Technics 1200 is back. For real this time.

billbradley · January 2016

http://gizmodo.com/the-technics-1200-turntable-is-back-1751157898

para11ax · January 2016

Me want dees.

But I'm expecting a $2K (or higher) price per unit.

billbradley · January 2016

I'm thinking closer to $1,000 but who knows.

holmes · January 2016

I read 4k on that Japanese press release

billbradley · January 2016

For those first 1200 limited editions though right? I meant for the tables released after that. Maybe Para11ax's $2k guess is closer. In which case, I'll just recondition my current 1200 and 1210 and save $3500.

RAJ · January 2016

How much are these going for used now-a-days. I bought my MK5 new for $400 in 2003. Then a used MK2 for $250 around the same year.

billbradley · January 2016

Used 1200 MK2 are going for around $300-400 now

holmes · January 2016

nope, the limited edition will be $4k & after they are gone the standard model will also be $4k.

kicks79 · January 2016

Wow crazy price !
But aren't they being marketed as a more audiophile version ?
Also the stats say that they are 18kg ?! that seems seriously heavy for a turntable no ?

johnblack · January 2016

woah, yep. 18kg.
beasts!
http://www.technics.com/global/introduction/hifi-direct-drive-turntable-system-sl-1200gae/

finelikewine · January 2016

what's that blather about "50th Anniversary Limited Edition "? The SL 1200 series isn't 50 years old or is it? As far as I know it was introduced in the early 80s...

billbradley · January 2016

finelikewine said:

what's that blather about "50th Anniversary Limited Edition "? The SL 1200 series isn't 50 years old or is it? As far as I know it was introduced in the early 80s...

Technics first speaker came out in 1965

kicks79 · January 2016

finelikewine said:

what's that blather about "50th Anniversary Limited Edition "? The SL 1200 series isn't 50 years old or is it? As far as I know it was introduced in the early 80s...

1972 according to wiki.

chase · January 2016

finelikewine · January 2016

billbradley said:

Used 1200 MK2 are going for around $300-400 now

Just bought this one with two Ortofon Concorde System in full working condition for 150€. I guess I've been lucky.

Image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/77149354/1210.jpg

asstro · January 2016

Used 1200's have held their value really well ever since Technics stopped production. Even a hammered club table will get 200 bucks these days. B&H Photo in NYC still have some brand new in box MK5's for sale for over 2000 dollars!

That said, I don't think these newly updated tables are aimed at the DJ market at all. The only currently produced direct drive audiophile tables are all well over $15K, for fun google the VPI Classic Direct Drive, Kodo The Beat, and Monaco Grand Prix turntables. If the re-designed drive on this new model is as good as Technics claims the audiophile crowd will consider 4000 dollars a bargain. Between them and all of the newly minted millionaires in Asia these days they won't have a problem selling these things without DJ's. If I was in the market for a brand new DJ table I'd look at the Pioneer PLX-1000, it seems like best of the DJ tables on the market these days.

asstro · April 2016

Sold out in 30 minutes!

http://www.whathifi.com/news/technics-sl-1200gae-turntable-sells-out-in-30-minutes

dukeofdelridge · April 2016

Rishan · April 2016

why the fuck would we have to pay £4000 in the UK?

klezmer electro-thug beats · April 2016

Their answer for the general high price question is that manufacturing for decades had brought costs down, and when they stopped making them all the tooling either was destroyed, lost or not good enough to re-use, so all the expensive manufacturing tooling stuff had to be re-made. So they took the opportunity to redesign it since they couldn't just make it on the old tools anyway.

That said, £4000 does not = 4000 USD or 400000 yen. Some bullshit.

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Technics 1200 is back. For real this time.

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