There’s a person locally (in nashville that’s pretty rare) selling two 1200mk2s, a gemini mixer and Ortofon cartridges. I’m not sure what would be a proper offer. She says she’s only played on them once. She says she was offered 200 each for the decks. Sounds too good to be true.
What should I look out for and how much should I offer? I was thinking 800 for all of it.
I just paid $350 for a set used that need new cables. So you figure at least $110 each for the needles and the flight case and you are more or less getting the mixer free.
This is very informative. I might take her up on the offer just cause in my neck of the woods I doubt I’ll see a broad selection of Technics, and I can actually go and check them out.
What should I check out on them to make sure they’re in good condition?
If you are planning on using timecode, pay close attention to the cables. Make sure they plug into your sound card good and snug. Wasnt a big deal for me because I have a friend that knows how to open them up and fix them and we had already planned on opening them up to ground them internally. If you are going to have them open, its not a huge deal to replace cables. Make sure the pitch fader is smooth and watch to make sure that the action on the platter is the exact opposite on either end of the fader. The 4 separate rings on the outside of the platter should be smooth and no jerks or jumps.
I believe you need Traktor Scratch Duo as well if you plan on using Traktor. The Audio 4 DJ should be fine for Duo, but I believe you need an Audio 8 for anything more than just 2 decks.
Other than that, it sounds like that is a solid deal if the tables are in good condition. There are some explanation videos on youtube by that DJ Teacher guy that actually are fairly informative about how to check tables. And others by other folks really.
That sounds pretty much like what my buddy is using for his setup. He has 1200Mk5’s, gemini 3 channel mixer, and nothing special heads/carts. I know he paid a lot more than what you are figuring.
So if you have the cash, go watch a couple videos on checking tables out, and snap that deal up before someone jumps on it imo.
You don’t really need the multicore cables. They are specifically for a club set up where you want to be able to hook up dvs with minimal fuss. If you are just using it at home and mostly leaving it set up, no advantage to having the mulitcore cables.
Cant speak for Traktor but I know in Serato depending on if you have an SL1 or and SL3 it isnt a big deal to play vinyl. SL1 has through channels and with the SL3 you put a special track on for through play. I assume Traktor probably has a way to set a deck to play through.
One thing to watch out for with serato is if the RCAs are damaged there is a good chance that when you engage the DVS, your UI will start scrolling up to the first song in your library and automatically load it while playing your track backwards. It’s not a common problem but it is a sure way of knowing if your RCAs need replacing
thats a great deal! snag them up if you haven’t already. As far as the mixer goes, I use to use a gemini mixer and found that the pots and faders were decent, but I swapped the cross fader for an innofader and picked up a pair of art dj phono preamps because I found the onboard ones to be pretty crappy. 150 bux in mods later and it was a pretty tight little mixer for a total cost of $220.
On the deal> getting used 1210s is fine, even if they are in poor condition they are still usable and service fees aren’t of the roof (i paid like 40-50 bucks converted to completely get in shape really messed up 1210TT)
you dont need multicores - its just multiple normal RCAs straped into one big cable, so you still can play regular vinyl on your setup .. if you don’t have them, no big deal, you just use couple more RCAs… refer to traktor manual for possible external mixer / DVS setups
One more thing. Went and checked out the tables today. I checked the middle red dot and instead of staying still it kind of wobbled back and forth. Does that mean it’s busted or can that be calibrated?