Tomy Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 taken from storeDJ newsletterYou hear parents talking about where they were when they heard that JFK was shot, or that man landed on the Moon. For DJ’s, this news will come with similar surprise.The gracious founder and mother of all DJ equipment, the Technics SL-1200 is being put to bed and will no longer be produced.Store DJ would like to thank the SL-1200 for all the love she has shown all of us vinyl junkies after so long, but I guess since Vinyl Warning shut its doors, she lost the will to live!Store DJ will have limited stock during the coming months, but then that is it, no more, ever.tear..... glad i have 2 Quote
Cupe Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 son of a bitchwho's selling brand new? i want a pair of these to last forever Quote
Tomy Posted November 27, 2009 Author Posted November 27, 2009 everywhere will still have heaps left at the moment, but i';d say in about 1 - 2 months it'll get pretty hard to find some brand new. Quote
Buck_Choi Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 yeah.. you think the price will go down?? i was looking for a pair for technics 1200's and they were 1200 second hand pretty good condtions.. what are they brand nwe arnt they 1200 each?Ps - i added u tomy on msn . Quote
eggssell Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 nah the prices will go up as demand wil go up. dj warehouse has been out for a while (i thinks)hey tomy, is it all models or just the Mk2buck_choi.. i watched like 100 items or so on eBay, and they were going for between 400-650 ea (thats a Mk2) depending on whether they were loaded or had dust covers. i was asking everyone for the serial number to get the age and only came across one that was less than 10 yrs old. Quote
Buck_Choi Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 i have pictures of them and this isnt from ebay its not really a bid more of post up u want buy itedit - and how do u check how old it is by serial? Quote
eggssell Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 courtesy of Professor Wiki Pedia"Old-format serial number: NHOJF20765 (SL-1200 manufactured 1982)The first digit shows the year when the turntable was manufactured. These serial numbers contain no indication of the month of manufacture. It should be noted that serial numbers in this format contain no letters following digits.New-format serial number: GE4FB001154 (SL-1200MK2 manufactured June 2004)The first digit shows the year when the turntable was manufactured, while the month of manufacture is indicated by the letter following it. Months are coded as letters between A and L inclusive; A indicates January, B indicates February, and so on, so F indicates June."the flaw is you cant tell the decade, so 1994 will show the same as 2004. so you have to gauge with what they say (i.e. when they bought it) Quote
tubby Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 from another forum:the 1200MK5 and 1210MK5 WILL be discontinued leaving the 1210MK5G as the top of the range and most definitely NOT discontinued. It never was a limited edition, just a flagship special edition model. And the 1200 and 1210 MK2 will continue as normal. So now there's some distance between the MK2 and MK5G models instead having a middle MK5 deck to confuse matters. So it's vanilla Technics or the more expensive piano black extra pitched blue light luxury model left in the range Quote
ChevChelios Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm piano black extra pitched blue light luxury model. DROOL Quote
CBG Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 ahhhh!! wtf is this shit?! Are they gunna keep making decks? I may have a make an emergency credit card raping for this... Quote
Cupe Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 Umm lolDear Customers,We would like to clarify an article we wrote in our newsletter titled "End of an era... Technics 1200". As it turns out, Panasonic have not discontinued the Technics turntable range.We received this email from Panasonic today:From: David Blair [mailto] Sent: Monday, 30 November 2009 4:44 PMTo: Jeremy LeitchSubject: URGENT please read regarding Technics Turntables.Importance: HighRegarding an email I sent last week regarding the end of manufacture of Technics turntablesWe have had a misunderstanding in communication with the factory and my original email is incorrect.Panasonic will continue to manufacture and supply Technics turntables for the forseeable future.We regret any problems this may have caused in the meantime.Regards.David Blair | Sales Executive | Consumer Electronics Group| Panasonic AustraliaWhether or not that was a planned viral marketing strategy or genuine miscommunication will probably never be known. But all we can say is thank you! Long live Technics!Jeremy LeitchManaging DirectorStore DJ Quote
CBG Posted December 1, 2009 Posted December 1, 2009 i smell a dirty marketing scheme, that could cost them more than they will profit. Quote
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