get em now

[tOM]

I've just heard that panasonic have announced that they are ceasing production of technics SL1200/1210 turntables ue to the increasing use of digital dj formats.

Basically this means when current stocks have sold out there will be no more new ones, which in turn means the price of 2nd hand ones will rocket upwards. Now is the time to buy them folks if ever they were an investment....

[Chris Powell]

[Paulie_p]

cany say it's to surprising....im glad i've got over my vinyl obsession!

tis sad tho, 1210's are a benchmark in dj culture.

[Reece Duncan]

that's a real shame, sad day for the industry

[Karlos]

[tOM]

can't seem to find anything to back up the statement on-line. I read this in a dj equipment shop this weekend wondering if it's just a crueal gimmick?

[Reece Duncan]

hmmm, could be, i don't see why they would stop production when they're still selling loads of them ?!?!

[Ben]

I doubt it, probably a gimmick

[Reece Duncan]

they're not gonna keep producing them forever, it's gonna happen sometime

[Paulie_p]

yeah indeed,

drum a bass and hip hop djs still seem to be holding tight with using vinyl......but for how much longer?.......

[Reece Duncan]

Yeah. Doesn't mean that vinyls gonna die out totally, it never will, just a sign off the times if Technics stop producing the 1200/ 1210. There's loads more manufacturers and turntables around and there's still gonna be loads of technics around, although it would mean the prices will rocket, but we'll see if they do actually stop producing them or not....

[tOM]

Originally Posted by Paulie_p

yeah indeed,

drum a bass and hip hop djs still seem to be holding tight with using vinyl......but for how much longer?.......

and techno is till predominantly vinyl. And the answer to your question ... until the oil runs out

[minxy]

noooooooo they wont stop yet,

but they last for donkeys, these sat here are over 8 years old

[Reece Duncan]

we'll see, not seen anything about it, would've though itd've been quite a big thing and would've been in all the DJ mags etc.

[Ben]

I thought that too, no word in DJ Mag what so ever

[tOM]

yeh am hoping it's bollocks but you never know....

[fil devious]

i remember reading somewhere that despite downloads & mp3's technics have the best sales figures on their turntables alone this year so far!

[Reece Duncan]

i hope so ?!?!