Technics Turntables...really???

Happy Technics 1200 and other series table owners, of which I am one, have nothing to defend. This thread was started by a someone who simply wanted to throw an unqualifed and inexperienced hot potato in the middle of the room and then run like hell. Let’s not be vulnerable to such nonsense and unqualified provocation.

No amount of education and good will changes the minds of such provocateurs.

I bought a new 1210 m5g for peanuts a month before production ended a few years back as a 4th table. 

I use it strictly for 6 vintage MM cartridges and it punches far above its’ weight class. 

I also own an SP-25 which, after many years, operates perfectly. 

stevecham2,602 posts07-31-2018 12:31pm

Happy Technics 1200 and other series table owners, of which I am one, have nothing to defend. This thread was started by a someone who simply wanted to throw an unqualifed and inexperienced hot potato in the middle of the room and then run like hell. Let’s not be vulnerable to such nonsense and unqualified provocation.

It seemed like a legitimate post to me. After all, Technics has made many junk turntables through the years and, as another contributor noted, so did many of the other major turntable and electronics manufacturers.

Had had one in my college system in the 70’s,  must have been good because it was stolen. 

I spun some good tunes back then without the new audionervousa ocd problem I have now. 

Cleeds, The problem with the post is that it threw Technics as a brand under the bus inferring that Craigslist and DJs were unworthy. Audiophiles = snobbery? Since when?

Yeah, I have a problem with that and the OP should know better, or at least ask an enlightened or focused question, such as, how do you all feel about Technics tables? Are they worth considering compared to the competition from an analog enjoyment perspective?

But no, instead the brand is sent to the garbage dump. Recall, many lathes upon which laquers are cut are powered by Technics’ direct drive technology.