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Panasonic and Technics Reveal €1000 Price Tag For The New SL-1200 MK7 DJ Turntable

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Parent company Panasonic and Technics have revealed the price tag and release date for the much-talked-about new SL-1200 MK7 DJ turntable.

The information arrived via What Hi-Fi, detailing that the SL-1210 MK7, which will be sold in Europe and the UK, will set consumers back £899 and €1000, while the SL-1200 MK7 will retail for $1200. They are scheduled to be available in May of 2019.

While the price is much less expensive than the SL-1200G announced in 2016, the new product remains in a much higher price bracket than competitors such as Pioneer and Reloop.

Technics Have Announced New DJ-Focused SL-1200 MK7 Turntable

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Technics unveiled a new, DJ-oriented version of its famous SL-1200 turntable, the MK7, at CES in Las Vegas yesterday.

During the release event, the company went so far as to label the new SL-1200 MK7 turntable as, “the first new standard DJ turntable in approximately nine years.”

According to Technics parent company Panasonic, the new all-black turntable differs from the previous SL-1200 model in that it features a new coreless direct drive motor and reverse playback capability, as well as “other sound-enhancing technologies.”

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