On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Always go to NAMM. It's a working vacation. I so wish I could go... So much good stuff coming out in DJ market, its' crazy. Some things that are no doubt going to create some buzz... New Native Instruments - Traktor Scratch Pro, they just dropped the price by 50% so no doubt going to release something new. New M-Audio - Torq, 2.0 is in the works and should be shown at NAMM And the wide range of MIDI controllers out there is staggering. Dam it's Official - BOOO! End Of an Era: Panasonic Kills Off Technics Turntables<http://gizmodo.com/5675818/end-of-an-era-panasonic-kills-off-technics-turntables> http://gizmodo.com/5675818/end-of-an-era-panasonic-kills-off-technics-turntables If you've ever been a DJ, known a DJ, or listened to a DJ, there's a good chance you're familiar with Technics. Panasonic's analog turntables<http://gizmodo.com/tag/analogturntables/>are legend among scratchers and spinners. And now they're gone. Panny made the announcement that they'd cease Technic's production because of "a decline in demand for these analog products and also the growing difficulty of procuring key analog components necessary to sustain production." In a word: obsolescence. 3.5 million SL-1200 turntables sold since 1972. Countless audio mixers and stereo headphones that also bear the Technics name. But with sales of analog decks being just 5% of what they were 10 years ago, Panasonic's finally pulled the plug on a classic. What made Technics so good? A reliable Direct Drive turning mechanism. A heavy, rock-solid 27 pound base. And three decades of tradition. It's not that Technics are the only analog turntables in the world. It that they were *the* analog turntables. And now, like any other technology that gets eclipsed, they're antiques, collectibles, curios for fanatics. Lets hope anyone who's got one keeps it well preserved ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:330589 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
