Half price Technics SL1200

[Jimbo]

New Technics SL1200 now under £2000. Anyone interested.?

http://www.analogplanet.com/content/technics-introduces-appx-2-priced-sl-1200-gr-turntable#4re66dHhQtFZ2uEe.97

[Macca]

I read the NYT article they are all slagging off, seems perfectly correct to me http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/01/business/panasonic-technics-hiphop-turntable.html?_r=1

Not really sure what their problem is? The new deck would never retail for $500 as the economies of scale no longer apply. Duh.

[chiz]

New Technics SL1200 now under £2000. Anyone interested.?
Due in April, expected UK retail price £1300:
https://www.westenddj.co.uk/blog/technics-sl-1200gr-coming-soon-half-price/
Full specs here:
http://www.technics.com/uk/news/20170104-technics-sl-1200gr/

[Zoidburg]

Due in April, expected UK retail price £1300:
https://www.westenddj.co.uk/blog/technics-sl-1200gr-coming-soon-half-price/
Full specs here:
http://www.technics.com/uk/news/20170104-technics-sl-1200gr/

At £1300 I'd be tempted to give it a look. I wonder how it would stack up against a sensibly modded original SL. I'm sure this has been asked before no doubt.

[Macca]

How would stack up against an original unmodded SL1200? I'd bet on no discernible difference.

[struth]

Sounds like a lot of money for a ........ well it sounds like a lot of money anyway:sofa::uhho:

An original would probably be much the same