Ok to everyone with any experience in DJing. In your opinion are there turntables that are unmixable? In others words are there some tables sold that are truely only good for playing a record? If your answer is yes, why and give examples, if your answer is no please do the same...thanx guys!
Peace and Luv, Shannon

yes there are turntable made for just "playing a record" one is made by ve$t@x the model is.....i forgot but it is called petite something.

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Originally posted by DJJR:
[qb]yes there are turntable made for just "playing a record" one is made by ve$t@x the model is.....i forgot but it is called petite something.[/qb]

Dont knock it cuz you cant afford it.

DJ Bug,
yes some of the budget modeled DJ turntables are not very good for mixing. They generally have a low torque motor that have a hard time picking up speed after you press the start button. You want a turntable that will go back to regular playing speed immediately even after you put your hand on the platter. Also, cheaper turntables have a pitch control that isnt accurate, it will fluctate. This is known as wow and flutter. A TT with a low wow and flutter is good.

Of course, i cannot recommend you a TT here, as it will be asking bill gates what kind of operating system you should use. Email me if you need further (non biased) help.

Jackie

fastsprinter@usa.net

Jackie first off, we do value your opinions. We don't have biased opinions but if you wish to talk about other company's products go check their message boards, , , as John has stated before, most of them don't have a message board, and any other company that does would do the sameon their forum.

The turntable you use, should be what you feel most comfortable working on, not what everyone else tells you to use, or what everyone else uses. I find after using the 2.2 for about 2 months now right next to a 1200, they stack up very nicely, and I don't have to worry about not having such features as ~ reverse platter, +/-20 pitch % and so on. But as I said, that's my prefrence, and not everyone thinks the same.

Please stop making us sound like we are mental patients, and belong in an insane asylum, as most if not all of us are dj's just like you. Nobody here has ever done anything to disrespect you but clearly you just want to disagree with everything we say. We have rules on this forum that are just the same as every other forum, if you cannot obey those rules, then this is not the forum for you. We have a lot of dj's from a lot of different backgrounds, experience levels and some of them don't have the budget to go out and by a pair of 1200's, or for that matter, every single unit that is considered the "best" or "industry standard". American Audio has come a long way in the past few years, and is making QUALITY gear at Affordable prices, try to find the next company that does that. By the way do you know what company is behind the Tech 1200? They are made by Panasonic. . . . .that's just a random thought.

Wow! I didn't mean to cause any hard feelings. I was just wondering cause I recently got some Nu*@$ks and I was told that they were unmixable and I would never be able to mix on them. And that I should just get rid of them now. This was by a pretty respectable DJ around Dallas. So I was only curious . You guys need not get upset...please . But thanks for the advice anyone else?
-Shannon

Shannon if you have them, learn how to use them. If you plug them in and they work, more power to you, the only thing that I can think is that they would be belt driven turntables as opposed to a direct drive tt, which then I would understand the unmixable comment, however it's not the gear that makes the dj, it's the dj that makes the best of his or her gear.

Anything can be mixable if it has a pitch control on it !

^ Sorry, i am haning out at Sparky B's Pad, and i forgot to switch over to my name, and posted as him. lol

Admit it SKILZ, you just idolize Sparky so much you stole his password and had to post as him!

Awesome see I knew I was right! And they are Direct Drive I made sure of that when I bought them. It is hard but I have been able to do it(beat match). Beat matching is hard and takes muy practice, so I figured that was why it was so hard not that the tables were bad.
Thanks Guys, Shannon

Well I feel better now! Skilz I was starting to think I wasn't in first class anymore. You should post on my adjustments topic I'd like your advice.
-Shannon

Look at it this way, if you learn the skill, which the turntable will NEVER Teach you, on something that's considered by others to be "cheap" or "c*ap" then when you master beat mixing, you can do it ony any turntable, or cd deck for that matter.

No Problem Shannon

Practice makes perfect.

I knew great minds thought alike! That's just what I've been telling myself.
Shannon

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American Audio has come a long way in the past few years, and is making QUALITY gear at Affordable prices, try to find the next company that does that. By the way do you know what company is behind the Tech 1200?

I know, i love your some of ADJ/AA stuff. Why do you think im here? Im not here to disagree with you, i just like to be devils advocate sometimes. Root for the underdog so to speak. And dont EVEN tell me that you arent biased...