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DJ-Hirst.E
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United Kingdom
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 Posted - 2003/07/31 : 10:40:09
hello !! before i start my post just like to say helllllo to everyone because im new here... !!! my name is Adam im from Wales in the UK... and im a 16 year old raver and wannebe DJ :D ..
ok well the main point in my post was to ask you all do u think i should buy technics.. thing is ... i already have 1 turntable its a very poor KAM DDX680 direct drive table.. and i was plannin on just buyin cheap DD decks for my first kit... HOWEVER ,, lol after browsin these boards for a while i decided i mite aswelll go for the good ol techs !! buutt !! because there so expensive new .,, welll in my opinion they are, i was thinkin about buyin second hand off EBAY.. becuase every1 seems to say techs never die.. do u recon its gonna b a good idea to buy them second hand??? im confused...
well ne help wud b great!!! cheers
..adam..
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Exhile
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Netherlands
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 Posted - 2003/07/31 : 11:01:06
Personnally i wouldnt buy second hand decks unless you have them checked proffesionally. If you do wanna buy second hand then techs are probably the most reliable decks that last. Up to you really. If you get a descent 2nd hand pair and they work good then youv got a better deal than getting cheap gemini or stanton or whatever
Frank
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DJ-Hirst.E
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 2003/07/31 : 11:04:32
yeah if i am going to buy second hand, im only gonna go for techs..
hmmm yeah i no wat u mean im really dubious about buyin second hand, but most the cases of second hand techs ive seen online have jst been ex-dj's kits sellin up due to financial or uni or something,, and most peoples kits tend to be in a fairly decent condition.. i mean if anyone here was going to sell up there gear it would probably be in decent cond !!
anyway cheers for your help !! :D
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breathe
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Canada
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Posted - 2003/07/31 : 16:09:18
BUY 12's or 1210's
-theyre industry standard
-theyre reliable
-youre already used to the decks in the club if you get em
-they dont look like gimmick, rather they look more like a wet dream
and last but not least, if you skateboard they are comparable to independent trucks in the fact that ya just gotta get em..
theyre also the easiest and most durable to serve pizza on
throw your television out the window now!!! youll thank my in the end..
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breathe
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Canada
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Posted - 2003/07/31 : 16:13:19
by the way if yer gonna get 12s or 1210s 2nd hand ... make sure to make particular attention to the pitch control.. bring wax you know really well to test it out.. prefferably something with a solid, rolling synthline or baseline
throw your television out the window now!!! youll thank my in the end..
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DJ-Hirst.E
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 2003/07/31 : 16:48:27
yeah cheers breathe, i no ther the best tables ,, but i really dnt have the cash to get them new,,, cos im only 16 and my sh*t job is payin my £2.65 an hour .. im bein conned i swear... but yeah its either second hand techs .. or new cheapy decks such as like gemini SA600's :S .. and im not awfully kean to buy the gemini's or any other cheap decks because ive already got a KAM direct drive table and it is f**kin rubbish,, the platter stops as soon as u put a finger on the record.. :S .. hopeless..
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DJ-Hirst.E
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Posted - 2003/07/31 : 16:53:14
lol **EDIT!!**
jst like to add their about the skateboard thing .. yeah i do skateboard or did skateboard till about last month.. an i no wat u mean abou indy trucks.. they are amazin trucks... proper !!!
but thers a hefty price difference between rubbish trucks and indys and rubbish decks and techs !!
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silver
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Japan
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Posted - 2003/07/31 : 17:36:18
Please use the edit button and dont make the double posts :)
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breathe
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Canada
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Posted - 2003/07/31 : 17:59:03
ya pick on the new guy!! lol sorry
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Exhile
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Posted - 2003/07/31 : 22:55:56
quote:
Originally posted by DJ-Hirst.E:
yeah cheers breathe, i no ther the best tables ,, but i really dnt have the cash to get them new,,, cos im only 16 and my sh*t job is payin my £2.65 an hour .. im bein conned i swear... but yeah its either second hand techs .. or new cheapy decks such as like gemini SA600's :S .. and im not awfully kean to buy the gemini's or any other cheap decks because ive already got a KAM direct drive table and it is f**kin rubbish,, the platter stops as soon as u put a finger on the record.. :S .. hopeless..
I would like to ad that i startes for 6 months on gemini sa600s and they were a really solid deck that actually nearly as good as techniks. The only problem with em was the torque, or lack of it. I will say though i just ent a great fan of the techniks unless you get the mk5s coz the rest seem to just really be out of date. But thats just my view on it
Frank
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Brian K
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Posted - 2003/08/01 : 07:40:44
you can get the original 12's fairly cheap now that they have newer versions available.
in my opinion, i'd go ahead and spend the money on them...most people wind up getting them anyway and it's just cheaper to save up and buy them than to buy a different deck and then wind up buying these later.
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Slynx
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Australia
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Posted - 2003/08/01 : 15:46:21
Dude, i bought My technics 4 months old and saved 600 Aus Dollars, so thats 200 pounds for you rich bastards! JJokes.
When you go to get check them out, bring 2 of the same vinyl, and play them both on Xero pitch (0). To check the speed are the same. Check the torque on both by movign the pitch up and down at the same time to see the reaction of both.
So yeah go 4 second hand and get a quality product, but make sure it good.
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Tricky AB
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Canada
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Posted - 2003/08/02 : 20:12:38
I had Tech 1200's for a while and I liked them...but I switched to Vestax PDX 2000's...I didn't hav any problems with my 1200s at all...Good luck on your Deck hunt (and yeah, check out eBay, lots of great deals)
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DJ-Hirst.E
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Posted - 2003/08/03 : 13:09:58
cheers guys.,. your advice has been great... and my confidence has been restored wiv the second hand technics idea.... cheers !!!!
..adam..
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dezmond
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 2003/08/11 : 03:55:18
quote:
Originally posted by breathe:
BUY 12's or 1210's
-theyre industry standard
-theyre reliable
-youre already used to the decks in the club if you get em
-they dont look like gimmick, rather they look more like a wet dream
and last but not least, if you skateboard they are comparable to independent trucks in the fact that ya just gotta get em..
theyre also the easiest and most durable to serve pizza on
throw your television out the window now!!! youll thank my in the end..
That's rubbish mate. You'll find more and more clubs using Vestax, Numark TTX-1s, Stantons simply because:
- they are more funtional (ever wished you could go up a few more percent but technics wont let you)
- The build quality is no longer what it was due to mass production
-all the aforementioned decks have straight tone arms and thus avoid the awful tracking of technics.
I'd say MK2's are still good value for money and especially second hand but if you are buying brand new then shop around and get TTX-1s for the same price and you can set them up to behave almost the same as technics.
But to be honest it's all about CD decks.
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silver
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Posted - 2003/08/11 : 08:02:18
^^^ Call me old fashioned but all the other turntables out there suck ass compaired to the technics stuff.... The MK5's are amazing, yeah you can goto plus 16 on them if you want.
Wont argue about CD decks.
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