bass, mids detail sound flows, price, motor, platter tone arm

The table and platter have no weakness what so ever. A tone arm upgrade is a good idea.

This deck is in every club and is used by 99.99 percent of dj's. However this should not distract away from the fact that this is a true audiophile deck with the worlds most accurate motor a brushless dc. This leaves no vibration as the deck is spun by a magnetic field. the solid platter is dampened with heavy rubber. The chassis of the deck is rock solid and is held still and protected from vibration by 11kg of lead which dampenes the sound further. The sound is amazing, beatiful sounstage, mids, and crisp full bass as good as as any at it price i think better

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linn

Relable like nothing else, studio grade sound quallity. ATTENTION TO DETAIL. Precision of motor when mixing beats. Best Anti vibe ever. Best selling audio equipment in existance, need I go on..........

Signal cables high quallity but fixed.

I cannot believe some of the tripe people are typing. These decks have been around for 30 years and never been changed. They are the strongest in the world at any price. They sound amazing even for the price, with upgraded cables and expensive carts. The also have the lowest wow and flutter availible meaning there more accurate. Even though these decks have totally out sold any piece of hifi equipment ever in existance, they have barely been any reports of faults. These are abused by millions of dj's every day yet still work as good as new even when 25 years old. I challenge anyone to stick some lynn tables in a club enviroment and see if any one can mix on them / or if they last 20 years. Every part on the technics is built in japan to complete precision. When mixing nothing feels like technics. The platters are rock solid, and the decks are the best protected against vibration for the price. They designed to be vibration proof in clubs with 20,000 watt systems blasting, in these environments anyother deck sounds worse off. The electronics and semiconductors are all custom made to the heighest standard and thats why these last. Every club in the world has these, (appart from when competitors SPONSOR clubs to use there decks). These things are even in the Science museum, as the #1 example of manufacturing excellence. Other dj turntables like st150s, ttx etc are good but come one, you really believe every club will have them one day & and they will last 25 years (didn't think so). Oh and none are as accurate as technics to start with, and any that come relativly close soon lose there accuracy after a few years. I learnt this the hard and expensive way on my stanton 150s. I love the attention to detail and the way nothing was overlooked when making these. If you want to DJ and you cant afford these then tough luck because you need these, best to start off on a good habit. Also you save money in the longrun on these because there everlasting and youll never need another pair again. One thing though, although the cables are very heigh quallity there fixed, whats the crack with that then.

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nothing is similar to technics, but other turntables are stanton st150's, ttx, a range of clear audio turntables.

Solid build, made in Japan, great looks, smooth and clear sound.

None, very happy with this turntable.

I bought my Technics 1200 turntable back in 1989, and it still works great. I use a Shure V15 Type 5 MR cartridge on it. It has a nice well rounded sound to it. The only problem I have had with this turntable is that the ground wire fried on it within the first 2 weeks of owning it. I haven't had any problems with it since. I bought this turntable because of the reputation it had for being a reliable, great sounding turntable that would last a long time. It's been 15 years, and so far it's living up to it's reputation.

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everything

nothing

This is 1 of the great turntables of all time. It tracks flawlessly and sounds better than cd or dvd. Don't listen to the unbelievers. No audio equipment, even the million $ stuff is perfect. We know this. Now, you guys may know about the MK5G 30th anniversary 1200 which is still only available in Japan and I believe Europe. I hope it's available here in the States soon. Anyway, if anyone has tried this, please let us know!

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has stood the test of time. built like a tank and looks as mean as a bulldog. sounds freaking awsome.

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This Turntable has been kicking around for more the 20 years. It's like and old boxer that kicked butt back in the day and is still fighting and holding it's own and beating the new kids that try to take it's title. I have had mine for about a year, they are very heave for a reason, made of metal and heave rubber. sound great, yeah they are alittle high on price but it's worth it. ranked number one in turntables for 20 plus years.

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vestax, numark, straton, but only one is the best and thats techincs 1200

Great pick up, built to last, great customization capabilities, the staple of turntables

the pitch fader has a catch point at the zero and can be hard to get a pitch close to 0. The rest of the fader slides independantly. If this is an Issue the MK3 doesnt have a catch point but a button that resets to pitch zero

This turntable is the best out there. If you are looking to progress as any type of DJ, this turntable is the one you are looking for. IT has great pickup and is built to last. I have had mine for four years and I have yet to have a problem. This turntable is the staple for DJing, turntablism or whatever you piece. Heres a fact, this model has been used by thousands of DJs since the late 70s

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Made in Japan which contributes to its quality feel and build. These turntables are known to last forever. Great value for the money.

None for the price.

I have listened to and owned some very expensive pieces of hifi. I appreciate and can distinguish high quality sound and the notion of diminishing return applies greatly to high end audio. There are better sounding turntables out there but at a much higher price. Similarly priced high end turntables just give you a different sound, NOT necessarily better. I put an Ortofon OM-30 cartridge on my Technics and it sounds great. It's an upbeat sound that is not quite as neutral as my Thorens was but then I can say that my Thorens sometimes sounded dull. The ease of use and set up of this Technics plus its very high build quality, make it a great value for audiophiles and an even greater value for DJs. I find that most audiophiles spend too much time and money (as I once did) on the equipment and forget about the pleasure that music's supposed to bring. Until I can afford a Linn LP12 that will sound slightly better than my Technics, I'll just enjoy the music as I did as a teenager.

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Diecast sturdy chassis. Excellent looks, counts for the limited edition in GOLD.

Nothing to compare in it's class.

And of course we have people like Sanlyn who believe that these turntable's belong to DJ's with Disco LP's at home. We'll, try to play Aretha Franklin's "Get It Right" album (1983) on a Thorens T series or Technics SL1200MKIII and you'll be amazed. With the same Ortofon 30e MM Cartridge and Luxman's LV-121 pre-amp Phono connected to an Onkyo Integra A-9711 and monitored with the 120LBs heavy Philips FB825 speakers (were only available in the EMEA and their about 120cm high) you'll notice the diff'rence. And you don't have to have "high end ears" to discover. This Technics "babe" is as good that it will split the Thorens. No doubt, that Aretha is screaming louder on a Technics than any other direct drive type. With almost 1.1 grams and no Anti-Skating the phase is almost 0.0. Handy is the contra weight for balance the cartridge (placing it on the arm), and align the horizontal "azimuth" with an variable turning head. (little screw-driver delivered with the Ortofon). And I guess there are always reasons to find why this Technics type isn't that good. Maybe it's between the "ears"...

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Won't die. Very smooth, reliable. Cheap replacement parts everywhere.

Truly terrible audio, but perfect for the extreme limitations of DJ equipment.

Don't know what all the '4' and '5' ratings are for this product, except that it's made like a tank, you can buy off-brand parts for it that fit, and it won't explode in the typical DJ environment or the usual home with nothing but disco LP's. Other than that, the sound is pretty awful. On a good stereo you can clearly hear an echoing "bong" on heavy bass from the highly resonance platter, along with a sharp 200Hz phony bass bump followed by a very sharp low bass cutoff from the high-mass aluminum tonearm (yes, aluminum, along with a noisy aluminum headshell!). The bass cutoff is a godsend for Dj speakers and amps, which would explode if anything lower than 60Hz entered the audio stream. According to my test records, the low-end cutoff begins at about 100Hz, falling rapidly below 50Hz, which is unsuitable for home audio. No problem with any phono pickup, the arm is so massive with such a high arm resonance that it simply slices into vinyl thru warps, wideband bass, and everything else, literally cutting its way through grooves instead of playing them. All cartridges in this arm have a dry, rather hard sound; suited best for cheaper, low-compliance pickups with high-mass stylus. Since most DJ equipment lacks a clear treble, you need a better-quality audio setup to hear the ringing in the lower mids and high end. This is not an audiophile turntable; it's a DJ machine, period. Even at that, and though it's sturdy as a mountain, the audio that this 'table produces is dreadful in a living room. I set up 2 grams tracking pressure with a Shure V15-VMR to try to track the cannons on Telarc's "1812"; the arm stayed on the record at cannon shot 16, but it jumped the groove and slid into the record's center, ruining it with a huge gash across the vinyl, along with bending my $145 stylus. That was it for me; I got rid of it at a garage sale.

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reliable and solid. Unbeatable. If you have your pitch right you wont lose the beat anytime soon. In other words very, very accurate.

The price,maybe,for a bedroom dj. Can get a bit dodgy around "zero" pitch, you can get used to this though.

I have used a pair of tese in my club for 7 years. The outer appearance of them has deteriorated dramatically over the years but mechanically they still work exactly the same as when I bought them. The metal near the target light has actually corroded away from the sweat of many a dj picking up the tone arm!

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