Technics celebrate golden milestone with fresh spin on their iconic SL-1200 turntable

By Scott Munro
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The limited edition SL-1200M7L comes in seven flavours representing street culture’s continuing inspiration for DJs

Technics SL-1200M7L
(Image credit: Technics)

Technics are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their SL-1200 series of turntables with a new limited edition system called the SL-1200M7L.

It’ll be available in seven colour variations: black, white, blue, red, green, yellow and beige to “reflect the street culture that continues to inspire generations of DJs.”

The SL-1200M7L will be limited to 12,000 units, with shipping of the $1099.99 turntable expected to get under way in July.

The new model is based on the 2019 SL-1200MK7, with all seven versions featuring a golden-coloured tone arm and a badge with engraved serial number. Accessories will include a slip mat with gold logo.

Under the hood, the SL-1200M7L has a cordless direct drive motor, two-layer vibration dampening, reverse play and a stylus illuminator featuring a long-life LED.

Technics add: “The SL-1200 was launched as a popular direct drive turntable in 1972, becoming a best-selling model with cumulative sales of 3.5 million units for the series. It was supported by powerful torque, easy operation, and high durability. 

"It became greatly admired by both audio enthusiasts and DJs who helped to unleash the DJ culture in areas such as electronic dance music. The series is still highly acclaimed by DJs worldwide today.”

If you can't wait for the SL-1200M7L to launch, you can still grab the 2019 SL-1200MK7 below.

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Technics SL-1200M7L
(Image credit: Technics)

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.