Technics stops making turntables, DJs everywhere rush to stock up!!!!!!

[The Core DJ's]

Technics stops making turntables, DJs everywhere rush to stock up!!!!!!

Just days after Sony announced that the cassette Walkman is history, another all time icon of the audio world has been put out to pasture. After months of rumors and speculation, Panasonic officially announced the end
of Technics SL-1200 production in a statement to the Tokyo Reporter.

Coincidentally, both the original Sony Walkman and the Technics SL-1200 MkII hit store
shelves in 1979, but while the Walkman evolved and changed repeatedly,
the SL-1200 MkII you could buy until today was virtually identical to
the 1979 model.

Technics first made an SL-1200 in 1972, but it was 1979's MkII version that really caught the imagination of DJs,
coinciding with the birth of hip hop and scratching. The sturdy 1200 was
just about the only turntable rugged enough to withstand the abuse DJs
would throw at it, and it soon became the only turntable any serious DJ
would consider.

In the 31 years that followed, Technics introduced several subtle refinements of the original recipe, but is was
the basic MkII that remained the most popular. A Panasonic
representative was reluctant to put a number on it when I asked a few
months ago, but rumors are that over 3 million SL-1200s have been built.

Some claim that the 1200 is being killed off because the tooling is starting
to wear out, and the bean counters say that a new set would not be
economically practical. In light of the numbers, that makes sense,
especially when you consider that 1200 sales are now only around 5% of
where they stood just 10 years ago.

As more and more DJs switch to using CDs, or even (gulp) iPods to play their music, those still
spinning vinyl will be looking at brands like Stanton and Numark, or
snapping up the few 1200s that remain in the various sales channels.

[DJ Non-Stop]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW glad i got two pair plus a spare.it is a sad day for dj's. R.I.P 1200's.but on an upside i get to go upon my price cause i'm using classic gear. Never gonna give em up. belive dat!

[World Famous DJ Easy K]

Often imitated, never duplicated. Wow what a long run, but a sad end to a trendsetting piece of DJ gear

[DJ Shawn Touch]

DAAMN DAAMN DAAAAAAAAMN

[hiztory]

wow

[Marvin Prince aka Crime Minister]

Sad day for Dj's

[DJ KIMISTRY]

I think that's wrong that they will not be making them anymore.12's was the one that started the GAME in the first place. :)

[DJ Meti Already aka MetaFakta]

Glad I still got my 12s :)

[WORLD WIDE FLEET "DJ K.D.S."]

This is a very SAD day for Hip Hop real talk R.I.P. to the "Technics SL-1200 MkII Turntables" The BEST ever!!! Real DJ's know what I'm talking about...From "DJ K.D.S." World Wide Fleet DJ's www.fleetdjs.com

[DJ ESSIE]

This is the saddest day of my career as a DJ, this really breaks my heart...why...why why??? am gonna stock up big time...I remember my early experience with turntables with my mum, bugging her records and loving to watch the records going round...memories...

[DJ Dacick 1]

Mannnnn I was Numark for so long I never got a set. but I always wanted Technics!!!!! Time to crack the piggy bank