Numark TTX1

i like the numark ttx1 cause there up there with vestax but ther a little bit cheaper and well im only gone 15 and i havnt got the mony 4 vestax just yeat but i iswitched from cheap argos deck 2 vestax ttx1 and i find them preticularly eze 2 use and scratch

The Numark TTX1 turntables are fun and have a lot of new features that you won't find in the Technics line. However because they use digital pitch control instead of analog (like the technics) it is impossible to fine tune the pitch slider for beat matching. For example - on the Technics you can move the pitch less than a centimeter in either direction and get a responsive change in speed. With digital pitch this does not work, if you move the slider in small increments you get no response. You have to make much larger jumps and are eventually forced to use your hands on the platter in addition to the pitch slider if you want to fine tune the speed. This makes it pretty much impossible to be precisely accurate with the pitch slider, and in my opinion is a serious flaw.

Having been around Technic 1200's for a lot of years, I was not sure how the Numark TTX turntable would compare. Simply put, it's better. Now I'm sure that after 30 years someone can make a better DJ turntable. The thing is, people just accept the 1200's as the pinnacle of DJ turntables. At one time Cerwin Vega was the best sound, period. The Metron 1500 watt amps could not be beat. Today they are very average! Same as 1200's! Yes they are built well, and are very reliable, but an 8% pitch just isn't enough. When they came out there was no scratching or DJ battles. Just simple beat mixing. Nobody used a beat counter, you used your ears. Today on the TTX you have a 50% pitch variance, a beat counter and keylock. Keylock electronically eliminates the voices sounding like chipmunks at higher speeds. It locks the tone no matter how fast you spin the record. Simply put - incredible! And yes the platter starts and stops faster than the 1200's. Plus, has more torque. After 30 or so years the 1200's are now simply good. They are no longer the best.