whilst i dont consider
my djm 300 a crappy mixer, im certainly used to using much better mixers, id choose a vestax pmc270 in a flash over it. sure the djm 300 is good, its got the familiar pioneer layout and good quality, its just nothing standout, in fact i liked my old dx500 better. and the biggest let down on the djm 300 is the headphone amp, its dreadful, horrible, i hate it.
i have to disagree totally with you. as someone who has a djm 300 hooked up to a pair of decks that are ALMOST technics, i would trade my decks and mixer in a flash for a pair of 1200's and a cheaper mixer. these decks im talking about are
the denon dpdj101, theyre on the same par as pt2400's and numark tt whatevers. really i hate using them. it gets dead frustrating not having them act like technics. i detest the fact that i have to use them. yeah sure they seemed good when i first got them, buyt now i've realised they act nothing like technics and wont last half as long as techs (and i assume the same for every other manufacturer, including vestax). thank fluff i got given them. and thank fluff my 1210's overseas will soon be back with me, and the subpar decks can be relegated to my stereo in my lounge room for listening purposes only.
say you bought a behringer dx100 (which fits in you 700 pount budget alongside a pair of technics), you would not be held back in comparison to a djm 300, they perform the same function and the behringers have all but one feature that the djm 300 has. but who needs bpm counters anyway? the behringer has transsform buttons that are a plus, if you into that sort of thing.
please dont tell me "oh i dont scratch so these will do me", i dont scratch, never have, never will, i can't stand sub standard decks, they make mixing so much harder. they dont hold their pitch as well, their platters are generally lighter so its harder to make small pitch bends using the platter.
hold the press! i just called my friend who owns a pair of pt 2410's. same as the 2400's but with that little display, i've only been round to his place for a mix once, and so i don't think that was enough to formulate a full opinion. but, i did find them a pain in the *** to use in comparison to the 1200's im used to. anyway, he says yeah theyre an ok deck, but he confirms what i've said, theyre no-where near as good as 1200's. dont hold their pitch as well, and have way lighter platters (meaning less torque, meaning annoying to mix with) and they arent bult as well. now another thing i know from experience is this dude has a hell of a time whenever he plays on 1200's he just cant do it. why? because the gemini's behave very differently.
bottom line, you'd be making a mistake to but 2x 2400's and 1x djm 300.
for 700 pounds you can get a pair of 1200's from richer sounds, and
a behringer dx100 from sapphires. in my opinion the dx100 is the biggest steal in the dj world today, apart from technics which will always be worth 3 times whatever you pay for them, cheap, feature pakced, well built, good sound. when friends ask me what mixer to get and say "i just want something cheap so if i dont like this dj'ing thing i havent wasdted too much money" so they go buy a dx100 and a pair of 1200s second hand. now about 3 of these friends are nearing the standard to play in clubs after 18-24 months, and guess what?
the dx100 is serving them perfectly well and none of them are contemplating replacing it in the forseeable future. when they do itll be with some big ugly club mixer (djm 500,
pmc 55, xone 62 *shudder*, smac40). sure they couldve bought a djm 300, theyd be just as happy with their mixer but theyd be stuck with dodgy decks.
i hope ive made sense. im just trying to stop you wasting money and time and frustration on something that careful purchasing can prevent.
as bbl or other roatary users will tell you, you dont need eq to mix. but damn it sure is nice 
