Steve Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 http://www.technics.com/global/introduction/hifi-direct-drive-turntable-system-sl-1200gae/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Are we meant to say the individual letters "G... A... E..." or do we pronounce it as a word? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rasteri Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 LOL - my home safe settings block Urban Dictionary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I will obviously have to get a pair. Anyone want these gold Pioneer jobs? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acts_One Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Considering the price of the current Technics line-up of audio devices I'm pretty sure one of these will be like $2K. They are beautiful though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 ^^Probably pretty realistic guess. Yeah they do look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acts_One Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Here's what their current line up of "HiFI" stuff is going for. This is in Canadian Dollars..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Ok let me see here... 1 CAD = 2.5 pesos? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acts_One Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Ok let me see here... 1 CAD = 2.5 pesos?or 1 CAD = 258,674 Zimbabwe Dollars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kut_class Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 That was unexpected ! Does anyone understand the blurb about the 'upgraded' motor ? Seems to have +/-16 which would be good. Prob would be worth spunking some on the limited edition ones, both literally and figuratively.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Whats weird to me is it's an "audiophile" TT but has pitch control. Do audiophiles want to change the pitch of a record? I would think not. Seems like they are trying to half ass cater to two different markets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rasteri Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 It's probably just so they can justify charging audiophile prices when only (rich) DJs will really be buying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam Burglar Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 (edited) I think I would be willing to pay more for better audio quality and less noise. You all ever do shit like isolate one turntable in your mixer, put on the headphones, turn them up and then listen really carefully? You'll catch all sorts of stuff that way. If your carts aren't on tight they can put off noise, or sometimes you'll catch grounding or interference through the RCAs. My Controller 1 is way noisier than a 1200 and the "hummmm" from the C1 varies based on if you have phono vs. line output set. The EFX chain on the mixer will usually add noise, etc. etc. I 'll start tripping out on it and that shit bugs me for some reason. Anyway, I agree they're likely aiming for the DJs and the hipsters by stepping up the audio quality (instead of adding a bunch of features.) I don't think they're trying to reach the true audiophile market. Edited January 6, 2016 by Jam Burglar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 If they were really going for the audiophile market, they would have/should have changed that arm. As some of the aftermarket conversions have proved, a 1200 can be an audiophile deck but the arm is a well known weak link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 From wired.com: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-01/05/panasonic-technics-sl-1200-turntable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 If it really is several thousand pounds as that Wired article suggests then even I might have to pass on buying a pair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest petesasqwax Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Â (limited, naturally, to 1200 units) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 If it really is several thousand pounds as that Wired article suggests then even I might have to pass on buying a pair. Deft! have a word with yourself. Don't tarnish your brand. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam Burglar Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 If they were really going for the audiophile market, they would have/should have changed that arm. As some of the aftermarket conversions have proved, a 1200 can be an audiophile deck but the arm is a well known weak link. I don't think you'll get the whole "straight is better" answer from audiophiles as much these days. Consensus almost seems to be that it doesn't matter all that much. Plus, a true overhung, audiophile, straight tonearm is also not going to be as good for scratching as the S shaped arm. Scratch tables tend to use underhung straight tonearms but those things are not built for sound quality and they eat your records so much faster. Now, I don't do hardly any juggling, but as far as cutting goes I'll take the S arm any day. I feel like a 1200 tracks better than a Vestax, doesn't eat your records anywhere near as fast, and sounds better. They're in the sweet spot for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 That was unexpected ! Does anyone understand the blurb about the 'upgraded' motor ? Seems to have +/-16 which would be good. Prob would be worth spunking some on the limited edition ones, both literally and figuratively..  the upgraded motor does look nice, but +/-16 is pathetic. if theyre going for audiophile markets specifically i'd say thats even more of an incentive to give it a wider pitch range including 16 and 78 rpm. meh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016  If it really is several thousand pounds as that Wired article suggests then even I might have to pass on buying a pair. Deft! have a word with yourself. Don't tarnish your brand.What I really mean is that I would have to get my accountant to move money from my Cayman Islands holding company account to my Swiss proxy account whilst claiming non-dom status. This might mean increased scrutiny from HMRC that I could do without. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 I totally need this new deck to be audiophile quality so that when I'm cutting up a well worn ahhhhhhhhhh over a beat from a Flash looper, people can hear how good that shit sounds. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Jam Burglar - I have no great specific knowledge of hifi decks but every bit of info ive read on those independent hifi conversions of 1200s slates the original arm and replaces it with a more modern straight arm. Also, any serious hifi decks I've seen in at least the last couple of decades at least have straight arms... maybe that's because I don't move in the right circles though? As for the DJ kind of straight tonearm, maybe it comes down to the individual moments of each specific DJ? With about 3-4grams and a nicely bedded in Shure on my PDX or Stanton I can't get them to skip even if it try, on my 1200s I'd need double that weight and still they'd skip more. For me, the difference is night and day but for you and many other people I've encountered they either aren't bothered or prefer S arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Yeah I thought S arm was the preferred for audiophiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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