Model sheet 02 of 19 · Classic line

MK2

SL-1200MK2 / SL-1210MK21979–2010

Quartz lock and the pitch slider, then 31 years with barely a change. The one hip-hop and house were built on.

Plate 02Silver Technics SL-1200MK2 with pitch slider. Photograph Dydric / 32bitmaschine, CC BY-SA 2.5.

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Quartz lock, the slider pitch fader and symmetric electronic braking made precise beatmatching possible. Then it ran for 31 years essentially unchanged. (Most sources date it 1979; Crossfader says summer 1978.) The SL-1210MK2 is the same deck in matte black, dual-voltage, and became the European staple.

Changes from predecessor: vs MK1: quartz lock, rotary pitch → ±8% slider, electronic braking with symmetric response, better isolation.

Refs[1] Technics operating instructions [2] Wikipedia [3] Stereophile [4] audio-database [5] HiFi Wiki

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An SL-1210MK2 is displayed in London's Science Museum as one of the items that "made the Modern World."[1] Wikipedia
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The official deck of the DMC World DJ Championships for decades. The 2010 discontinuation notice went up on DMC's own site.[1] Pocket-lint
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Its DJ dominance was accidental: engineered as a hi-fi deck, its symmetric braking just happened to suit riding pitch.[1] Wikipedia [2] Stereophile