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Originally posted by Ygrene Also, I believe that the wow and flutter for the TTX (at least this is what it lists in the Product Spec manual) is rated at "less than .03%". I always thought wow and flutter for the Technics was .01%?

admittedly i may have been looking at the old specs (before they upgraded the motor in them) so that may have changed, and definitely from my experiences using them there is a noticable difference between the wow & flutter on a ttx and the wow & flutter on my vestax pdx2000... the technics wow & flutter is rated minimum +/-0.015% maximum +/-0.035%.

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Originally posted by [UK]Trancedewd© Also, no-one else on this forum seems to have them (except you :P ) so there must be a reason for that.

i have the pdx2000, the pdx2000 mk2 pro is the new one with some added touches, and the reason everyone here doesn't have the vestax instead is because the "buy technics" thing is drilled in to every bugger that posts a thread about it in here

in my experience of decks (i have played on all of the top decks except the stanton str8-150 & mk5g, 1 of which i will be trying tomorrow) the vestax is my favorite of them all, and you can beatmatch quicker with them too.

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Originally posted by tu_face in my experience of decks (i have played on all of the top decks except the stanton str8-150 & mk5g, 1 of which i will be trying tomorrow) the vestax is my favorite of them all, and you can beatmatch quicker with them too.

I know that my final decision between decks came down to the PDX and the TTX and I chose the TTX because the feel of it was right for me. I thought the PDX felt better than the Technics tho.

Granted, I made my decision based on feel and some of the information garnered off of this board; I really had no experience with actually mixing vinyls, or anything for that matter, before I bought my tables.

I sometimes wonder if I would choose differently based on the experience (limited as it is ) that I have now.

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I owned the TTXs and traded them in after about a year for Technics. I'm really happy with the 1200s and dont really miss the TTXs. Dont get me wron, the TTXs are great - probably "better" than Technics. But, for trance/prog you wont use the features and you DO NOT want to get used to beatmatching with a LED digital readout (e.g., its too easy to say "this one is too slow so I will increase speed by .1") The bottom line is all clubs use Technics and you need to be comfortable using them if you want to play in a club.

You want to buy hype, you want TTX
You want to buy a decent turntable that would hold you for 10 years and not disapoint you. SL-1200 MK2 is for you.

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Originally posted by Vlad Keep one thing in mind... silver Techs to tend to change colors with time from silver to yellow.

uhm ? not true, had mine for 3 years, still silver. You know you can clean them right ?

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My Techs are still silver... Maybe if they are in a smokey environment they'd get yellowed ?

From what I've gathered, it seems that the Vestax PDX is geared mostly towards scratching, hence there's not many with them here. The Technics are everything you need. Shit, all a table has to do is spin at a precise rate, have a stable tonearm, a tracking wieght setting, a pitch fader, and a 33/45 button. Anything else is useless.

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Originally posted by DjArTiN! The TTX1 shows you the BPM of the record.

Yes, and all of us who own TTX1s know how well that works (like most other BPM counters). Sometimes I will beatmatch a couple records and watch it tell me that one is running a full 10 beats slower than the other even though they have managed to stay synced for a long while.

As far as my opinion goes I love them and will keep them until they die on me and if that's a long while from now I will probably buy the next incarnation of them as well. I bought them b/c I liked the way they looked and preferred the style to that of the techs and figured I would psuedo-gamble on them. If they last forever I'll be happy but if they die in a year I'll kick myself in the ass and only buy techs for the rest of my life. We'll see what happens....

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Originally posted by `pr0digy From what I've gathered, it seems that the Vestax PDX is geared mostly towards scratching, hence there's not many with them here. The Technics are everything you need. Shit, all a table has to do is spin at a precise rate, have a stable tonearm, a tracking wieght setting, a pitch fader, and a 33/45 button. Anything else is useless.

correct, they are geared towards scratching, but that certainly doesn't mean they are crap for beat mixing, on the contrary they are fantastic, and a bit cheaper

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Originally posted by KID-M I owned the TTXs and traded them in after about a year for Technics. I'm really happy with the 1200s and dont really miss the TTXs. Dont get me wron, the TTXs are great - probably "better" than Technics. But, for trance/prog you wont use the features and you DO NOT want to get used to beatmatching with a LED digital readout (e.g., its too easy to say "this one is too slow so I will increase speed by .1") The bottom line is all clubs use Technics and you need to be comfortable using them if you want to play in a club.

The easy solution for this is to cover the displays with index cards(thats what I do when I practice at home with em).