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Reloop RP-8000 MK2 vs Technics SL-1200 MK7: Why the DJ Turntable You Want Isn’t Technics Anymore.
Products Featured in this Article
Model: Reloop RP-8000 MK2
Release Price: $699.99 (contact by livechat, phone or email for preferred pricing)
Release: Late January 2019 Early March, per 1/17/19 manufacturer’s rep update
Model: Technics 1200 MK7
Release Price: $999
Release: May 2019
One day after Technics announces its ferociously anticipated, but ultimately conservative Technics SL-1200 MK7, Reloop dramatically ups the ante with with RP-8000 MK2.
While Technics took a nine-year nap on DJs, Reloop has been powering the new guard of world champions – DJ Brace, Vekked, Kris Karns (fka DJ Vajra), Fong Fong & IFTW.
The RP-8000 MK2 may be their single most impressive contribution to the DJ community to date. We take a look at how it stacks up against the new SL-1200 MK7 below.
MWM Phase Promises to be the Wireless DJ Needle #NAMM2018
DJ technology has always had to balance the efficiency and portability of digital with the timeless feel of analog. As DJs, we’ve been skeptical of anything that hasn’t adequately fulfilled both.
Over the past decade, we’ve seen various attempts at a needless turntable with varying levels of success (most recently, the highly anticipated Rane Twelve), but MWM, the French manufacturer of the Mixfader bluetooth crossfader for portablists, is approaching the challenge from a different angle.
What if instead of replacing the turntable you replaced the needle?
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