Hey! Been DJing for a while, but just now getting into vinyl (planning on doing traktor control vinyl), mostly because of this forum. I picked up a pair of gemini PT2000 II's. I know tech 1200/1210's are the be-all-end-all, but these were $50 together from some guy that found them (in retrospect, may have been under sketchy circumstances..)
My question is: Exactly how much better are technics than gemini's? I've heard gemini's are pretty low-quality, and I know Tech's are the best there is, but I just don't know the difference yet. Some help? If it's a thing you can quantify, I'd appreciate that too.
My second question is about "needles". I don't know anything about headshells, cartridges and styli. The pair of PT2000 II's came with only one headshell/cartridge/stylus. I took a couple of pictures of it for you guys.
http://imgur.com/Df1LF&hmVSW
What is it? Is it any good/worth salvaging? Should I look for a matching headshell/cartridge? What would be my best bet for a second one? I'll mostly be doing control vinyl, and I won't really be doing much scratching.
Thanks for getting me into this, guys.
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