be the case with technics tables, if you don´t want to dj any more you can get more or less what you paid for them originally
my 2 cents
peace

yeah the titanium pak is a damn good deal.. the $500 alone is worth more than the 2 tables.. one great thing about stanton is that they release new tables (relatively) quickly.. so the prices of the older ones drop, even though they are still damn good. i would say get the st-100s. and if you start making millions by DJing in clubs after the practice you had on your st-100s, get yourself some really nice top of the line technics. :)

happy spinning

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Unless you are into scratching, there isn't really a compelling reason to get Technics over other decent, but much cheaper tables.

Face it, for trance, all you need is a direct drive with stable and reliable pitch. Torque is not that important.

My first decks were Numark TT-100's, $400 CAD for both of them. I learned how to mix on them, and there is no reason why I should be shelling out $1000 CAD+ to get Technics when I can mix perfectly good on these.

The equipment doesn't matter. What matters is YOU...

Yaaaaaaaaaa, i got 2 SL1200MK2's!

Im getting the Behringer DJX300 soon, and yeah - im set!

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