advice please!

[retail]

so I just purchased some 1200's on eBay ($650 for 2 with crap Gemini mixer)

anyways i need to do some shopping... the guy kept the cartridges so I need those, and I think I'd like to go ahead and upgrade the mixer (it is a "scratchmaster" hahaha)

anyways my budget is about $300. any help, ideas, suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I already have 100+ records of primarily prog. trance/house/techno if that makes a difference in the kind of gear I need...

thanks!

i am now officially :owned: by my credit card bills! woo-hoo!

[Nquire]

Id go with like a Numark. Its like a step down from from any professional mixer. Which would probably run anywhere from 500 to 1,000 dollars. This Numark is only like $250. I have the Numark DM1002X mixer. With kill switches, transformers,all highs, midi's, and lows. Not professional, but works great...

[doug_sonic]

Stanton makes good mixers with a great value ( got my mixer for under $250) and you can't go wrong with picking up a pair of stanton needles either . I think the Stanton "CrAze" signatures run under $70 a pair . happy playing dude

[retail]

hmmm thanks for the advice...

i'm sweating the shure white label cartridges. ooooh so pretty
:drool: :drool:

any other DJ's out there willing to lend some advice?

[zartan]

love my numark matrix III mixer.

[GooglyMoose]

Yeah, I picked up the Matrix III and it worked great, I love it. Knobs, kills, 3 channels, EQs. Not fully pro but it has all the features you need for home. I got mine for like $100 new (when mars went out of buisness) and it is my best friend

[retail]

yay i scored my white labels for $89/ea!

WEEEE!

I like the Matrix III... hmm now i need to find it for $100 too...
the "Scratchmaster" will have to do for now :FUBAR:

[DnBinjecka]

I got a Numark Dm3002x from 123dj.com for $189 its got kills switches for high/mid/low and eq's for the same. 3 channel w/ efx return and adujustable fader curve. as for the cartridges. check them on price too sometimes they got good sales.
/ez

[djreplicant]

Uh oh, Yeah, I like The White Labels, too.

B

Sell a kidney and get a good mixer.

[hue-e]

Need carts? I've got the Ortofon Concords (NightClub) and totally love them. Actually they are the DJS with the NightClub tips. It took some time to figure out what tips I would need for what I like to do. Anyway, if you go looking around for them, they are the black ones with the yellow tips. I think you can get a pair of them on ebay for under $200. They should come with tips, but if you need new ones, they are $40-$50 each, but the sound quality is superb, they are diamond tipped and cut pretty tight so there isn't hardly any vinyl burn. They seem to last quite a while too. my $00.02

[Liquidguru]

i bought a numark mixer once. it fell apart. its a piece of crap. i hate it and it must die

:postal:my numark pro-sm1:rl:

[retail]

hmmm

anyone have any tips for sound insulation? i live in a 120+ yr. old rowhouse in baltimore and I swear the walls and floors are made from a composite of kleenex and balsa wood :lame: so i'm sure my neighbors are going to love my non-stop practicing.

i swear if the guy above me drops a toothpick i'll hear it

! :help: !

[hue-e]

Originally posted by retail
hmmm

anyone have any tips for sound insulation? i live in a 120+ yr. old rowhouse in baltimore and I swear the walls and floors are made from a composite of kleenex and balsa wood :lame: so i'm sure my neighbors are going to love my non-stop practicing.

i swear if the guy above me drops a toothpick i'll hear it

! :help: !

This is pretty cheap, check it. I had to do this when I was playing drums in this garage. Go to Home Depot and in the Materials area there are these styrofoam panels that are 2ftx4ft, They are white with a silver coating on one site of it. Get enought of that to cover your area. Stick it up with what ever you want to, but make sure it will stay.

You don't neccesarily have to do this one, it just adds to your sound proofing. I went to the cheapest place possible for this, go to a place like Kmart, Target, Walmart etc. and go to the bedding section. There, they will have roll-out foam mats you can put on your matress (under the sheets). They kind of look like egg crates but they are about as big as a King, Queen or whatever. Get enough of those to cover your area (this stuff is hard to make stay, use liquid nail or staple gun. Cover your area over the styrofoam panels. It sounds like a shabby concaucktion, but it seemed to tone down the level of my drum playing in the garage. Which is really hard to do with out 10 or so layers of masonite(which isn't cheap).

If you don't like the foam bedding thing, I would just put a double layer of the styrofoam. They run about $1.50+/sheet. Or at least that's what it cost a year or so ago.

Just one mans opinion, hope it helps.

[hue-e]

By the way, get the panels that are at least 1.5 inches thick!

[DNAgirl]

I have the same problem except its with my neighbors UPSTAIRS...so i dunno if this will work for everyone...hmm perhaps i can nail the styrofoam to the ceiling?