SL-1200MK7
Technics · £799
Worth being NRY provisional
The seventh generation of the deck that has sat in professional booths since the 1970s, which is an unusual claim for any piece of consumer electronics to be able to make. Direct drive means the platter is the motor, so there is no belt to stretch or replace and the speed holds under a hand. Built to be abused and then to keep working, which at £799 is the argument.
- For
- Someone who wants a deck that will outlast their records and does not mind it looking like equipment.
- Not for
- Anyone who wants furniture, because this is unapologetically a tool.
What we checked
- The SL1200 line has been the standard in professional booths for decades. Richer Sounds
Marked provisional: the justification rests on 1 source(s); two independent ones is the bar. We publish it anyway and say so, rather than waiting for evidence that may never arrive.