No reason to pay more than 400-500 for a decent 1200 nowadays IMO - you can always get cheap mk3's from japan for those kind of prices after shipping, just a matter of picking up a $20 transformer if it doesnt have the voltage switch under the platter
yeah, it's a new ish one. came out alongside the s8, quite a fancy little thing - got rid of jogs and put loads of buttons and faders and shit in their place
I doubt it man, unless it explodes into some #1 hit you should be fine. Loads of artists use samples from movies and shit, I doubt many of them are getting clearance from the movie studios. @LabRat might know a bit more
Hey mate. There's a few regular nights for dnb in Sydney, if you're on Facebook look for the Sydney drum n bass group, lots of gigs posted on there and like-minded people sharing tunes and info