one thing that's seems unique to the NS scene is the sheer amount of collectors/ wannabe dj's there are. its vast, seems like virtually every man (and a lot of women too) on the scene has some aspirations or a little box tucked away somewhere.
Even in the heady days of the early 90's when record deck sales outstripped electric guitars, at the height of all that superstar dj madness, there was never as many aspirational DJ members of the rave scene. On many scenes you need a level of skill to dj, either learning to beat match, nowadays a lot easier but you still need to get to grips with tech on some level. For hip hop heads its about scratching and beat juggling and spending lots of hours learning those skills and of course digging for breaks, ones that are unique to you.
all it takes, on the mainstream NS scene, is a big bag of cash, no point in searching out anything original, they wont dance to it anyway! Or you could do what many big dj's do and just piggy back off what the more progressive dj's were playing 5 or even 10 years ago. you might even get a cheap copy, as the're likely to be records that are now played out on the upfront scene by the time you get them anyway.