Technics - What happened to them?
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Originally created by Panasonic to show off their high-end offerings, by the early 1980s Technics ended up offering an entire range of equipment from entry-level to high-end.
Matsush'ta retired the Technics name almost completely in the early 2000s. Currently, it's used on the 1200 series turntables, and digital pianos, thus limiting their dealerships to music/pro audio stores.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technics_%28brand%29
Matsush'ta retired the Technics name almost completely in the early 2000s. Currently, it's used on the 1200 series turntables, and digital pianos, thus limiting their dealerships to music/pro audio stores.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technics_%28brand%29
Edited by JumboBeef on Saturday 14th August 14:42
Thanks guys, i was feeling a bit misty eyed as I ecall reading all about their amps in the mid/late 90's and how lovely they were:-
http://www.vintagetechnics.info/integrated/sua600....
Bit sad I know but I love that sort of stuff. In fact a mate thinks he still has a Kenwood KA-3020SE somewhere for me.
http://www.vintagetechnics.info/integrated/sua600....
Bit sad I know but I love that sort of stuff. In fact a mate thinks he still has a Kenwood KA-3020SE somewhere for me.
deevlash said:
roorky said:
Zod said:
it was never more than a Panasonic brand.
As has been said it was high end Panasonic equipment, but it wasn't high end audio equipment by a long shot.They hit above their weight for sure but it was their build that was their biggest selling point.
Kindersley said:
deevlash said:
roorky said:
Zod said:
it was never more than a Panasonic brand.
As has been said it was high end Panasonic equipment, but it wasn't high end audio equipment by a long shot.With the right set up they are detailed all right with decent timing. Same with the SP10.
But they are mechanical sounding and crap at 'playing music'.
If you want to enjoy tunes and be involved then look elsewhere.
deevlash said:
1210's were and still are
The 1200 series was actually just a midrange model in the original Technics turntable range IIRC.The 1200 series only acquired it's 'legendary' status by virtue of the fact that it was a durable piece of kit, that could stand up to the rigours of DJ use (and it had the slider for pitch control).
It's is by no means an 'audiophile' turntable, and for sound quality will easily be beaten by one of the lower range of Project turntables, at about 1/3 the price.
As it happens, IIRC there were several models above the 1200/1210
SL1000, SL1600, etc.
These were all much of a muchness - the only real differences being the electronics that controlled the speed, as the higher up the range you went, the more accurate the speed became, resulting in less wow & flutter.
The bearings were also slightly better, but only in the very top models.
heisthegaffer said:
andy_s said:
I always liked the look of this one - VDU-a-go-go...
Technics SE-A1000
MMMMMM lovely. Very stylish, IIRC it has a battery pack for a purer sound.Technics SE-A1000
The other (similar looking) preamps had something called AVBO (Advanced Virtual Battery Operation).
This was a gimmick, using a simple decoupling circuit with capacitors and transistors. (there is a technical name for this but it escapes me right now).
As it happens, the almost identical circuitry was used in the integrated amps, as was used in the SE-A909 and the SU-A800 pre - power combinations.
It was all just marketing.
These power amps simply do not compare to the likes of (from the same vintage) NAD / Rotel etc.
Even Rotel cheated with their preamps, most of which shared the identical (preamp) circuit to the integrated amp - just without the power amp stages..
Did anyone have one of their monster equalisers and/or spectrum analysers?
When flashing lights were still cool, I used to drool over a Technics system in the window of my local Hi-Fi shop. It had something like 32 or 64 channels and an octave of equalisation. Totally silly and over the top - but all those pretty lights
When flashing lights were still cool, I used to drool over a Technics system in the window of my local Hi-Fi shop. It had something like 32 or 64 channels and an octave of equalisation. Totally silly and over the top - but all those pretty lights
rhinochopig said:
Did anyone have one of their monster equalisers and/or spectrum analysers?
When flashing lights were still cool, I used to drool over a Technics system in the window of my local Hi-Fi shop. It had something like 32 or 64 channels and an octave of equalisation. Totally silly and over the top - but all those pretty lights
You mean one of these?When flashing lights were still cool, I used to drool over a Technics system in the window of my local Hi-Fi shop. It had something like 32 or 64 channels and an octave of equalisation. Totally silly and over the top - but all those pretty lights
TonyRPH said:
rhinochopig said:
Did anyone have one of their monster equalisers and/or spectrum analysers?
When flashing lights were still cool, I used to drool over a Technics system in the window of my local Hi-Fi shop. It had something like 32 or 64 channels and an octave of equalisation. Totally silly and over the top - but all those pretty lights
You mean one of these?When flashing lights were still cool, I used to drool over a Technics system in the window of my local Hi-Fi shop. It had something like 32 or 64 channels and an octave of equalisation. Totally silly and over the top - but all those pretty lights
looked impressive at the time
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