Technics 1200 (done a search)

djchucknorris wrote:Eeek! Don't buy Citronic. I had one of their mixers about 11 years ago and just sucked and fell apart.

Totaly, Citronic is junk although they started out with allright stuff back in the day.
But those turntables are not made by Citronic they are just branded by them

look simmilar?

If you are strictly sampling, maybe wanting to add some cuts to your beats, check this out:
http://www.vestax.com/v/products/players/qfo.html

I like the idea, but never seen or tried one out. Why dont YOU cop it and be my guinea pig, lmao.

For tricks this is even cooler lol


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCP28_n1DAI

^^^^^^^ yeh damn i forgot about those bad boys.. it would be crazy just to have one for sampling.
bong!

but damn, AU$3499.oo.. innovative yes, daylightroberative, check!

vinyl_junkie_1620 wrote:Mk2's are still by far the best and it will piss on the T-80..what ever you do don't buy a good needle for the T-80 cos it will wreck it.

The T90 has a curved arm; he can use an elliptical stylus if he wants. T80 is a straight arm.

The T120 is identical to the 150 but without the same quality body and I think it lacks tempo lock.

The T90 actually has higher torque than a 1200 . . .

If you stick a modern arm, upgrade the feet and use a good mat on the SL-1200 it sounds up there with a $1500 hi-fi turntable...if you go further and rid of the shi* internal PSU things get even tastier

Or he could just buy a hi-fi turntable rather than mucking around with modding the 1200 . . .

Truth be told the features on the ST150 and 120 like pitch lock, digital outs, a huge pitch range, and even reverse can come in insanely handy for testing out sounds before and while sampling. Like someone else mentioned, you will get some great ideas that would normally eat away 5 minutes of sampling and trimming to test out.

All of the 1200s aside from the MK2s are rip offs. If the price increase was marginal for those features perhaps it'd be okay -- but it's just not worth it. If you're considering entering the $400+ range it's time to look at the 150s (curved version).

yup $2500 usd....

Thats the same as buying 2 Tech 12s and a Rane TTM57SL.....**** that!

especially when we have an mpc and a turntable already to play tricks like that.
but still make me want one, it goes on the never ending money pit list...

The turntable most definitely affects the sound, but for sampling it's not a huge thing since you'll be manipulating it so much afterward. The main thing is to make sure whatever turntable you ahve is well set up (level, proper tracking weight, proper overhang, clean needle without too much wear, well shielded and grounded).

That said, if you're not spinning, what you have should be more than adequate for sampling. You'd be better off putting the money into a better cartridge and professional setup (if you're not comfortable doing that yourself) than getting a new turntable. That will have a much bigger impact on sound quality.

EDIT:

another thing to consider is that f you're just sampling and don't need DJ-specific features, there are a lot of great sounding hi-fi turntables that can be had for short money if you dig around in thrifts stores, record stores etc.

I've got a really nice Technics SP-15 and a mid 60s tube amplifier, spent a total of $180 on them and sold the radio tuner that came with the amp for $100 and put abotu $150 into having the amp serviced. audiophile types pay thousands of dollars for stuff that doesn't sound as good, and I've passed up even better deals in the past. It does happen.