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1. First of all................... End of production announced on the Panasonic Japan website:
[生産終了: end of production.]
SL1200 MK6 - discontinued: http://ctlg.panasonic.jp/product/info.d ... SL-1200MK6
SL1200 MK5 - discontinued: http://ctlg.panasonic.jp/product/info.d ... SL-1200MK5
SL1200 MK4 - discontinued: http://ctlg.panasonic.jp/product/info.d ... SL-1200MK4
SL1200 MK3DS - discontinued: http://ctlg.panasonic.jp/product/info.d ... -1200MK3DS
SL1200 MK3 - absolutely no mention of it in their catalogue
SL1200 MK2 - same as above
2. The article in the online version of the Asahi Shimbun, the second newspaper in terms of circulation and probably the best in terms of journalism is dated... the 21st of October 2010, last week (I have a paper copy): http://www.asahi.com/business/update/10 ... 00170.html
3. TWO announcements in the Yomiuri Shimbun, dated October the 20th:
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/atmoney/news/2 ... T00665.htm
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/net/news/20101 ... T00858.htm
4. Announcement by Power dj's, a huge retailer:
They are announcing their final sale of SL1200's. Power dj's (Ikebukuro) say they have received an official notice from Panasonic. They are not the only ones... They seem pretty upset about the whole thing... They discuss this announcement on their blog and twitter account (scroll down to October first).
http://twitter.com/#!/Power_DJs
5. I called Panasonic Corp. DAV headquarters in Osaka to confirm the information.
I was told: mention of this was made in the ordinary meeting of Shareholders in May 2010. Reasons cited: integration and closure of specific manufacturing sites, from the point of view of optimal production, withdrawal from unprofitable businesses, downsizing of the workforce. There will be a press release most likely after the announcement of its consolidated financial results at the end of this month.
6. Sumiya music store, another huge retailer:
"テクニクスがSLシリーズのターンテーブル生産終了するそうです"
"Production of the Technics SL series of turntables has ended."
etc.
gwa wrote:you should wake up in the night whilst dressed as revolver ocelot and lamp him
gwa wrote:you should wake up in the night whilst dressed as revolver ocelot and lamp him
gwa wrote:you should wake up in the night whilst dressed as revolver ocelot and lamp him
I can see this kind of thing happening. Also, i can see third party spares and replacements being available come the time that the original parts eventual dry up from the market.mashmash wrote:maybe a smaller manufacturer could purchase the brand off panasonic? i don't know...
wilson wrote:Does this mean the price for a used pair is gonna shoot up? Been looking to pick up a pair on the cheap for a while now.
Read this amazing piece of journalism, pay particular attention to the end of it.Capture pt wrote:So whats the latist verdict lol....
that makes it even more depressing that the clubs and bars have shit mashed up decks in them. as they blatantly have no excuses now. bloody odd as its surely far more cost effective to service some turntables than fuck about with stupidly over priced cd players.?abZ wrote:Read this amazing piece of journalism, pay particular attention to the end of it.Capture pt wrote:So whats the latist verdict lol....
http://gizmodo.com/5675818/end-of-an-er ... turntables
Did you read the whole article? Neither has anyone else apparently...Be-1ne wrote:that makes it even more depressing that the clubs and bars have shit mashed up decks in them. as they blatantly have no excuses now. bloody odd as its surely far more cost effective to service some turntables than fuck about with stupidly over priced cd players.?abZ wrote:Read this amazing piece of journalism, pay particular attention to the end of it.Capture pt wrote:So whats the latist verdict lol....
http://gizmodo.com/5675818/end-of-an-er ... turntables
the article states that panasonic have made a statement saying that only the production of the MK6 turntable will cease? or am i missing something here? aside from the fact I never even knew there was a mk 6 :sabZ wrote:Did you read the whole article? Neither has anyone else apparently...Be-1ne wrote:that makes it even more depressing that the clubs and bars have shit mashed up decks in them. as they blatantly have no excuses now. bloody odd as its surely far more cost effective to service some turntables than fuck about with stupidly over priced cd players.?abZ wrote:Read this amazing piece of journalism, pay particular attention to the end of it.Capture pt wrote:So whats the latist verdict lol....
http://gizmodo.com/5675818/end-of-an-er ... turntables
Yeah. Just checking, I couldn't make out the point you were trying to make tbh. The MK6 was just a limited run type deal anyway.Be-1ne wrote:the article states that panasonic have made a statement saying that only the production of the MK6 turntable will cease? or am i missing something here? aside from the fact I never even knew there was a mk 6 :sabZ wrote:Did you read the whole article? Neither has anyone else apparently...Be-1ne wrote:that makes it even more depressing that the clubs and bars have shit mashed up decks in them. as they blatantly have no excuses now. bloody odd as its surely far more cost effective to service some turntables than fuck about with stupidly over priced cd players.?abZ wrote:Read this amazing piece of journalism, pay particular attention to the end of it.Capture pt wrote:So whats the latist verdict lol....
http://gizmodo.com/5675818/end-of-an-er ... turntables
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