End Of an Era: Panasonic Kills Off Technics Turntables
If you've ever been a DJ, known a DJ, or listened to a DJ, there's a good chance you're familiar with Technics. Panasonic's analog turntables are legend among scratchers and spinners. And now they're gone. Panny made the announcement that they'd cease Technic sproduction because of "a decline in demand for these analog products and also the growing difficulty of procuring key analog components necessary to sustain production." In a word: obsolescence. 3.5 million SL-1200 turntables sold since 1972. Countless audio mixers and stereo headphones that also bear the Technics name. But with sales of analog decks being just 5% of what they were 10 years ago, Panasonic's finally pulled the plug on a classic. What made Technics so good? A reliable Direct Drive turning mechanism. A heavy, rock-solid 27 pound base. And three decades of tradition. It's not that Technics are the only analog turntables in the world. It that they were the analog turntables. And now, like any other technology that gets eclipsed, they're antiques, collectibles, curios for fanatics. Lets hope anyone who's got one keeps it well preserved.
Looks like I have a couple of collectors items...
Endlesswave
Same here, I sold one of mine but I kept one to play what records I do have. :)
VERTiG0
Wow. That's weird.
Vivid Boy
and thus the end of actual djing
VDub
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Originally posted by Vivid Boy
and thus the end of actual djing
yuhuh...
kotsy
I need to get mine serviced
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Originally posted by Vivid Boy
and thus the end of actual djing
lol, here we go!
VDub
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Originally posted by kotsy
I need to get mine serviced
lol, here we go!
enter lkd...
The Potter
I hope there is at least one cheap 1210 deck around for when I eventually get around to learning how to dj! I would feel the need to prove that I can still mix the way that the pioneering djs did.
E2EK1EL
Indeed it is, RIP 1200s
Joe Drust
this is sad news. Such a great but simple tool. --
Its heavy and spins with a magnet. No other turn table was as strong. I started off with some Stanton POS and then quickly bought a 1200 mk2 black. Then two more. I was in love.
Watching 3 of them spin in circles on a screen one of my first times at guv is what hooked me into DJing.
Watching someone handle vinyl who really knew what they were doing was pretty amazing.
RIP
geroin
fake news story, it will be a while until they stop making turntables.
FOOTWORK
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Originally posted by The Potter
I hope there is at least one cheap 1210 deck around for when I eventually get around to learning how to dj! I would feel the need to prove that I can still mix the way that the pioneering djs did.
