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Post by MartinT on Sept 2, 2015 17:21:40 GMT
From Wired"Vinyl really is back; Panasonic has used its annual IFA press conference in Berlin to announce that it will relaunch and reinvent its iconic Technics turntable series, providing a lifeline to fans of analogue audio." |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 2, 2015 17:28:01 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 2, 2015 17:47:25 GMT
Certainly very interesting indeed but aimed fairly and squarely at the 'high-end market' ... Any guess at a price? Not sure it will be 'providing a lifeline to fans of analogue audio'  |
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Post by ChrisB on Sept 3, 2015 6:09:07 GMT
Hmmm......like Jules, I tend to see this as being priced rather ambitiously. If you look at the Technics website, you see that there are two hifi product ranges. If you click the link on the budget range to see who your local dealer is, you find that there is only one place in the UK that you can buy it. That would be the shop that begins with an 'H' and ends with '..arrods'.
This has ....err....certain implications with regard to price!
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Post by Chris on Sept 3, 2015 8:28:37 GMT
Where's the needle thing that goes on it?
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Post by MartinT on Sept 4, 2015 21:49:09 GMT
It certainly has a look that exudes 'expensive'.
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Post by MartinT on Sept 4, 2015 21:49:45 GMT
Where's the needle thing that goes on it? It's a motor unit, you can mount the arm of your choice on it. |
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Post by ChrisB on Sept 4, 2015 23:28:32 GMT
But there's no 'ole to stick it in!
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Post by Chris on Sept 5, 2015 5:52:40 GMT
I'm confused
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Post by pre65 on Sept 5, 2015 10:18:39 GMT
It looks (to me) like something I could knock up in my garage given an hour or two. 
I bet the price will be a real deal breaker ?
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Post by MartinT on Sept 5, 2015 11:56:04 GMT
There will be an arm mounting board as with previous high end Technics decks.
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Post by MikeMusic on Sept 5, 2015 16:14:08 GMT
At last, you can get rid of that 2nd hand tat you've got ! |
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Post by The Brookmeister on Dec 31, 2015 19:01:24 GMT
It looks (to me) like something I could knock up in my garage given an hour or two.
I bet the price will be a real deal breaker ? LOL That's the problem with the world today, no idea how manufacturing and distribution works. It will sell well regardless of how much it costs, the UK won't be a big market for it though. |
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Post by DaveC on Dec 31, 2015 20:32:16 GMT
 Trouble is the shaft/spindle looks like a SL-1200 ? The motor coils are flat wound and will be low torque, let's hope it is a PLL design though ? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2015 21:31:44 GMT
Looks ugly to me I'm afraid. More the sort of thing I'd expect of a prototype or a DIY build.
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Post by dsjr on Dec 31, 2015 23:04:46 GMT
Trouble is the shaft/spindle looks like a SL-1200 ? The motor coils are flat wound and will be low torque, let's hope it is a PLL design though ? My Dual 701 motor works in a similar way... |
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Post by MartinT on Dec 31, 2015 23:31:10 GMT
That motor looks a work of art.
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Post by DaveC on Jan 1, 2016 9:27:20 GMT
That motor looks a work of art. It does doesn't it ! Apart from the SL-1200 shaft tapered sleeve. This is a world exclusive for TAS as the photo has never been shown on the internet before. |
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Post by zippy on Jan 1, 2016 10:08:59 GMT
It looks (to me) like something I could knock up in my garage given an hour or two.
I bet the price will be a real deal breaker ? Yes - it's a piece of decking timber sprayed silver sitting on some old cans ! |
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Post by ChrisB on Jan 1, 2016 11:05:42 GMT
Wow, thanks for that Dave, we are honoured!
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