Technics SL-150MK2s

Niko · #1 (**permalink**) Jun 09, 04

Anyone ever used these? They sort of came in and out it seems. These are the old, direct-drive digital tables that, apparently, a bunch of DJs hated and a bunch of DJs loved in the 70s when they came out. My father just picked two up for fun and excitement from one of his friends, and wants to see if they're as decent as he remembered.

Moon · #2 (**permalink**) Jun 09, 04

are those the ones with the rotary pitch knob rather than the fader?

Niko · #3 (**permalink**) Jun 09, 04

They're the ones that don't come with a tonearm.

http://www.vintagetechnics.com/turntables/sl150mk2.htm

Moon · #4 (**permalink**) Jun 09, 04

you mean that picture doesnt have a tone arm

how is it supposed to read the track then?

Quin600 · #5 (**permalink**) Jun 09, 04

You have to purchace your own tone arm.

stringbeans · #6 (**permalink**) Jun 09, 04

i think ive seen grandmaster flash using one of those in an old video

Niko · #7 (**permalink**) Jun 09, 04

They look pretty neat. He's trying to fit them with nice arms and cartridges, but he's gotta wait till he has them in-hand to find out exactly what he's dealing with.

dj_precise · #8 (**permalink**) Jun 09, 04

Yo,

These turntables were the radio station standard turntable. The pitch is digital and it goes up and down similar to that of the numark ttx with the digital read out... Pretty cool table but its hard to move the pitch quickly...

Niko · #9 (**permalink**) Jun 09, 04

Yeah, I heard that they were low-end broadcast tables. Seems like they were decently popular among vancouver DJs in the late 70s too.

Something about + and - buttons rather than a slider seems kind of unfortunate, though.