If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Technics has long been synonymous with professional DJ ...

The Technics SL-1200 is a turntable icon. First released in 1972, the direct-drive turntable was a huge hit among DJs and audiophiles for its accurate and instantaneous spinning, robust build quality ...

Since Panasonic relaunched Technics as a luxury brand in 2014, its retro-modern turntables have been on the pricey side – sometimes ludicrously so. Now the hi-fi sub-brand has launched a budget vinyl ...

While parent company Panasonic tends not to launch too many products at IFA, its Technics subsidiary is thankfully a bit more productive. This year at IFA 2025 it has introduced a stunning new ...

Technics is best known for its direct-drive turntables. In fact, it made the world’s first direct-drive turntable, the SP-10, in the early 1970s, which then paved the way for the SL-1200 a few years ...

NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Technics today announces the introduction of the new SL-40CBT and SL-50C Direct Drive Turntables at this year's annual CEDIA convention in Denver. The ...

Technics has taken the lid off a brand new turntable at IFA 2025. The new Technics SL-40CBT combines the Japanese brand's proprietary direct drive turntable design with a fresh contemporary design and ...

ZANESVILLE ‒ Brilliant colors cascaded across Thorne Staunton's mixer as he played a mashup of Billy Idol and Bon Jovi one March afternoon. Staunton, also known as DJ Thorne, is a traditional ...

AndoAndoAndo's Technics-inspired wristwatch looks very like the iconic SL-1000 turntable. It doesn't play records, but tells the time in a rather unusual way. It's not even that pricey, at £340.

The SL-1300G is part of the Technics’s audiophile-geared Grand Class line of turntables. At the heart of the record player is the brand’s ΔΣ-Drive (Delta Sigma Drive), which made its debut in last ...

Technics' direct drive turntables are legendary, and the Japanese brand is further adding to that 50-year legacy with the new Technics SL-1300G turntable. Launched at IFA 2024, the new SL-1300G takes ...