Build The SL-1000R sits at the top in Technics’s hierarchy, and to say it’s a beast is no understatement. This record player weighs in at over 40kg, so it’s a two-person lift, and at over 50cm wide, ...

Technics today announced the Reference Class SP10-R direct drive turntable and the SL-1000R direct drive turntable system with tonearm and base. The SP10-R includes a double coil twin rotor-type ...

The new SP-10R and SL-1000R models tack on thousands on the already costly Technic 1200 reboot from 2016.

The rebirth of the Technics brand has been fascinating. Since 2014, the brand has released a steady stream of products with varying degrees of success, but there are now signs that it is truly hitting ...

Panasonic has announced a new Technics turntable, the SL-1000R, as part of a presentation at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. The audiophile deck comes with a hefty price tag though at $20,000. It’s a ...

After so many years at CES, there are increasingly few things that make the hairs on our arms stand up these days. But a $20,000, three-armed turntable resurrected from the first-ever direct-drive wax ...

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