the new technics SL1200

[Fran]

I'm sure some of you have seen this before.... nice to see them back, although I'd imagine the price will be hefty....


http://www.technics.com/global/introduc ... l-1200gae/

The site is a bit... well flash based, but the pics are nice! For those of you who buy your hifi by weight, this one comes in at a hefty 18kg!

[Audioq]

Always wanted one of the originals back in the day when they were sold in Laffayette (?) on the quay. Couldn't afford one at the time so went for a Dual 505 which wasn't a bad deck in its day. Will be interesting to see the price - I predict it will be fairly high.

[Fran]

The standard ones are very well built, and partnered with the right arm make a great table. The base on them is a really heavy rigid rubber type compound that damps the be jaysus out of it. The heavy alu plate top on this, with the nearer brass platter should make a better table again. It will be interesting to see the final price, but at 2-3k it might be a good buy.

Depends a fair bit on the arm too. If it was that price and you had to add a better arm, the costs start to rise a lot.

[bod]

Reading the blurb for the 1200G I think it`s called - the limited one - there is mention of a "magnesium tonearm". Fairly tricky to manufacture I imagine, if even possible. Seems a bit overkill if true as the arm isn`t up to much and any Rega would trounce it imo.

[Alltheyoungdudes]

While I'm sure they can be great tables and they certainly have their fans, I never liked the look of them. To me, they're DJ decks and I can't help thinking of the likes of Fat Boy Slim, scratching and mixing and generally "large-ing" it up with some "bangin'" dance tracks in an Ibiza club...

Unfair perhaps...but I just don't see them as domestic turntables.

[Ivor]

It's priced at $4,000. That's that then.

[Fran]

If its $4000, then it'll be €5000!!