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is there a big difference

dj A deep 2:39 AM - 9 March, 2007
At my local dj store they only got the technics 1200 sl mk2. Should i get the mk5 are the mk2.the ppl at the dj store said There aint a big difference and there giving me a dope deal. What do u guys think ? should i grab the mk2 are get the mk5 ?
digital_steve 3:06 AM - 9 March, 2007
mk2's definately
DJ K-otik 3:11 AM - 9 March, 2007
The mk5g has expanded pitch control. In addition, the pitch control is digital, so supposedly all mk5g turntables are exactly the same pitch-wise (e.g. +4 on one of your mk5g's is exactly the same as +4 on someone else's mk5g). That is the only reason why I'd get an mk5g over an mk2. Otherwise, they all seem the same basically.

Speaking of techs, does anyone have/has anyone used mk4s? The ones with replaceable cables and 78rpm? How do they like them?
Pete Moss 4:00 AM - 11 March, 2007
I'm sure the store can order them for you. Probably wouldn't take more than a week.
bakasan 7:35 AM - 11 March, 2007
I thought the MK4s were only released in Japan and only were discontinued pretty rapidly, making them super rare?
DJ K-otik 5:56 AM - 12 March, 2007
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I thought the MK4s were only released in Japan and only were discontinued pretty rapidly, making them super rare?


Exactly; it seems like a lot of dj's have never even heard of them. They were in Pro Sound catalogs back in 1997/1998, but I didn't have that kind of money then (shit, I don't have that kind of money now). I wanted them so bad just because I would never have to open them up to replace those damn cables. Plus there was the wow factor.