@Headie 563323 wrote:

1210 mk2’s. Had mine over 20 years and still going strong without a single problem. I actually started out on belt drives and played at a few parties with belt drive turntables in fact i have played on some of the worst turntables going (all-in-ones with pitch controls under the actual vinyl etc), but direct drives are the ones to go for.

Ever tried using them nasty old Citronic console mixing thingies from 15+ years ago? They are the worst decks I have ever used without a doubt; Literally like mixing on your nan’s hifi. I have no idea how this company still exists, they should of gone bankrupt within a few years of opening with gear like that!

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Oh man, my mates sister naively hired a pair of them for me and her brother to DJ on for her birthday party. Worst party (music wise) ever. To top it all off, the headphone channel on the mixer was fucked! It was only coming out of one ear, and was SO quiet even with the music not playing out the main speakers, the chatter from the room would drown out what little you could hear in the working can. I literally don’t think there was more then a handful of mixes all night that didn’t clang and go massively out of time. We ended up just fading out and starting the next tune from the top as although directly listening to the needle in the groove was better then listening to the headphones(!) it still was impossible to sort out. O.o

Could of been a really nice party as well, poor girl had rented out a massive function room at the side of a pub, even put a tab behind the bar!