Should I buy some decks or not?

Should I buy some decks or not?

Right, I've never even touched a set of turntables before but I really want to get into mixing nd whatnot. I was going to buy some with my birthday money but that soon got stolen by bottles of broon and tickets to tall trees and promise. I had a quick (not too quick) look on the internet for a set that would be a good starting point and the str8-80's seemed like a decent choice. A few people who already dj a little told me to go for the str8-150's but I know what people are like. They'll tell me to get whichever ones they have or whichever ones they'd like to have with no regard to price etc.

I'd be mixing trance of different kinds and some hard house. I'm not loaded and I'm completely new to this. What kinda setup would u recommend for me as a good starting point?

I'm skint atm so I'd have to save the money up. About £250 for 2 turntables would probably be as far as I'd get before more bottles of broon came trotting along.

Cheers in advance. - ps. And which mixer and other little gadgets would be good?:spangled:

i have stantons str8 150s for sale, was looking for around £300 tho. if youre interested email me.

get some if you want them...out of decks i've actually used Numark seem the best budget direct drive decks at the minute

if u want maybe can chuck a few old tunes in with it as well.
might not be to your taste, but will get you started mate!

if i was starting now, i'd be going for CDJs and digital equipment rather than vinyl decks...

you wouldnt get much cdj wise for 250 though

you'll get some entry level CDJs fine... same as you wouldn't get any decent vinyl decks for £250.....


EDIT : i.e. http://www.djstore.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.pl?item=gemcdj01numdm1050pack

but then the age old arguement of "well, it's better to spend more... blah blah blah"

EDIT EDIT : i.e. eBay : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=91384&item=5763236753&rd=1

Buying decks is the cheapest part

this fells knows the score...for about 900 you can get a great vinyl setup that will hold it value much better than an average one for 600 so if you decide its not for you the money you lose on selling them wont be as much

1) Some people might only want to do it for fun - don't knock the cheaper equipment

2) Not everyone can splash out 7-800 quid on dj equipment...

3) Vestax looks like Fisher Price toys

agreed...


i only do it for fun but didnt find it much fun on my belt drives

Despite being better

yeah the kids dont cut themselves on those round corners

scared to post in this thread like

it's all about opinions!

come on young 'un...

I started off with a Numark DJ in a box for about £300, 2 x decks, mixer and 2 x powered speakers a few years ago. Then made the step up to Technics once i REALLY got into it!

Just buy cheapies for now to learn on, CDJ's are a good idea too!

please someone stop this madness!

it's the way things are going for the majority... accept it... the digital age is here...

i'll never desert to cd - i love mi vinyl too much!