New technics 1200
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My one functioning 1210 MkII. (from 89 i believe, bought second hand as a pair in 1997 - current is an amalgamation of parts from both) is on permanent loan to a mates house and it's still going strong (with a bit of idle hum).
But I hear of people buying Technics that are buggered all the time these days - good pairs for £500 do not turn up as often as they used to... Obviously in reality any turntable that gets transported a lot or installed in a club for a couple years will have issues that would stop you using it for general listening, and if you don't have a stack of donor units to keep them running you'll fork out a few hundred to get them running like new... Wouldn't have said it 10 years ago but the current batch of OEM alternatives are so strong I really wouldn't buy another pair new or old. Running ATLP1204s ATM and love them to bits.
- interesting. yep I would never buy ex cub 1210's. asking for trouble.fadein11
- yeah, think about how many have been bought and used by clubs in the years since they stopped making them... much riskier than it used to be!kingsteven
- Got the model wrong there current TTs are AudioTechnica *LP1240 - not 1204.kingsteven