Technics SL-1200M7L Anniversary Turntable Launches With Free Global Dance Party

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Technics has announced that this April it will release a limited-edition direct-drive turntable to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its legendary SL-1200 series. The original SL-1200 rapidly became an audiophile favorite and was adopted by the DJ fraternity shortly after its initial release in 1972, blurring the lines between hi-fi and club.

This updated model is based on the 2019 SL-1200MK7 record player and features a golden anodized tonearm and an engraved serial number on the front RHS of its top panel. Only 12,000 turntables will be released worldwide, each one comes with a gold colored Technics logo, a 50th-anniversary sticker and is available in seven colors; black, red, blue, white, green, yellow and beige.

This updated design includes a high rigidity cabinet and damping insulator to minimize vibrations together with a starting torque/brake speed adjustment function, pitch control, reverse play, and a stylus illuminator with a high-brightness, long-life LED.

On April 7th Technics, in conjunction with the Boiler Room and Dommune, will be be hosting a free live-streamed dance event in order to help launch this iconic turntables birthday. During this seven hour event, seven international DJ’s will perform at one of five featured record stores. The DJ lineup includes; DJ Koco (Japan), Mala (UK), Ellen Allien (Germany), Gilles Peterson (UK), Shanti Celeste (Chile), Marcel Dettman (Germany) and DJ CRAZE (USA).

See the USA Technics website for more information.

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