On 22/12/2010 16:41, David wrote:
"Keith wrote in message
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What price these Technic decks when they start becoming scarce?

Start here with one for 1,200 quid:

http://www.decks.co.uk/products/technics/sl1210mk5g

That will be a long time. There were one hell of a lot sold in the early
nighties when the rave scene went main stream.

I was talking about the price of the remaining brand new stock in the
shops, not secondhand stuff.

If they keep them at that price I doubt they'll ever sell. There are so
many 2nd hand around that DJs would use those, and hifi entusiasts will go
for something a little more refined or look for a decent old SP10.


What exactly are the substantial differences between domestic and
pro-DJ? Things like quick-start and pitch control I can understand, but
you can easily see these things on domestic decks.

I suppose my question is really: why don't people just buy a pro deck
and be done with it?

I've been using a Technics 1200/SME arm for a while now. I can certainly
detect difference between this and, say, a Roksan Xerxes or Lenco B55 I
have, but I'm not so sure about qualitative difference - enjoy them all :-)

Rob