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 STORM]

I kinda knew it would eventually come but I prayed it didn't. I still have my first pair and I know they are over 20 years old and they work like new. I will never give mine up EVER!!!!

[MBL records]

I got mines

[DJ SAMMY JAMMY]

ASSHOLES!!!

[DJ ABU]

Tell a Dj you stop making 1200 is like telling him his wife just died. Pour a lil liquor.....:(

[ZyeCha Inc. CEO/Founder PRINA]

Smh damn not surprised. Nothing like Turntables.

[DJ ISZM]

..first the fat boys break up....now this!!!!

[DJ 5 STAR]

Wow, hadn't heard this one! I guess that means all versions including the 1210's as well?? I guess one day I'll have to switch to CDJ's. Until then, Imma beat the breaks off these 1200mk5's!!!

[Da' Hitman]

I switched to everything from Gemini late spring this year and have been happy with em. For the price of 2 1200's you can have a full home and away set of Gemini (2 turntables, mixer, mic, headphones, cartridges, etc). Learned my chops on 1200's so for that and the contribution they made for all of Hip-Hop...pour a little out. RIP

[Dj Deuce]

Wow, sure glad i still use mine.

[Dj C-Dub]

Noooo......oooooooo.....oooooo.... this cant be....they need to teach me how to make em I WILL build them and ship them out my house.