Hey Outback, I'm probably going to go with Vinyl, so I'll be getting turntables, no CD. Maybe later on.....
John- What can you get? I'm looking at the Stanton 8-80 turntables...they look like a good deck for a decent price. I found a guy selling a pair of used ones online for around $350 US shipped, Dmention DJ is selling them for $490 CDN EACH!
As for a mixer, I found (again, Stanton) RM-3 for $150 US. It looks like a kickass mixer!
Let me know what you got dude!