Help Buying Technics - Beginner To Turntables

[Luke Yeah?]

Hey, was wondering if someone could help me. Basically I am looking at purchasing some Technic 1210’s, MK5’s to be precise and was wondering if someone could assist me in telling me exactly what it is I need to make it useable straight from the box. I am pretty sure I need a cartridge and slipmats but I am unsure as to whether or not slipmats come provided. As you can probably tell I am new to the whole vinyl turntable thing but keen to get into it

Would really appreciate it if someone could tell me what it is that I am going to need and possibly recommend some at a reasonable price, I’m thinking a 50 pound budget cap for the cartridges. I guessed this place would be the best in providing suggestions.

Thanks,

Luke

(Hope this is posted in the right section, i own vinyl and am not new to dj'ing just incase anyone was wondering )

[morigami]

Checklist for you:

-Decks
-Mixer
-Cable from mixer to amp/hi-fi (the type depends on the input slots of your amp/hifi)
-2 needles and 2 carts
-Slip-mats (you'll get thick rubber mats with them which are useless for mixing).
-Headphones
-Vinyl brush (can get for less than £10- a good investment for cleaning your vinyl)

And the magic ingredient of course, vinyl. I hope you know what you're getting yourself in for, buying vinyl can be an addictive habit

Are you buying from an online shop/individual? If you're buying Technics from a shop you'll usually get slip-mats at the very least.

[Luke Yeah?]

Checklist for you:

-Decks
-Mixer
-Cable from mixer to amp/hi-fi (the type depends on the input slots of your amp/hifi)
-2 needles and 2 carts
-Slip-mats (you'll get thick rubber mats with them which are useless for mixing).
-Headphones
-Vinyl brush (can get for less than £10- a good investment for cleaning your vinyl)

And the magic ingredient of course, vinyl. I hope you know what you're getting yourself in for, buying vinyl can be an addictive habit

Are you buying from an online shop/individual? If you're buying Technics from a shop you'll usually get slip-mats at the very least.

Cheers for the help, i have got the mixer and cables all in place thanks to my current cd deck setup, it was the needles/carts and slipmats which were new to me, thanks for the advice yh i know all about the addiction of vinyl, addicted now and only got a portable usb turntable

[evil madmen]

MK5s will might end up being more expensive than MK2s, and harder to find for cheap.

[Luke Yeah?]

MK5s will might end up being more expensive than MK2s, and harder to find for cheap.

Yeah was thinking this actually whats the major differences that i would potentially notice between them?

[evil madmen]

MK5s will might end up being more expensive than MK2s, and harder to find for cheap.

Yeah was thinking this actually whats the major differences that i would potentially notice between them?

I dont think theres much of a difference honestly, but I really cant give an educated answer on that.

[duskky]

get em soooooooon cos they're stopping production

[eastern electrics]

get em soooooooon cos they're stopping production

this rumor is not confirmed yet. maybe not true.

[boomstix]

announced today - no more technics - panasonic who owns tecnics has decided to stop producing turntable.

[Bazzle09]

announced today - no more technics - panasonic who owns tecnics has decided to stop producing turntable.

we should get little 1210 badges made like poppys.

[nitz]

announced today - no more technics - panasonic who owns tecnics has decided to stop producing turntable.

we should get little 1210 badges made like poppys.

For all the fighter AMEN!

[ninjadog]

Two main differences between the mk2 and mk5 is the mk5 has a 8 and 16% pitch range while the mk2 is 8%, the mk5's pitch slider doesent have that lock at 0.
I'm pretty sure an other differences are minuscule, just wiki or google it.