yea, I just joined the forum and noticed this was old so I wasn't gonna post anything. I was going to advise purchasing numark tt-200s for turntables. extremely solid and worth every penny. you can get one brand new for like 144.00 on ebay. shipping isn't too much either. so you could get a couple for real cheap. and the shure m35x carts are amazing for the money as well. you can get those for real cheap and they work great for a beginner spinning trance.
