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Keith G wrote:
All as I would suspect from a cheaper offering - it's not for nothing
the Technics has been the No. 1 choice for DJs worldwide for the last
35 years!

The requirements for a DJ turntable are very different from a high quality
domestic one.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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What price these Technic decks when they start becoming scarce?

Start here with one for 1,200 quid:

http://www.decks.co.uk/products/technics/sl1210mk5g


That will be a long time. There were one hell of a lot sold in the early
nighties when the rave scene went main stream.

"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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In article , Keith G
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"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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I wonder how many of the 'direct drive' ones simply OEM from Technics.
Not all the items listed are 'direct drive'.

I doubt Technics made for anyone else but there certainly appears to be
identical decks being offered by a number of different 'names' in that
Brands List.

And if you look, for example, at the article on the old JBE turntable in
this month's HFN you can see it used an OEM direct drive. Described as
being the 'best' and 'proven' from 'Japan', etc. Alas such marketing
blurbs
often cover for the actual source of OEM.

My experience with many large Japanese companies is that they routinely
supplied components and OEM - after they'd used their newest and best in
their own models for a year or two first. Looking at other items these
days
like displays, etc, I get the impression this continues. Simply good
business practice to maximise the return on having developed and set up a
production line. Use the latest and best in your own models, and then make
the items avalable to others when you move on to your new components
yourself. This also undercuts others from putting in the investment to
develop a competing component. :-)

No idea to what extend the Technics brand name covers this. But I'd be
surprised if the company never did/does it. Although they - and their
buyers - may wish to avoid saying so to the end users. :-)


I base my opinion only on the fact that Technics was a smaller brand than
some other famous names and that, in many years of reading various mags, I
don't recall ever seeing anything like 'made by Technics' or similar when
referring to a different manufacturer. Obviously, I could be wrong - moot
now that the Technics brand has been buried!

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Keith G wrote:
All as I would suspect from a cheaper offering - it's not for nothing
the Technics has been the No. 1 choice for DJs worldwide for the last
35 years!

The requirements for a DJ turntable are very different from a high quality
domestic one.


My comment referred to the comparison between the superior Technics 'DJ'
decks and the lesser, lighter clones.

"David" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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What price these Technic decks when they start becoming scarce?

Start here with one for 1,200 quid:

http://www.decks.co.uk/products/technics/sl1210mk5g


That will be a long time. There were one hell of a lot sold in the early
nighties when the rave scene went main stream.


I was talking about the price of the remaining brand new stock in the shops,
not secondhand stuff.

In article ,
Keith G wrote:
I base my opinion only on the fact that Technics was a smaller brand
than some other famous names and that, in many years of reading various
mags, I don't recall ever seeing anything like 'made by Technics' or
similar when referring to a different manufacturer. Obviously, I could
be wrong - moot now that the Technics brand has been buried!

Technics is part of Panasonic.

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*Why do psychics have to ask you for your name? *

Dave Plowman London SW
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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What price these Technic decks when they start becoming scarce?

Start here with one for 1,200 quid:

http://www.decks.co.uk/products/technics/sl1210mk5g

That will be a long time. There were one hell of a lot sold in the early
nighties when the rave scene went main stream.

I was talking about the price of the remaining brand new stock in the
shops, not secondhand stuff.

If they keep them at that price I doubt they'll ever sell. There are so
many 2nd hand around that DJs would use those, and hifi entusiasts will go
for something a little more refined or look for a decent old SP10.

On 22/12/2010 16:41, David wrote:
"Keith wrote in message
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What price these Technic decks when they start becoming scarce?

Start here with one for 1,200 quid:

http://www.decks.co.uk/products/technics/sl1210mk5g

That will be a long time. There were one hell of a lot sold in the early
nighties when the rave scene went main stream.

I was talking about the price of the remaining brand new stock in the
shops, not secondhand stuff.

If they keep them at that price I doubt they'll ever sell. There are so
many 2nd hand around that DJs would use those, and hifi entusiasts will go
for something a little more refined or look for a decent old SP10.


What exactly are the substantial differences between domestic and
pro-DJ? Things like quick-start and pitch control I can understand, but
you can easily see these things on domestic decks.

I suppose my question is really: why don't people just buy a pro deck
and be done with it?

I've been using a Technics 1200/SME arm for a while now. I can certainly
detect difference between this and, say, a Roksan Xerxes or Lenco B55 I
have, but I'm not so sure about qualitative difference - enjoy them all :-)

Rob

"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
Keith G wrote:
I base my opinion only on the fact that Technics was a smaller brand
than some other famous names and that, in many years of reading various
mags, I don't recall ever seeing anything like 'made by Technics' or
similar when referring to a different manufacturer. Obviously, I could
be wrong - moot now that the Technics brand has been buried!

Technics is part of Panasonic.


Yes, the Matsu****a group (sp?) but the Technics name has been ended
AFAIK...??

The phrase I saw was summat along the lines like Technics didn't want to be
associated with modern, 'built to a budget' flyaway products so they would
rather shut down completely.

Probably a load of blx though unless anyone can confirm...??

"David" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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What price these Technic decks when they start becoming scarce?

Start here with one for 1,200 quid:

http://www.decks.co.uk/products/technics/sl1210mk5g

That will be a long time. There were one hell of a lot sold in the
early nighties when the rave scene went main stream.

I was talking about the price of the remaining brand new stock in the
shops, not secondhand stuff.

If they keep them at that price I doubt they'll ever sell. There are so
many 2nd hand around that DJs would use those, and hifi entusiasts will go
for something a little more refined or look for a decent old SP10.


I'm not sure that even DJs would buy old ex-DJ decks unless they were very
little used!