Im looking for some decks that are quite a bit cheaper than technics but basically the same or better (i recall wub saying he had some that were far superior but a lot cheaper) so if you know of any, please do tell!

Yeah mate i have some. They are up my arse ha ha ha ha

 

I will be round your gaf about half six tonsil boy

Well, there's nothing that beats Technics

 

But the Stanton STR8-100's is pretty decent, for its price.

 

http://www.stantonmagnetics.com/alpha44/tt_str8-100.asp

 

try eBay (www.ebay.co.uk) for cheaper technics maybe??

ReBirth said:

Well, there's nothing that beats Technics

 

But the Stanton STR8-100's is pretty decent, for its price.

 

http://www.stantonmagnetics.com/alpha44/tt_str8-100.asp

 

 

shall i start the technics vs other decks wars now or shall we just kill the thread here

basically i'm a little pissed off @ technics 4 being so arse-sitty-ony - u only have to look @ the quality and price range of rivel decks to c how much ground technics have lost!

 

i'm not a big technics fan me

Yeah matey, Citronic PD-2's.

 

+/-20% pitch

78rpm

same torque as technics

reverse play

cool blue strobe light on them.

 

I got mine new at £319 a piar, including 4 cartirdges.

thing is tho, with Technics, 99% of the time they are what clubs have installed in the dj booths - reason they are so popular is that DJs tend to prefer using decks they will use when playing out so they dont have to spend a few minutes adapting to motor strength etc.!!!!

i agree with chris here.

 

I got shitty gemini xl500 mkII's and can mix pretty tight on them.....but if u tell me to mix on techies i'd freak out! lol

 

was tempted to buy some vestax when i got the cash - but ive now set my heart on 1210's simply coz they are teh standard and when you're looking at playing out u want to turn up and know u are gonna be comfortable.

Chris_Hutchinson said:

thing is tho, with Technics, 99% of the time they are what clubs have installed in the dj booths - reason they are so popular is that DJs tend to prefer using decks they will use when playing out so they dont have to spend a few minutes adapting to motor strength etc.!!!!

 

i totally agree with u there m8 - thats what angers me most about the technics being the standard - its not cuz thier the best, but cuz thier the 1s that gave the decks away to the clubs to make em teh standard in the 1st place

 

another micro$oft job if u ask me

and of course there's the fact that Technics lasts a life time...

ReBirth said:

and of course there's the fact that Technics lasts a life time...

 

as aposed to vestax, nu mark etc that, erm, also do

decks are decks at the end of the day surely u shud be able to mix on any!! none of this i got these decks so cant mix on these!! bullshit!! gimme my box and any decks and il mix on em!!

jonm said:

decks are decks at the end of the day surely u shud be able to mix on any!! none of this i got these decks so cant mix on these!! bullshit!! gimme my box and any decks and il mix on em!!

 

well said - alltho i wouldnt say that is always teh case

 

cheeper lower-end-of-the-market decks r tougher to mix on

I'd like to see anyone mix on the decks that Dooby took to Tidy Weekender - they were awful (sorry Dooby)

wub_wub said:

I'd like to see anyone mix on the decks that Dooby took to Tidy Weekender - they were awful (sorry Dooby)

they cant be as bad as my old decks!! sound lab dlp3s!! theyre dreadful but i can still mix on them!! just harder work cos they dont hold the beat so ur constantly touching and tuning can be done tho