Technics SL-1200/1210 Review

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Technics SL-1200/1210
4.8 stars
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DJ Chapstar.'s Review of Technics SL-1200/1210 DJ Decks

3rd Jul 2003

Overall Rating

4.5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • Sound Quality
    3.5 stars
Good Points

Durable - High amount of Torque - Easy To Use
Vestax and all the others keep upgrading their high end tables and still sight Technics as the competition. Its seen em come, it's seen em go and its over 20 years old, and the ONLY industry standard deck.


Bad Points

Long S - shaped Tone arm has been knocked from time to time, slight recess around the 0 percent pitch adjustment making it hard to get an accurate pitch around this mark. Easy to switch off by accident.


General Comments

I am a bit more critical than others, though I don't understand the review of the guy who says if you are just gonna remove the lids and crack on then get cheap decks. Never Get Cheap Decks if you can afford these, they are an investment, you can only learn properly on these, belt drives and low torque decks only serve to delay your progress. Mine have just come up for their 12th Birthday and are still going strong, they have outlasted 3 mixers and loads of Crossfaders, they have done roadwork and prepared me for club work, with the right cartridge they have been awesome for scratching and fast cueing. And they are better than the Mk3's - the bad points I outlined have been sorted on the MK 5's but they have added a pitch reset button which gets in the way. Sound quality is not as good as a Linn, but they cost about a sixth of a Linn, and you don't play Vivaldi in a club.

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