At age 14, I got the microbe at a school camp of record spinning.
I quickly bought myself a JB Systems mixer and two pioneer CD players without pitch control.
Soon I was playing practically every weekend as a regular DJ in a local youth center “'t Ressorke”.
As I gained more insight into the music, I saw the usefulness of pitch control and moved on to more sophisticated equipment.
Pioneer became my favorite brand.
Currently I play digital with FLX10 with additional CDJ or my second set consists of 2 turntables with DJM900 nexus when I want to go back to basics.