1200 Nooooooo

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http://www.tokyoreporter.com/2010/10/28/dead-spin-panasonic-discontinues-technics-analog-turntables/

Sad, very, very sad. This is all because people would rather sit at home and play video games. Also because music today sucks.

If you look at it, the scratch DJ culture has died off over the past few years, just look at the DMC comps. That shit used to be SO popular, now it's not even a big deal. Here in Montreal it was huge in the 90's, now we don't even have a contest!

R.I.P Technics 1200

 

[thedreampolice]

yea its to bad that turntablism is falling off. But I think I will pick up a few 1200's even though my Statons are by every account better they are impossible to get fixed, where youtube is flooded with videos on how to fix 1200's

 

[StressWon]

got mine,,,1210s that is

 

[Relic]

I have one, but my friend has had it for like a decade now.

 

[dacalion]

got mine,,,1210s that is

ditto!

Mine are in storage right now, I'm rocking the NEW NuMarks
http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.co...nal-MP3CDUSB-Player-and-Controller?sku=583103


1210's live on...
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[StressWon]

word up Harry! My fellow 1210 brudda! I cant wait to get serato. My introduction (after graff n breakin) to the culture was deejayin. I highly advise anyone looking to get a 1200 to get it NOW before they become collectors items worth over 1000

 

[lion-ucs]

They BEEN talked about doing this
and when the news about it got out, it supplemented more sales.

Still, if it finally goes out it wont mean the end of turntables or vinyl or anything like that. Products come, they have a life and then they die, speaking in marketing terms at least, cause they will live on forever. Plus there will be no shortage of ppl selling on ebay.

 

[Fade]

The only company that's stood by the scratch DJ's over the years is Vestax. A lot of that is because of Qbert but it would be nice to see Vestax take the Technics blue prints and make their own bullet-proof turntable tank.

 

[thedreampolice]

dac wanna sells those 1200s?

 

[dacalion]

dac wanna sells those 1200s?

Heyell yeah I want to sell them... anyone with 2.3 million can get them next day delivery. I'll pay the S&H.

 

[thedreampolice]

Done check your paypal.

 

[dacalion]

The sender of this payment has insufficient funds, after checking their account we found that it was -.04 overdrawn. We at PayPal suggest that you DO NOT deal with this sender in any form or matter when it's concerning money. We are just saying yo! This cat is psycho. Sincerely, PayPal

Dayuuum!

 

[thedreampolice]

ha ha, thats close to the same error I got.

 

[dacalion]

LMAO! Seriously, I would like to get my hands on the last 2 coming of the line. They would definitely go in a showcase in my home. Techniques have been the DJ's standard forever. There may be some tables that are so called "better". But there isn't a table on the market with the track history like the original "wheels of steel".

 

[konceptG]

They BEEN talked about doing this
and when the news about it got out, it supplemented more sales.

Still, if it finally goes out it wont mean the end of turntables or vinyl or anything like that. Products come, they have a life and then they die, speaking in marketing terms at least, cause they will live on forever. Plus there will be no shortage of ppl selling on ebay.

the difference here is that I can't think of ANY product made anywhere that has been around for nearly 40 years with only minor changes made to it.

The biggest change came from the original to the MKII. The original had a rotary pitch control and the mkII has the slider we've come to associate with DJ decks. So, in reality, make that just over 30 years with only minor changes.

This is a product that has outlived many of the people that used it.

 

[thedreampolice]

Hey Koncept haven't seen you in a while, hows life man?

 

[dacalion]

from the looks of his post count, you may be waiting for a long time to get a response...hahaha!

 

[lion-ucs]

He's got more than I

 

[dacalion]

Yeah but you've been active lately, thats a very good thing too. We need all that knowledge you got around here. Keep up the good work bro!

 

[konceptG]

I'm good y'all. Just been busy and mentally drained of all things hip hop.

No worries tho, I have a new joint to post up later. Would have done it earlier today but I can't get to soundclick or any other sites like it to review everyone's music from here at the office.