Having to trust what has been published so far, the line was very
profitable but Technics could no longer buy some of the key components
needed for the turntable. I have made some tests in the past with a
Technics on one side and an EMT 948 on the other. The EMT was way
better. So, I bought an *EMT 950* and it cleared customs today. I should
have it here tomorrow, hopefully, YEH.
Shai
On 1/3/2011 10:18 PM, Tom Fine wrote:
> Reports and specs I've read indicate the Numark tables have quite high
> rumble noise. Not sure if this matters in the DJ environment, but it
> does with transfers. I briefly owned a Stanton table and did not like
> it. The straight tonearm didn't track very well and it had high rumble
> noise. The construction was definitely inferior to a Technics in all
> respects.
>
> By the way I also owned a Music Hall MMF5 turntable for a while. The
> reason I got rid of it was that its speed accuracy was poor and I
> thought the somewhat cheap (for the price) bearing was a culprit.
> Also, the cheapo anti-skate system was non-ideal. Also, the arm had
> very audible resonance with a badly warped record. I then got the
> Technics and I'm very happy with it and think it is the ideal
> sub-insane-priced turntable for almost all purposes.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Levinson"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 2:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Technics apparently really has discontinued
> their turntables
>
>
>> I'm very glad that Cary has gotten such excellent results with the
>> Numark TT200, a good friend of mine, who is a full time repairman for
>> only DJ tables, has far less glowing words for their products as a
>> whole.
>>
>> AA
>>
>> On 1/3/11 2:17 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>>> I use models by both Technics and Numark and find them equally
>>> dependable. The Numark TT200 has been my workhorse for the best five
>>> years and I love it.
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell
>>>
>>>> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 13:55:38 -0500
>>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Technics apparently really has discontinued
>>>> their turntables
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>> As someone who arguably straddles the line between the transfer and DJ
>>>> worlds I can say that the reputation of Stanton and Numark is far
>>>> below
>>>> that of that venerable 1200 on any given day. No self-respecting DJ
>>>> would even put them in the same league.
>>>>
>>>> R.I.P. indeed and now let the insane eBay gouging begin!
>>>>
>>>> AA
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1/3/11 12:43 PM, Tom Fine wrote:
>>>>> Kevin at KAB Electronics sent the following response to my followup
>>>>> querie on this topic:
>>>>>
>>>>> _____________________________
>>>>> About 3 weeks ago, an official announcement was made to all
>>>>> distributors
>>>>> that the Technics line of turntables is now discontinued.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you desire a brand new one, you will have to start searching. They
>>>>> purposely waited until all inventory was depleted. So It will be very
>>>>> hard
>>>>> to find new merchandise.
>>>>>
>>>>> What I will likely do going forward is try to create like new
>>>>> refurbished
>>>>> decks. Since many of the cosmetic items like top plates and dust
>>>>> covers
>>>>> should remain available for a few years to come.
>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>
>>>>> That's a shame.
>>>>>
>>>>> For the DJ set, I think people can make due with Stanton and Numark
>>>>> tables, but for transfer guys like me, a KAB-hotrodded 1200 has
>>>>> been a
>>>>> really good choice as far as value meeting high quality.
>>>>>
>>>>> RIP another analog legend.
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Tom Fine
>>>
>>
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