Price Paid:  $25.00 from Car Boot sale

Summary:
Excellent piece of Kit.and second hand for £25 (Pound sterling)..with pitch bend, manual and electronic, with light meter and for dark enviroments a cue light. Best record player I have brought in ages.

Strengths:
Pitch Bend and Light meter for very accurate precision

Weaknesses:
None that I can think of

Price Paid:  $700.00 from from a friend

Summary:
I got 2 Gemini PT 1000 II and I like it and I also got 2 technics SL 1200 mk2. I choose the PT 1000 II over the technics because I use the pitch control to match the beat. It easy to do on the PT 1000 II then the technics because its don’t have that dip in the middle of the pitch control. I got this Gemini about 6 years ago and is in good condition I will not sell or trade this for anything.

Strengths:
its don’t have that dip in the middle of the pitch control

Weaknesses:
NO weaknesses whatsoever

Similar Products Used:
technics SL 1200 mk2

Price Paid:  $90.00 from from a freind

Summary:
ive got pt-1000s and to be honest there great i got a deal on mine also i cudnt be happier the only other turntables i wud prefure wud be tech 1210s but who doesnt want then huh?

Strengths:
pitch bend

Weaknesses:
???

Similar Products Used:
gemini pt2100s

Price Paid:  $175.00 from hollywooddj.com

Summary:
(REVIEW ON PT-1000 II) Excelent turntable for the money, nearly identical to the new PT-2100. Start and stop times are excelent, many features including pitch blend which comes in handy b/c trying to slow this motor from the spindel is not easy. Much higher quality than other competing decks I have used, Obviously not in the same class as Tech 1200's, but nearly 1/3rd the price. I would recomend these to the beginner-intermediate dj. After I get some more friends to try them out I'll post another review on if they are professional material...

Strengths:
Excelent Start/Stop Time, High Quality Construction, Pitch Blend, Adequate Torque

Weaknesses:
Not Tech 12's

Similar Products Used:
Numark 1700, Technics 1200

Price Paid:  $150.00 from local record shop

Summary:
I've been using this table for about 6 months now and I have to give it high praise. The pt-1000 features a high torque motor that is slightly less powerful than a tech-12 but still very respectable. I've put this table through quite a bit of abuse and it still keeps banging. The tonearm assembly seems, I dunno, a little loose? However I've experienced no problems whatsoever. The pitch control goes to a generous +-10% which really comes in handy sometimes if you like to experiment a lot. My only complaint really is the "dip" where the pitch control clicks into the 0% position. This makes it a little difficult to fine tune your mixes around this point. All in all this is the perfect table for the bedroom Dj and beginners.

Strengths:
durable, high-torque, extended pitch control (+-10%)

Weaknesses:
"dip" at 0% on the pitch control

Similar Products Used:
Gemini pt-2100, technics sl-1200