Source: Press Release, Last Accessed: 2019/01/07

The SL-1200MK7 maintains the same operating ease as the Technics SL-1200 Series direct drive turntables, which have supported the dawning of the DJ culture, while delivering the high-quality sound expected from the famous audio brand. The SL-1200MK7 is scheduled to be launched in summer 2019.
Technics says that, since its launch in 1972, the SL-1200 Series has been admired by audio enthusiasts around the world, as well as clubs, studios, and broadcast stations for the high sound quality and reliability that are only possible with a direct drive system. On all models since the SL- 200MK2, which was launched in 1979, various features were incorporated to make them perform like a musical instrument, such as changing the pitch controller from a knob type to a vertical fader type. This made the series a standard at disco and other clubs that were coming into fashion mainly in the United States at the time. Up until production was discontinued in 2010, with the SL- 1200MK6, the series had cumulative sales of more than 3.5 million units, and is still highly acclaimed around the world today.
The SL-1200MK7 further improved sound quality by utilizing technologies newly developed by the reborn Technics, including those from the SL-1200G, which was launched in 2016. Specifications of the latest model that affect DJ performance, such as the button layout and inertial mass of the platter, follows those of the SL-1200MK6. Users who are familiar with using previous models will find the same operating feel in the SL-1200MK7, Technics stated. New functions, such as starting torque/brake speed adjustment and reverse play function, will expand the breadth of performance.
The new turntable provides highly precise rotation to draw out the sound quality of analogue records and thoroughly controls vibrations by employing a newly developed core-less direct drive motor to suppress tiny vibrations, while achieving high-precision rotation with digital control. Additionally, a highly rigid chassis featuring a two-layer construction, integrated with a special material consisting of ABS mixed with glass fiber, and the use of insulators comprised of a spring and rubber, effectively shut out external vibrations under high sound level conditions.

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