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Technics SL-1200 is a series of turntables manufactured from October 1972 until 2010 by Matsushita under the brand name of Technics. S means "Stereo", L means "Player". Originally released as a high fidelity consumer record player, it quickly became adopted among radio and club disc jockeys, thanks to the direct drive high torque motor design, making it, initially, suitable for pushbutton cueing and starting of tracks on radio. Latterly, when the use of slip-mats for cueing and beat-mixing (and scratching) became popular, the quartz-controlled high torque motor system enabled records to be mixed with consistency and accuracy. A primary design goal was for hi-fidelity, but having good build quality, control over wow and flutter, and minimized resonance led to the equipment being particularly suitable for use in nightclubs and other public-address applications. Since its release in 1978, SL-1200MK2 and its successors have been the most common turntable for DJing and Scratching (also known as Turntablism). Producers, DJs & MCs refer to the Technics turntable as the "Tec 12's", "Wheels of Steel" and the "Ones & Twos". Apart from their iconic status in hip-hop and electronic music culture, Technics 1200s are also commonly used in recording studios and for non-electronic live music performance. Since 1972, more than 3 million units have been sold. It is widely regarded as one of the most durable and reliable turntables ever produced. Many of the models manufactured in the 1970s are still in heavy use. In the autumn of 2010, Panasonic announced that the series was to be discontinued due to marketplace conditions.〔(Dead spin: Panasonic discontinues Technics analog turntables ) - Oct 2010〕〔()〕 According to notable journalist Tom Terrell of NPR, the Technics 1200 SL direct-drive turntable is "the most important musical instrument of the last two-and-a-half decades."〔http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Eric-B-Rakim-Biography/3B889685EFA7D988482568A500200208〕 At the London Science Museum, Technics SL-1210〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thehiphoprecords.com/rise-fall-technics-1210/ )〕 is on display〔(Technics SL-1200 / Technics SL-1210 Shaped Our World ) - May 2010〕 as one of the pieces of technology that have "shaped the world we live in".〔(Pair of quartz synthesiser direct-drive turntables, 1999 ) - 1999〕 ==Features== Some of the features of the SL-1200 are: * Magnetic (no wear), direct drive (low slip) mechanism. * High torque (1.5 kgf·cm or 0.15 N·m), which means the platter will spin at the desired speed almost immediately (0.7 s to reach 33 ¹⁄₃ RPM from standstill), and will very rapidly reacquire the desired speed, without "overshooting", if the platter is dragged or nudged. This aids beatmatching. * Very low wow and flutter (0.01%), which means that the platter will stay within 1/100 of 1% of the desired speed. * Heavy base (2.5 kg), and increased isolation of platter from base, reducing the likelihood of feedback or stylus jumping. * Variable pitch control, allowing the rotational speed to be adjusted from -8% to +8% (for the purpose of beatmatching). * High reliability: many examples of SL-1200s lasting well over 15 years of heavy use and withstanding physical shock without functional impairment. * S-shaped Tone Arm: Although no longer popular on high end hi-fi turntables. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Technics SL-1200」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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