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Posted by mndeg on May-15-2004 20:43:

mk3=m3d?

why do people say mk3?

Posted by Briden on May-15-2004 20:48:

cuz their smart!

Posted by conk on May-15-2004 21:25:

Not true. There is a 1200MK3 made in Japan, my friend has one.

Posted by Briden on May-15-2004 21:51:

Are you sure? does it say MK3 on it? I have never seen one of these, i always thought it was just people who were saying it wrong.

Here is a picture i found of searching for "MK3"

http://www.avland.co.uk/technics/sl1210m3/

if you click the picture, you can see it's clearly labeled an M3D.

then again, this page also labels it as an "TECHNICS SL-1210M3D"

and "The SL1210M3"

and "SL-1210 MK3"

I would like to see a picture of a technics deck with MK3 on it, or a link to an official technics site to figure this out, because i have wondered about it before.

Posted by Inertia on May-15-2004 21:53:

well, there are mk2, mk4 (yes, there is a japanese technics mk4, very cool, with 78RPM, and plugs for your RCA cables ) and mk5, they figure, why not mk3? heh.

Posted by Briden on May-15-2004 21:55:

Yeah, i agree they should have called it the mk3, it only makes sense. But i don't think they actually did.

Posted by hooknife on May-15-2004 21:55:

http://images.google.com/imgres?img...%3Doff%26sa%3DN

Posted by Briden on May-15-2004 22:00:

Inconclusive proof. They have an image labeled as MK3, but that doesn't prove anything, it looks just like my M3D.

in fact if you mouse over the image, it shows MK3D, and that is the name of the image itself.

Here's a link from www.japan-101.com "Your single best source for facts and information about Japan"

http://www.japan-101.com/business/technics.htm

Posted by Briden on May-15-2004 22:15:

Well, I think i found it:

MK3 straight from technics japan

Posted by Shudder on May-16-2004 01:00:

would this be any different from a sl-1200mk3d???

this is all getting so confusing

Posted by abnorm on May-16-2004 05:35:

One of my turntables is an M3D and the other one is an MK3. They seem to be almost the same, but my MK3 has been holding up better.

Posted by Briden on May-16-2004 07:59:

Can we see a picture? (clear enough with model numbers)

Posted by abnorm on May-16-2004 16:03:

MK3D

Posted by Briden on May-16-2004 17:42:

ah ha, that solves that mystery.

however, what about just MK3 (not MK3D) are people talking about the same thing?

Posted by dj chex on May-17-2004 01:56:

the origional mk3 was very simular to the sl-1210mk2, except it had removable cables (wish the 1200s still did) and a more powerful motor. At the time of it's release it wasn't popular b/c it was very simular to the mk2 except a whole lot more expensive.

http://www.turntabletech.com/menu_item_10sl1200mk3.htm

Posted by Spin Doctor on May-17-2004 18:59:

Mine say M3D on the front, though I do call �em MK3�s though.

Posted by dj chex on May-17-2004 19:30:

i personally want to know if there's a difference between a mk3d and a m3d. (There's just too many technics 1200 revisions and models)

Posted by veezee on May-18-2004 14:34:

quote:
Originally posted by abnorm
One of my turntables is an M3D and the other one is an MK3. They seem to be almost the same, but my MK3 has been holding up better.

lets see proof..pics please

Jay

Posted by veezee on May-18-2004 14:36:

nm , it was posted! hehe.. i think it is a photoshop jobby j/k

Jay