I'm very heavily considering returning to amateur DJing as a serious hobby after over a decade away (using two decades old equipment!). I used to have two cheap belt drive turntables and a basic mixer, but am very excited by all the new opportunities, and the improvement in CD decks since the late 90s when I last used them.
I have a lot of late 80s to late 90s house etc vinyl, so two turntables would be great I think, obviously a decent mixer, and two CD decks. I have a lot of digital stuff too, so I'm guessing I very much want/need Serato or Traktor, as well as a dedicated laptop.
1210s were the standard in 'my day' with only a few preferring Vestax. I'm dismayed to see the prices on 1210s now though as they're discontinued. Is there a modern equivalent or even something that surpasses them?
Perhaps I can rip my vinyl and so get away with just one turntable (which I prefer to CDJs)?
Any general tips what I should be looking at? Money isn't too much of an issue for the whole package but at the same time I'm not prepared to spend £700 for a used 1210!
I have a lot of late 80s to late 90s house etc vinyl, so two turntables would be great I think, obviously a decent mixer, and two CD decks. I have a lot of digital stuff too, so I'm guessing I very much want/need Serato or Traktor, as well as a dedicated laptop.
1210s were the standard in 'my day' with only a few preferring Vestax. I'm dismayed to see the prices on 1210s now though as they're discontinued. Is there a modern equivalent or even something that surpasses them?
Perhaps I can rip my vinyl and so get away with just one turntable (which I prefer to CDJs)?
Any general tips what I should be looking at? Money isn't too much of an issue for the whole package but at the same time I'm not prepared to spend £700 for a used 1210!
