will anything ever beat them? (Technics SL-1210MK2)

Member Name: boo_fanclub

Product:	Technics SL-1210MK2
Date:	05/09/02 (737 review reads)
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Advantages: smooth ride, feel so nice, understated looks

Disadvantages: loss of kidney to buy them

I've been dj ing for about a year now, in my bedroom, (not good enough to take on the world yet) but i'm already on my third set of decks, same origional mixer, im a poor student ya see.

I managed to pick a set of these up second hand off a mate, merely as a stop gap cause mine were damaged (beer incident, never good) and i'm so very impressed.

I've heard all the rumours floating around that the technics had had their time and it was now the turn of the more high tech up to date star fangled units to take over, and to tell you the truth i believed them. I thought yeah, the technics havent got a reverse switch and they've only got 10% pitch adjustment and they've got no gizmo's to make djing easier, i wont look at them, there's so much more out there.
I went through my set of no name "pinched-of-a-mate" decks and found i was very limitted by them so i thought i'd go for a set of budget direct drives, namely citronic pd-1's. I was so in love with them, yeah they've got cheesey graphics and they arent the best out there, but they were such an improvemnt over my first time ones. The pitch control worked better, the startup was so quick they felt damn good to use, i thought i'd never buy another setup again. Then it happened, a mate spilled beer all over one of the pitch controls, and killed my beloved pd-1, i had a tear in my eye and tried in vain to get it working again, no such luck.

This fateful event led me to blag a set of tired looking sl-1210's of my sisters boyfriend for a £150 (bargain) yeah they're dented and scraped but they'd do while i looked for something else i thought. On first impressions they're nothing special, no gizmo's, no gadgets, no nothing really, i was unimpressed until i rigged them up, then oh my....

They're so great, pitch control that is actually spot on (ive checked with a bpm counter), the startup which is perfect, th
e fastest i think ive seen, so much torque, i loved them. Everything was working how it should be if not better, and all this from a very well loved, yet badly looked after, pair of decks. They're tatty and battered but they work perfectly, saying something about reliabilitly i think, they'er sturdy yet simple, no gizmo's to get in the way, marvellous.

It may sound silly but they just feel 100%, they make me smile to use them, the mixes come out so crisp and satisfying, so much better than my old citronics, i love them so.

I'm saving for a new mixer now, cause ive found my dream decks.

If you have a heart, buy some, sell a kidney, but you've got to have them, ok?

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