I'd imagine this question has been asked to death: if so, sorry for the inconvenience:

i'm looking to purchase some cd decks within the next 2-3 months: all i really know is pioneer (have used my friend's 200s a fair few times, with a numark dmx06)-- i can probably afford a setup around this level, but am just wondering if this is good?

I don't really know any non-pioneer equip: any suggestions, esp for a mixer? I'm on a really limited budget, so cheaper suggestions are better:
looking for 2 or 3 channels---

thanks heaps for the help (even if it's only a link to another thread or something)

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Go with the CDJ 200s, they are great.

Reliable, easy to learn and the pitch is very accurate and is the same as on the 1000s.

As far as a mixer goes... Hrm...

I'd suggest you browse craigslist or ebay and look for local deals on a Xone:62 or something, quality mixer, great to learn the basics on.

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Originally posted by Alex Go with the CDJ 200s, they are great. Reliable, easy to learn and the pitch is very accurate and is the same as on the 1000s. As far as a mixer goes... Hrm... I'd suggest you browse craigslist or ebay and look for local deals on a Xone:62 or something, quality mixer, great to learn the basics on.

thanks
yeah, i'm a big fan of the 200s-- nice and simple, but great quality still (since i can't afford the 800s and 1000s )

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What is your budget? Expect to pay atleast $700 for a pair of new CDJ-200's. If your budget is $1,000 I'd look into a nice Vestax mixer as your intro mixer. Good build and sound quality and will serve you well until you've outgrown it. If you have a little bit more. The DJM-400 is the perfect match for the 200's.

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I didn't put my budget down because i'm dealing in AUS dollars, but it's about 1,400 Australian Dollar = 1,298.16 US Dollar--

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Originally posted by cmay119 What is your budget? Expect to pay atleast $700 for a pair of new CDJ-200's.

that's not too bad: i've only been able to find 200's for about 700 (about 650 US) each...

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EgosXII, where are you lookin.
have you seen http://www.djwarehouse.com.au thats where i found my friend got his 2 cdj 200s, a 4 channel vestax mixer with effects and headphones for AU$1600. They were having a sale at that time (which happens maybe twice a yr and the last one was bout 4 months ago I think)..
Go to their site and have a look, give them a call and haggle them (i got the 2 new cdjs for the ex-display model price), they have great customer service and we got free shipping.

If ya have more questions gimme a bell, always ready to help.

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Originally posted by British EgosXII, where are you lookin. have you seen http://www.djwarehouse.com.au thats where i found my friend got his 2 cdj 200s, a 4 channel vestax mixer with effects and headphones for AU$1600. They were having a sale at that time (which happens maybe twice a yr and the last one was bout 4 months ago I think).. Go to their site and have a look, give them a call and haggle them (i got the 2 new cdjs for the ex-display model price), they have great customer service and we got free shipping. If ya have more questions gimme a bell, always ready to help. British

Yeah, i've been surfing their site a fair bit, looks pretty great, and they're opening a shop in melb this month some time which is cool- might be able to go in and haggle some...

the only problem with them is that their 200 package comes with a case, headphones and a djm400-- all of which i'd love (except the headphones since i already have some sony v700s), but they boost the price to about $2,500...

but yeah, so far it's probably the best option (that site)-- i'll just go in and try and talk them down, and switch a few items in the package i think...

so you'd reccomend a vestax as well?

bit of a n00b at haggling too-- how the hell did you get ex-display price????

thanks heaps for the help

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pretty cheap cdjs (click)

but probably not if you aren't in america =\

anyone know the quality of behringer mixers? worth getting at all?

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Originally posted by EgosXII anyone know the quality of behringer mixers? worth getting at all?

they are shit, i almost got smacked once when they found out i was about to buy one

go for a vestax, they are all pretty much awesome!

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ok, sorry, once more need reccomendations (feel good about helping a n00b!! :P)

I'm wondering if it would be wise to order a new cdj200 from ebay, but it's in America... the price is literally half of what i would pay if i were to buy a new one here in aus ($350 aus from ebay, $700AU from the cheapest online store here)--

here's what i'm looking at
LINK

he says he gives a free converter to international customers...
any thoughts??

thanks heaps, once again

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Originally posted by EgosXII here's what i'm looking at LINK he says he gives a free converter to international customers... any thoughts??

go for it.