SO! What does a temp job paycheck + my first bi-monthly Walgreens paycheck + a resultant bad caffeine addiction equal?
A ridiculously spastic thread asking which tables I should buy to replace my entry-level ones, WOOTWOOT!
Anyway, a bit of background. I've been spinning for around 4 years now, been playing live for around a year. Most of my tunes have been in digital format; thus, I have a pair of CDJ400s and a couple of entry-level turntables. Now that I got a job, it's time to get a pair of legit vinyl tables and put my small collection of 12''s to good use. Here's the difficult part; the vinyl I have is primarily 90's era gabber [the stuff ranges all over the place; 150 to 220], so having over 12% is an actual requirement. I've played with rips of my collection in VDJ extensively to verify this. Also, of course, as long as I'm getting legit TTs, it may as well go without saying that I'd like a model that will not explode/that can handle scratching pretty well.
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My budget is approximately $800. I've taken a look at my options, and it seems like the following models meet my minimal specifications:
Vestax PDX 2000/MK2's: These are the tables that I have my eye set on; They're hardly around anymore, but I've heard excellent things about durability, and the Ultra Pitch slider (A separate, dedicated slider that ranges between -50/+50) seems like the most precise way to manipulate tempo. [Note: I'm too poor to rock PDX3000s.]
Numark TTX's: Should I be careful due to the simple fact that these bear Numark's name? I've seen a few respected local names playing these, but I've been here long enough to know that Numark translates into DJian as Cancer.
Stanton ST/STR8-150's: Although I've heard the hype about the excellent scratch-sessions these things are capable of, these are the last on my list for the simple reason that the pitch options are as follows; %8, %25, %50. The gap between %8 and %25 just seems absurd to me.
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Anyone? Rep for sale. Thank you.
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