gianluigi
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quote:
Originally posted by dave17
I spent
£900 decks
£400 mixer
£300 hifi
£220 amp
£300 15" speakers
£80 12" sub
£120 headphones
£120 concorde needles
and a shitloada records at £7/8 each 
have you made your money back?
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GREG 1
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Registered: 28th Jul 00
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I don't even wanna say or think how much i have spent, well over £2k 
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GREG 1
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Registered: 28th Jul 00
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Must of also spent well over that on records
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stuartmitchell
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quote:
Originally posted by mav
A sense of whats good and whats not
yeah this is the most important bit, If you do functions etc you need to gauge your audience. For instance there will be nights I dont touch a track from the charts, some nights the crowds really into there motown, northern soul and shit like that. Also a wee bit of chat goes down well too 
I use CD's  I have a mixer, 2 big speakers, amp, 4 light machines, smoke machine  and microphone
I wouldn't bother with vinal unless you want to do clubs etc, its way easier and cheaper to download the songs you want
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stuartmitchell
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oh I should say I got all that stuff for £200 and made it all back in a weekend
Knowing ex dj's helps though
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gianluigi
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jason, get this, will make life much more easier!
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Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
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lol how much is that thing?
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gianluigi
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duno, but a random observation tells me, you've been here 1 year and one day
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Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
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PCDJ Scratch all the way. PLay ur MP3'z as tho its vinyl.
I use 2 Stanton STR8-100 decks, Cirtronic Club mixer
Rather then pay 5, 6, £7 for a piece of vinyl. I buy from www.beatport.com for 90p. All the best in every popular genre (i'm an epic trance guy)
http://www.pcdj.com/Products/Scratch.asp
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Carl
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Registered: 9th May 04
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You can spend shit loads on equipment, then again you can make abit of money if you get in the right places. I usually buy my stuff off my best mate when he has done with it, thing is he has upgraded the max nearly now so, he wont sell anything on cheap.
Hes got a home set up and one at a pub that they pay him 15 quid a night to use even if he's theone using them.
hes got, 2 vestax pdx2000's a pioneer djm-600 and a denonon dns5000 at work. Then at home he has an Allen and Heath zone mixer, 1 denon dns-5000 and a pioneer cdj1000  So i use his stuff as i haven't got the money to dish out for a set-up.
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dave17
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never made my money back, but wasnt really about that, was just for fun and was a hobbie.
expensive one at that.
i bought PDX2000s brand new when they came out, they were AWESOME
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Laney
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Registered: 6th May 03
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I spent about £250 on some second hand Gemini PT2400's and £40 on a cheap mixer.
I tend to buy my vinyl 3 for £10 in HMV 
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Carl
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quote:
Originally posted by dave17
never made my money back, but wasnt really about that, was just for fun and was a hobbie.
expensive one at that.
i bought PDX2000s brand new when they came out, they were AWESOME
They are awesome. Looks like my mates out of a job, pubs not been paying the brewey!
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GREG 1
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Registered: 28th Jul 00
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quote:
Originally posted by dave17
i bought PDX2000s brand new when they came out, they were AWESOME
SNAP
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MarkM
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I would not like to even contemplate what I have spent on my equipment and records etc over the years...would amount to thousands...
My biggest outlay was an Allan & Heath mixer...immense!!
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CraigyG
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Look for a pair of cheap Tech 1210s on Ebay they go for about £300 (pair) now days but they are still the best turntable today. I've just spent 2K on a pair of CDJ-1000's & a DJM500 mixer which is alot of money but i really want to DJ for a living. IMO you want to go for CDJs instead of turntables as you're gonna save alot on buying music etc. You can download alot of music now days (legally) for a few quid then burn them stright to a CD-R.
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mk4_astra
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quote:
Originally posted by sport16v
My biggest outlay was an Allan & Heath mixer...immense!!
ditto though ive only got the baby a&h (xone 32) its still a good mixer, as are the 2 stanton str-150's that it sits in between. only decks i would ever replace them with would be the vestax pdx 2300 mk2's
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CraigyG
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I've put a list together of Legal download sites
www.mp3toburn.com
www.beatport.com
www.karmadownload.com
www.trackitdown.net
www.stompy.com
www.digibag.com
www.edmdigital.com
www.djdownload.com
www.3beatrecords.co.uk/digital
www.atsdigital.com
www.westendrecords.com
www.nufonix.com
www.digitaljaymusic.com
www.bleep.com
www.trax2burn.com
www.audiojelly.com
www.uptownrecords.com
www.bedrock.uk.net
www.subliminalrecords.com
www.clickgroove.com
www.city16.com
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Jas
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Registered: 13th Oct 04
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quote:
Originally posted by gianluigi
duno, but a random observation tells me, you've been here 1 year and one day
wow never noticed...
we need an anniversary thread..stating 1 year and 1 day
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scott d
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spent far too much over the years on equipment and vinyl. had 3 sets of decks before technics - belt drives, shit direct drives, semi decent directs then finally 1210s... should have started off with technics as would have saved a fair bit.
i'm using vinyl less and less these days due to the cost of records at £5-8 which is far too much considering a blank cd costs 10p if that along with £1-2 for a legal download that’s obtained without going into town or forking out postage charges. I would seriously consider a decent set of CDJ's rather than turntables or even 2 CDJs and 1 deck for playing vinyl only releases, scratching, etc.
pioneer cdj 100s can be had on ebay for around 160-200 each, decent mixer for the same and 1210s for around 400.
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
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iv also been considering gettin into Dj'ing with decks but it seems quite expensive by the sounds of it
might have to save up and have a bash in a coupla years or something
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CraigyG
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It's worth the money IMO.
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Wrighty
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what do all you guys play then?
are you any good? got any thing we can hear on the net?
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Aaron
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quote:
Originally posted by CraigyG
I've put a list together of Legal download sites
www.mp3toburn.com
www.beatport.com
www.karmadownload.com
www.trackitdown.net
www.stompy.com
www.digibag.com
www.edmdigital.com
www.djdownload.com
www.3beatrecords.co.uk/digital
www.atsdigital.com
www.westendrecords.com
www.nufonix.com
www.digitaljaymusic.com
www.bleep.com
www.trax2burn.com
www.audiojelly.com
www.uptownrecords.com
www.bedrock.uk.net
www.subliminalrecords.com
www.clickgroove.com
www.city16.com
LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've just bought a track i've been lookin for for ages...Nufrequency - 808 Why oh Why
I've used beatport for ages but just found that track on djdownload
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CraigyG
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Registered: 20th Oct 02
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I play Trance (NON- CHEESE) Im not to good at the mo but im not shit either, My beatmatching needs to be a little smoother. You can check out a few mixes on my site (GvsT) link in sig
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