Hi guys after almost 3 years spinning on my gemini's 500's <-- great decks for beginners

I'm gona buy my self new stuff .. i already i know what my mixer is going 2 be .. but now i wanna know what technic turntable i must have .. and because some how the technic dj page doesnt work because of an error on this crapy machine i'm gonna ask you

few things i wanna say ..

Not the gold edition
And if possible not with the quartz lock .. i hate it
And also no the CDJ
Also i dont need 16+ Pitch

greetz

Sounds like the 1200 MK2's to me...

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Originally posted by djxtension Sounds like the 1200 MK2's to me...

yep, I would personally go with the MK5s or the M3Ds though. I like not having the 0-pitch click.

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you looking for either the MK3 (M3D) or a MK5, or you could buy the MK2 and swap out the pitch control for a MK3 one, and that way you will get rid of the quartz, it really isn't a big deal, its never bothered me.

tnx guys so far ... so its the mk3 or the mk5 .. what is the main difference between the 2 ?

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Originally posted by Flash Bastard tnx guys so far ... so its the mk3 or the mk5 .. what is the main difference between the 2 ?

Nothing really, the MK5s are surposed to have abit more torque and a better tonearm system, but I dunno if thats true, doesn't matter anyway.

hmm .. indeed if you have to pay 50 bugs more then i will just take the mk3 i guess .. also buying my self djm500 and making my self a new big ass booth .. pictures will be available later

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Originally posted by DannyO Nothing really, the MK5s are surposed to have abit more torque and a better tonearm system, but I dunno if thats true, doesn't matter anyway.

Not true. The mk5 and m3d have the same motor and tonearm. the main difference is the mk5 has a LED stylus lamp instead of a regular bulb found on the m3d. the mk5 goes up to 6grams of antiskate while the m3d and mk2 goes up to 3grams. (btw, you probably won't need to use antiskate) Another thing, the brake adjust pot on the mk5's PCB has been moved a little to the right so you can now adjust the brake without removing the platter. Other than that, there's nothing different.

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Hi guys after almost 3 years spinning on my gemini's 500's <-- great decks for beginners

No they're not. An XL-500 has no armbearing, just a simple bullet in a bawl. No internal isolation, and a little block that functions as a break (instead of a good electronic break).

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Originally posted by DannyO Nothing really, the MK5s are surposed to have abit more torque and a better tonearm system, but I dunno if thats true, doesn't matter anyway.

It isn't.

MK1: Primary design with a rotary pitch knob.
MK2: Rotary pitchknob has been replaced by a fader (good!).
MK3: Some dickshit put a weight on the headshell (why the hell do you wanna do that! Make the contraweight lighter!) and a white led instead of the regular popuplamp. That really took years of research.
MK5: Idenktical to MK3, but then with a 8/16% pitch switch.

ALL SL-1200's have the SAME arm, the SAME motor and the SAME torque!

One thing I have noticed: The spindle of the SL-1200 is a bit bigger then the other turntables (might be done on purpose). Might be my imagination, but I think that tiny little bit of difference (we're talking about fractions of a mm over here) is gone in the MK5/M5G.

Rather go for a super OEM turntable. You're paying way too much for a technics these days.

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Last edited by DjVash on Sep-14-2004 at 21:13

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Originally posted by DjVash No they're not. An XL-500 has no armbearing, just a simple bullet in a bawl. No internal isolation, and a little block that functions as a break (instead of a good electronic break). It isn't. MK1: Primary design with a rotary pitch knob. MK2: Rotary pitchknob has been replaced by a fader (good!). MK3: Some dickshit put a weight on the headshell (why the hell do you wanna do that! Make the contraweight lighter!) and a white led instead of the regular popuplamp. That really took years of research. MK5: Idenktical to MK3, but then with a 8/16% pitch switch. ALL SL-1200's have the SAME arm, the SAME motor and the SAME torque! One thing I have noticed: The spindle of the SL-1200 is a bit bigger then the other turntables (might be done on purpose). Might be my imagination, but I think that tiny little bit of difference (we're talking about fractions of a mm over here) is gone in the MK5/M5G. Rather go for a super OEM turntable. You're paying way too much for a technics these days.

correction, the mk5 only has +-8% pitch while the MK5G has the 16% switch.

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Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot. He who laughs last thinks slowest!

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Originally posted by DjVash Rather go for a super OEM turntable. You're paying way too much for a technics these days.

But Vash, what about having to mod/tune the super OEMs to get rid of that problem you were talking about? A brand new American Audio will run about the same price as a used 1200 M3D. But then, that thing you mentioned bothers me...

Oh well I thought I read somewhere that it had like .2grams more or something, I knew it was the same motor and arm, just though it had been tweeked, I don't pay attention to these things as theres no need, so meh, only thing left to say is.

I BEEN OWNED.