man its best to just save the money and get the techs, what you dont want to do is blow your budget on a subpar setup which might only last a little.

if you dont follow this advice, just make sure you buy somthing with a good strong motor, obviously nothing belt driven... if you want to be cheap get stantons or somthing.

but like i said, just get techs...even if you can only afford one. You wont need two if you are just starting out, you can always run a turntable-cd player setup through your mixer...

then when you actually elevate, get a second table and start beat juggiling and doing all the advanced techniques.

peace