Wow, killing off Technics? WTF? Everyone I know who is at all serious about their vinyl has a Technics. I mean Sony *just* killed off the original (cassette) Walkman and I haven't known anyone to buy one of those in a decade but I know people who are buying Technics tables here and now. That's messed up.
Judah On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Casey Dougall <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:330590 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
