Technics SL-1210MK2

I have to say that I completley agree with everything that the previous reviewers has written about these decks. They are industry standard and there is a reason why you will find them in every club in the world. They are one of the best investments that you will ever make. I bought my pair a year ago as my first decks after deciding to make the next step in my love of music. The were 2-3 years old then and I have not had one single problem since I bought. The budget I gave myself was £600 max to start out including mixer, headphones and a couple of basslines to start my collection. I had two options, being get some Stantons or Numarks..etc new or get some ...  Read the complete review

I know, I stole the tag line from Volkswagen on this one, but it's true, if everything lasted as long, worked as well, and looked as good as a set of 1210MkII's, we'd all be very happy people. Anyway. Technics. There's a reason they've been around for so long. Why's that? Becasue they just won't stop working. I had a set of 1200's for a long time, and only had to upgrade when I hurt them with a speaker bracket, thereby losing on of the tone-arms in the process. Why are they so good. Well, 1) Their pitch accuracy is second to none. You set the pitch fader somewhere to get that desired tempo - and the ...  Read the complete review

What can i say that hasn't already been said about these turntables, i wouldn't use anything else to mix with! The SL-1210's are without a doubt the most reliable and robust decks i have ever encountered in my little short career as a Dj. I've used other decks before but in the music i mix (Rn'B and Hip hop) nothing touches the stability these decks can provide for scratching and jerking the record around the table, The SL-1210mk2 is made of aluminum and has really thick rubber pads underneath it to stop all the vibrations from distorting your tunes. Dimension wise they are 45cm x 36cm and they stand roughly 16 cm of the ...  Read the complete review

I've been dj ing for about a year now, in my bedroom, (not good enough to take on the world yet) but i'm already on my third set of decks, same origional mixer, im a poor student ya see. I managed to pick a set of these up second hand off a mate, merely as a stop gap cause mine were damaged (beer incident, never good) and i'm so very impressed. I've heard all the rumours floating around that the technics had had their time and it was now the turn of the more high tech up to date star fangled units to take over, and to tell you the truth i believed them. I thought yeah, the technics havent got a reverse switch and they've only got 10% ...  Read the complete review

Here's my short history : 1995 : Buy my first pair of 'decks', some direct-drive Soundlab's, which were imitation Technics. Learn how to mix, and do so successfully. 1997 : Come into a bit of money, no real need to change, but decide to go for the Technics SL-1210's... Well obviously I was over the moon about finally getting my hands on the legendary Technics, which featured in every magazine and pictured with every DJ - who wouldn't. In fact, they turned out to be as solid as they looked in print. They weighed a ton compared to my 'feather-weight' Soundlab's, the build was quality great - the pitch ...  Read the complete review