DJ In A Box

DJ In A Box

i have never ever played anything on the decks before and dont know the first thing about mixing.

i wanna get some decks and ive seen the 'DJ in a box' on sale at HMV. im just a beginner so is it worth me paying £199.

The package from Numark contains 2 TT1510 belt-drive turntables with cartridges and slipmats, 1 DM905 Blue Dog mixer, and HF125 flexible 7-position dual headphones.

will these just be cheap and chatty or is it a good bargin?

I wouldn't bother buying it mate, the decks are very flimsy and difficult to mix on, I would look for something second hand, as long as the decks are direct drive you should be ok to start u off.

Hope this helps!

u will probs get better decks and a mixer if u but them seprate i think like

Im with Jimmy on this one,

I started off with belt drive Gemini's, took a while to get used them but after a year and a half i went and got some direct drive just to find i had to learn how to mix again because it was totally different

I wudnt buy em

What the fuck??? Ive been playing out for 2 years and all i have is limit belt rives at home!! I can play on technics with no problems?? Buy them....

U must be extra talented

I hate buying anything from HMV :evil:

im with jambon on this 1.

I started on belt drives, if you can afford Directs go for it. Anything go's for your first turntables.

Too rite mozza!!


Look at people like Frankie Knuckles, Grandmaster Flash, Theadore etc who were scratching and matching on decks with no pitch control... They didnt have all this fancy shit, all you need is two turntables a mixer and choons.

I started with a 'DJ In A Box' kit, but the first ever one, two really ugly purple decks and the worst mixer you could ever imagine, topped off with some walkman headphones.
Was hard making the transition to 1210s at first, but you get used to it.
Look at Amy, she was playing Kancela & El Divino when she only had 'DJ In A Box' decks at home, ya don't need em.

They'll be aight to start with

Get them....... makes getting Technics later a little bit sweeter....

if its all u can affors get em mate when i first got into dj'ing its all i could afford was belt drives and i picked it up quick enough on em

go on somewhere like djstore.co.uk - u can get better start up kits for maybe a few extra quid. as always, u get what u pay for. if you're planning a career as a DJ, you'll be wanting a pair of the top decks at some point - might as well save now and buy some off e-bay. if you're only going to be doing it for your own pleasure, go for the cheaper option.

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I got Scott Bond in mine, I nearly broke me back getting it home

I started with a really ropey pair of belt drives. the belts were fucked and they ran faster than they should have done. The kam mixer was falling to pieces and half of one of the channels didn't work at all. It didn't put me off.


I progressed to a better, though not perfect, pair of direct drives (which I still use at home) and a solid mixer (Vestax).


personally feel that if you have the aptitude, you'll succeed on anything. As Jambon said, all the old masters used to play on decks that often didn't have any pitch control at all, Picotto also used to practice with one turntable and try to match the beats with what was playing on the radio. Shit like that makes the whole technical side of DJ'ing second nature so you can get on and concentrate about the quality of what you're playing.

Get the DJ in a box (though preferably the Direct Drives) you'll sharp work out if you want to push things on and upgrade to the flashy stuff or not. Good Luck

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i started on Vestax so i cant really comment on the whole starting on belts malarky. but..

when ive had a shot on belts.. the difference is very noticable to me personally. they are sooo weak. not really worth the money when directs can be had for a little more.

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