Panasonic (the manufacturer of Technics) have announced that production of the world famous Technics SL-1200 and Technics SL-1210 DJ turntables stopped at the end of February 2010.
The relvelation from Panasonic marks the end of an era but it’s not as if we didn’t see it coming.
Let’s be honest now, since the release of the Pioneer CDJ-1000, over a decade ago, sales on Technics turntables sales have been lost to the ever evolving digital DJ revolution.
Technics SL-1200 series turntables have been the industry standard for over 35 years and the SL-1200 is synonymous with the DJ culture. It has been released and re-released, and re-released, over 9 times with different models.
Numerous other turntable manufacturers have tried to compete with this deck; and most have very much copied it’s user friendly, ergonomic layout; but above all, the Technics SL-1200 & Technics SL-1210 remained the undisputed number one DJ turntable in clubs and bedrooms accross the globe.
The Technics SL-1200 has been featured in the London Museum of Science and Technology and is described as a major stepping stone in how music is played and presented in modern society.
Many would agree that without the Technics SL1200 music would not be played as we currently know it and the modern cd “decks” such as those manufactured by Pioneer and Denon would not look the way they do.
See the history of the Technics SL1200 from these sources here:
- Technics SL1200 & SL1210 @ eDJ Gear
- Technics SL1200 @ Wikipedia
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