Happy Birthday Technics

Panasonic celebrate 35 years of the Technics 1200 turntable

Christopher Whitham

Tuesday, December 18, 2007 - 00:00

How does a huge electronics corporation celebrate the anniversary of the world's most successful turntable? By releasing a special limited edition of the classic, without really changing anything significantly. If it aint broke, don't try to fix it.

We took the liberty of translating the Japanese into techy-English.

1 – The S letter tone arm features OFC (oxygen free copper wire)

2 – 3 layer shell enclosure for maximum acoustic dampening

3 – Improved pitch control

4 – Long-life blue LED

5 – Proven reliability

Only 1000 units of the SL-1200MK6K1 (black) and 1500 units of the SL-1200MK6 (silver) are slated for release. Grab yourselves a piece of DJ History while you can.

Head over to Panasonic.co.jp for more.