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Posted by Rimmz on Oct-23-2003 12:27:

Technics cd decks

Does any1 have any information about the technics cd decks that are meant to be coming out, they suposidly use the motor from a 1210.

I know a post was posted a while ago here but i cant find it.

If they are real does any1 know when they are out.

Cheers

Posted by sektile on Oct-23-2003 12:53:

there for real.
here's some pics
dunno if the full tech specifications have been released yet, but they play cd/mp3/sd
theres a vid floating around too.. farkn sexy

Posted by VIO on Oct-23-2003 13:57:

Re: Technics cd decks

quote:
Originally posted by Rimmz
Does any1 have any information about the technics cd decks that are meant to be coming out, they suposidly use the motor from a 1210.

it doesn't use the motor from a turntable to spin the cd. a cd spins about 10 times faster then a turntable does. it would be an unbelievable waste of money to put a 1210 motor in there. not only would it cost a lot more but to would make the whole unit bigger then it would need to be. the sound doesn't play directly off of a cd. a cd track is just a .wav file on a specially formated disc. the "sound" from a cd plays after it's buffered and decoded so the motor doesn't affect the sound quality or the speed of the sound. now it could be possible that they used a 1210 motor to turn the "platter" that allows you to control the track like it's a piece of vinyl. now that would be cool because it would actually feel like a 1200 platter. cheers.

Posted by `pr0digy on Oct-23-2003 14:05:

Exactly, I believe it spins the platter. It'd be nonsense to spin the CD

Posted by qfx on Oct-23-2003 16:21:

here is a link to a video of this unit in action..

can someone post a url to an actual review of this please.. all i've seen is the same 10 pictures of this unit..

thanks

Posted by Dj Thy on Oct-23-2003 18:42:

They aren't released officially yet. The units you see in the video are still prototypes. So no reviews yet.

Posted by Ben Sherman on Oct-23-2003 23:48:

according to sapphire they are due out late january early feb and will be a whopping �799

Posted by DR86 on Oct-24-2003 00:59:

reported price on those is around 3000 USD each.

Posted by diesel0 on Oct-24-2003 02:30:

OH MY DAMN>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Posted by Rememberence_ on Oct-24-2003 02:44:

quote:
Originally posted by DrummeRaver86
reported price on those is around 3000 USD each.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHA fkn die technics, stupid assholes

Posted by bramcom on Oct-24-2003 08:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Rememberence_
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHA fkn die technics, stupid assholes

they look very promosing but i aint ganna buy them for 3000 usd! thats way to much! even when it plays mp3's

Posted by punchline on Oct-24-2003 08:33:

Well now, one person says the reported price is around 799GBP and another says 3000USD for each. I don't claim to be a whiz at currency exchange rates but I know that those two prices are nowhere close to each other. Which one is it?

I'm inclined to believe the first price because that would place them at a little bit more expensive than the CDJ-1000 MK2s, and I find it hard to believe that Technics would expect to sell a lot of these at 3000 a piece.

Does anybody have any links to back up one of these prices? They really do look nice.

Posted by montie on Oct-24-2003 10:23:

Friday, October 24, 2003
799 British Pound = 1,354.07 US Dollar

according to http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic

not as bad as $3000
maybe you heard $3000 quoted for a pair

i want a pair of those soooooooooooooo badly
but i'm not shellnig out that much money for them
looks like it will be pioneers for me.
i hope the price of them drops soon too.

Posted by DeleriuM2K on Oct-24-2003 17:31:

they look frackin sweet.... direct drive cd deck? beautiful

I wanna a pair of those against my Denon S5000's

Posted by Ben Sherman on Oct-24-2003 19:40:

my price is a quote from the customer service dept of sapphire www.decks.co.uk, probably the cheapest place for equipment in the uk

Posted by sektile on Oct-25-2003 00:17:

i honestly doubt technics would go put out there new cdj's for $3000 US, translated to AU currency, thats over $6000AU, one technics turntable over here is ~$700AU, and the pioneer/denon cdjs ~$1500AU

thats a little overpriced eh :P

Posted by DR86 on Oct-25-2003 04:22:

Redeye said that they were going for 3000 USD in Japan in the NYC Forum, ask him about it!

Posted by Energized on Oct-25-2003 07:55:

Japanese products go for cheaper outside Japan for competition purposes. (example : Sony products) So we can't expect the tecnics cdj to be ~$3000 if that's what they are sold for in Japan.

Posted by punchline on Oct-27-2003 01:12:

audiolines.com has them listed at $999.95 so I guess that shoots the 3000 out of the water.

http://www.audiolines.com/cgi-bin/d...=techcdplayer_2

It's pretty reasonable at that price.

Posted by eMin on Oct-27-2003 03:57:

quote:
Originally posted by punchline
audiolines.com has them listed at $999.95 so I guess that shoots the 3000 out of the water.

http://www.audiolines.com/cgi-bin/d...=techcdplayer_2

It's pretty reasonable at that price.

$999 is a good deal, i could like to get a pair when i have enough money and experience on DJing..

Posted by Endo on Oct-27-2003 04:25:

Ya to back up Drummeraver, I also heard they were going for 3000usd on these forums as well... Good to see their price is going to be much lower than that

Posted by sym on Nov-04-2003 23:39:

any official release date? I want these soooo bad.