Technics 1210s cease production

[slushpup]

they do this every 6 months to boost sales

[fractal]

We can't keep doing this twice a year!! Come on people

[wooda916]

solid proof or STFU!

[badger]

even if they did cease production, the second hand market for techs is so flodded there won't be any sort of shortage for a long time to come (at least for the MKII). My decks are like 25 years old and still going strong. You can get pretty much every spare part for the entire turntable (at sometimes horrid prices but still...).
However I still call bullshit until an official statement is released. Sounds more like another hype message so people will go out and stock up on decks. Personally I wouldn't even consider buying a pair of new Technics decks. My used MKII's will probably outlive me.

this

sad news if true but it's not the end of vinyl if it is. other manufacturers still exist with decent alternatives and there's still loads of actual technics about too. not to mention the fact that they're built like tanks

[adamc]

sorry chaps, should have posted my source:

http://audiobeef.com/technics-1210-offi ... roduction/

believe it or not i spotted this from High Rankin's twitter

EDIT - also found the original press release here http://www.mixfoundation.co.nz/pdfs/tur ... 101001.pdf

[clairvoyeur]

well i did my part by buying a new pair last year

[MikeE]

These always come from the same store in Auckland, NZ (Mix foundation/DMC) ... I'm cynical...

[collige]

sorry chaps, should have posted my source:

http://audiobeef.com/technics-1210-offi ... roduction/

believe it or not i spotted this from High Rankin's twitter

EDIT - also found the original press release here http://www.mixfoundation.co.nz/pdfs/tur ... 101001.pdf

That looks fake as all get out.

[AKfyah]

i heard from somebody that worked at guitar center (the place to buy 1200/1210s in the states) that the president of the company sent out an email regarding this same issue, saying that guitar center was trying to buy up the remaining ones in stock and was raising their prices.

which i would say it true since this is 300 more than last time i checked:
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Technics-SL ... 1168558.gc

[fractal]

i heard from somebody that worked at guitar center (the place to buy 1200/1210s in the states) that the president of the company sent out an email regarding this same issue, saying that guitar center was trying to buy up the remaining ones in stock and was raising their prices.

which i would say it true since this is 300 more than last time i checked:
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Technics-SL ... 1168558.gc

this is the most intense deja vu ever! last session of this rumor had this "friend from guitar center" tale as well

big up the internet

[Sexual_Chocolate]

These always come from the same store in Auckland, NZ (Mix foundation/DMC) ... I'm cynical...

i was just about to say the same thing... i remember when dmc sent out a msg (about this time last year) saying that production HAD stopped.

[1017_duck]

lock this thread too

edit: jk i know you can't/shouldn't really do that

[AKfyah]

this is the most intense deja vu ever! last session of this rumor had this "friend from guitar center" tale as well

big up the internet

hah okay.. i guess it is a standard part of this rumor, but I was just saying..


doesn't make any sense why they would discontinue anyway, maybe guitar center started the rumor

[fractal]

this is the most intense deja vu ever! last session of this rumor had this "friend from guitar center" tale as well

big up the internet

hah okay.. i guess it is a standard part of this rumor, but I was just saying..


doesn't make any sense why they would discontinue anyway, maybe guitar center started the rumor

could be, they are hiking prices!!!

[apmje]

Hope this isn't true to be fair as it'll drive the prices of current 1210s well up, even second hand. And I just started mixing and was planning on getting my first pair of 1210s next year!

[joeki]

Selling mine for 5000 quid, pm : first come first serve

[domhunt]

Hopefully my Mk5s will be running for many millennia

[jam1]

Hopefully my Mk5s will be running for many millennia

This is highly likely!

p.s - The quote in your sig, despite having no clue what it's about, is jokes!

[badger]

Hopefully my Mk5s will be running for many millennia

This is highly likely!

p.s - The quote in your sig, despite having no clue what it's about, is jokes!

that would be a quotation from the highly successful flow dan sings nursery rhymes compilation i believe

[fractal]

Hopefully my Mk5s will be running for many millennia

This is highly likely!

p.s - The quote in your sig, despite having no clue what it's about, is jokes!

that would be a quotation from the highly successful flow dan sings nursery rhymes compilation i believe

http://www.dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=92099

still waiting!