Technics SL-1200 Petition

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A year Or so ago, I signed a petition to ask Panasonic to reintroduce the SL-1200 Turntable. Today, I received the following:

Great News! Panasonic introduces a prototype of a new technics turntable!

Moni Daniel
Tel Aviv, Israel
Sep 3, 2015 — One of the most important turntables in history, the Technics SL-1200, was discontinued in 2010 despite a resurgence in vinyl interest. Now, owner Panasonic is putting Technics is back in the vinyl game, with its concept unveiling at an IFA press conference in Berlin. The move follows years of petitioning by DJs and music enthusiasts, many of whom waxed nostalgic over a turntable inseparable from important hip-hop and dance movements of the past few decades.

The updated version, presented in concept form this week, is a direct-drive turntable cast in aluminum body. That may appeal more to audiophile consumers than DJs, especially given the massive gap in the DJ turntable market since 2010.

For Technics owner Panasonic, the decision to abandon the turntable market seemed largely based on economics, with the vinyl ‘comeback’ often exaggerated. “Turntables are a very iconic product for the Technics brand,” Technics director Michiko Ogawa told Wired.

“The turntable market is very small but it is a very important brand product.”

looks like panasonic heard our call and decided to make the move!
that's a one big acheivement for all of us who signed the petition to bring this turntable back.
altough, we can't declare a victory until it will actually happen.it's still a prototype of their new turntable and we don't see enough signs of the sl1200 (pitch, tonearm) so i guess we will have to wait for the actual release.

Moni

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