^Jeff knows.
They look nice but the price will be ridiculous.
Price rumored (or confirmed, I don’t know) to be $4k. It hasn’t been confirmed if this if for the G or the GAE edition. Either way that’s a chunk of change.
Still, you would be a fool to make purchasing decision based on what sponsored DJ’s use or tell (that part about plx/pioneer caring about DJ’s…lol).
absolutely no technology inside these is worth $4000. that is an absolute and total rip off. who exactly is their target market with an MSRP of that?
4000?! Thats absurb. That the price of a pair of cdj 2000 nexus. No way…
No, that’s the price for both models. each turntable
This sounds like a revenue generation excercise for Technics/Panasonic. They know these TT’s won’t fail, because, there are LOTS of people out there with more money that sense!!!
They’re too shiny. But, rich people like shiny. And I REALLY don’t like the badge/name plate on the GAE’s.
marketed at the rich hipster. What a shame!
Yeah at this price it’s marketed to the audiophile market where $10k and up turntables barely raise an eyebrow. This is not for DJs. I’m sure some big name clubs will get them – they’re only double the price of those inflated cdjs – but most DJs will never play on these, nor should they bother.
This price is ridiculous. The improvements definitely do not justify the increase. Only thing I could imagine is trying to cover production costs of the first run by taking advantage of the niche market then decreasing after the initial production year.
I agree. The price will go down, would love to see a black edition
What I’ve read is that they are targeting the audiophile market, the same folks that will pay hundreds of dollars for a speaker cable… they really don’t care about DJs. If they drop the price, then they kill their niche appeal. I don’t think we’ll see the price go down.
They don’t, but Pioneer do. So good luck to the Technics in the conquest of hi-end audio market…
Pioneer don’t care about those DJ’s (like me) that haven’t got any Pio 64-bit drivers for their hardware.
Hopefully they bring out a version using a cheaper platter and body more in line with the original mk2’s to cut the price.
I can’t be mad at Technics. This new deck probably performs as well as audiophile turntables in the 4k price range.
No question that M5Gs already perform better than most audiophile gear, at least according to basic specs for THD and flutter. I’m sure these will perform even better but how much do you really need? Obviously that’s not a question most people willing to pay that much for a turntable will entertain, tho.
well as nice as they look, my 15+ year old 1210mk2s are still working perfectly as they should…i wonder if the PLXs will last as long