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Technics SL-DZ1200
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Jeremy Jive
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Give it a few more years and it will work right.
jeremy -nothing wrong with vinyl- jive
jeremy -nothing wrong with vinyl- jive
Mr_Furious
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I dunno about the performance, but that looks really f*ckin sweet.
adorablehomeboy
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"Vibration resistance due to aluminum die cast upper cabinet with double spring insulator feet and a tough CD mechanism.
exsqueeze me for being a materials engineering nerd but isn't it the bottom rubber that absorbs the vibration?
When designing parts aluminum is known to vibrate like a mofo compared to steel...and that's steel not rubber
exsqueeze me for being a materials engineering nerd but isn't it the bottom rubber that absorbs the vibration?
When designing parts aluminum is known to vibrate like a mofo compared to steel...and that's steel not rubber
Michael Drury
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Wow - I tell ya, I remeber the first time I saw Technics 1200 turntables a million years ago and never did i think that I would see a replica version of them for a new digital type of format called CD in my day.
Not sure if I'm sad or excited.
Cheers,
Michael "the analogue whore" Drury
Not sure if I'm sad or excited.
Cheers,
Michael "the analogue whore" Drury
can't say i really like them.
they're "ok" for the mixing bit, and its cool that the features are so very similar to the vinyl equivalent, as its very intuitive.
but the display is ass, utter ass.
its very hard to read much of anything off that, and the buttons are small and crowded together, making them difficult to use and ever more so to read. if you don't know the machine well, you'll spend considerable time reading the dials and display.
but as i'm sure we're all aware, no one but no one can cast judgement on this unless their name starts with "Darth" and ends with "Stylus".
they're "ok" for the mixing bit, and its cool that the features are so very similar to the vinyl equivalent, as its very intuitive.
but the display is ass, utter ass.
its very hard to read much of anything off that, and the buttons are small and crowded together, making them difficult to use and ever more so to read. if you don't know the machine well, you'll spend considerable time reading the dials and display.
but as i'm sure we're all aware, no one but no one can cast judgement on this unless their name starts with "Darth" and ends with "Stylus".
well, they're too expensive
and pioneer and denon seem to have no
problems playing the numbers game,
making their shit sharper with better
increments and better features
i mean, the denon dn-s3500 has the little
spindle knobby thing on its platter like
turntables that you can twist to push
up the track, just like vinyl... and it's what?
almost $400 less than these?
and pioneer's beat looping is almost
as good as the Cycloops'-Grabber technology.
and, me not being a scratch dj, the only thing
Technics CD players have to offer me is a name...
and that simply ain't worth the extra $3-400.
Sleepy Giant
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Eddie Halliwell is a Pioneer guy as well.
i had a chance to review these Technics digital decks over the summer...they totally rock out!
the onboard sampling and FX tools are tops. really interesting stuff. if you are at all inclined to do mash-ups live t, then definitely check this out. great for looping on the fly (built in drive, lets you save a number of samples on the unit) .i also liked the TT emulation for spinbacks and other turntable tricks--but found i still preferred the digital cueing features, as I do on most digital decks.
love 'em.
the onboard sampling and FX tools are tops. really interesting stuff. if you are at all inclined to do mash-ups live t, then definitely check this out. great for looping on the fly (built in drive, lets you save a number of samples on the unit) .i also liked the TT emulation for spinbacks and other turntable tricks--but found i still preferred the digital cueing features, as I do on most digital decks.
love 'em.
Originally posted by djtk
i had a chance to review these Technics digital decks over the summer...they totally rock out!
the onboard sampling and FX tools are tops. really interesting stuff. if you are at all inclined to do mash-ups live t, then definitely check this out. great for looping on the fly (built in drive, lets you save a number of samples on the unit) .i also liked the TT emulation for spinbacks and other turntable tricks--but found i still preferred the digital cueing features, as I do on most digital decks.
love 'em.
Do you do any scratching?
I'm wondering what they feel like. I know it has the same motor but I"m really curious what it feels like.
the platter feels remarkably similar to that of a conventional turntable. but it is still constructed differently, and you can feel that difference. i would think it would just be a matter of practice to feel 100% comfortable on it (as with anything).
although, i am not a turntablist, i do employ some tricks in my sets, and i found that this digital deck allowed me to incorporate them easily.
although, i am not a turntablist, i do employ some tricks in my sets, and i found that this digital deck allowed me to incorporate them easily.
here is a link to a promo vid on the panasonic/technics site featuring louie vega and J. Rocc demonstrating the deck:
http://syndicate.tentoe.com/panason...N_MP/MPPlayer/__MPPlayer.html?r=1128523653710
http://syndicate.tentoe.com/panason...N_MP/MPPlayer/__MPPlayer.html?r=1128523653710
