Second hand is how most people can afford to start, and it is where most people get caught. Three lessons on inspecting a turntable and a mixer before any money changes hands, including how to judge a mixer you are not allowed to hear.

By the end of this course you will be able to

Inspect a second-hand turntable and know what the faults sound and feel like
Check a second-hand mixer for the problems that cost most to fix
Form a judgement on a mixer you cannot plug in and listen to

Lessons

Checking a second-hand turntable

Duration: 9:06
Checking a second-hand mixer

Duration: 5:15
Judging a mixer you cannot hear

Duration: 2:56

The stages are the way through

Below this line is the back catalogue, newest first. Useful for browsing, but it is not a course - the videos are in the order they were filmed, not the order to learn them in. Work the stages instead: each one assumes the one before it.