So I picked up a MK2 today

ukfan4sure!

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Yep.

This beauty was found quietly sitting on the shelf of a local pawn shop....

It is a 9.5/10 (small 2mm chip on the edge of the cover).

The price? $149 plus tax. SOLD!!!!!!!

:banana:

I've always wanted one, now I've got it.

Selling my Pioneer PL-9, PL-71 now!! Ha!
 
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I agree there are many other models that it could be. I was just speculating that the SL-1200 is such a popular topic of discussion around here that someone could forget to say that's what they're talking about.
 
We may never know.................. I hope it wasn't a Crosley MkII! The MkI was bad enough!
Regards,
Jim
 
Sorry....:tears:

I meant this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Mark_II

Just kidding!

Yea, I was referring to the Technics SL1200MK2. I have waited a long time to get one and finally pick one for a a pretty darned good price. Not to mention that it is NM condition. I haven't seen one this nice "used" in a long time since all of the DJ's beat on them.

I have a question though that comes to mind.... It has a cartridge unlike none I have ever seen. It sits at an offset angle actually outside of the normal line of the tonearm. Very unusual unless I just don't know what some of these DJ scratchers are doing these days.....

It also had a Serato Scratch Live disc under the cover....something about control? And it should have some sort of software (not there). I dont' get it. All I can find is this:

http://www.scratchlive.net/controlvinyl

Can someone clue me in?
 
The serato scratch live is to give DJ's turntable control and feel over their digital files. the disc runs into a special interface or just the computer, and the control signal it gives off tells the software how to manipulate the digital file.

Very ingenous, as the DJ only has to have a pair of records, instad of having everything on vinyl....and it can control their digital music.
 
Serato is a cool little program for DJ's or anybody else. What you do is you put all your music on your laptop's hard drive and hook your laptop to your mixer. You then run the Serato software on the laptop. You pick the song you want to play from your laptop, and when you put the needle to that serato vinyl you have, the song starts playing. You can then cue it up, play it, scratch it, just like if you had the real vinyl on the turntable. You can pick up the needle and move it further down the record and it will play the song towards the end. It is just like having the real record, but you don't have to carry all your records with you, just your laptop and two of those serato vinyls. They also have CD's that do the same thing incase you want to use two CD players. When the song is almost over, you put your headphones on, pick the next song from your laptop, cue it up, beat match it, and mix it in with your mixer. The program is not cheap and I believe it comes with an interface (soundcard) that goes between the laptop and the mixer. I use a program called Torq that does the same exact thing, but it's cheaper.
 
Congratulations! I just picked up my second SL 1200 MK2 earlier this month for my second system. Just a word of advice, don't visit the KABUSA site right away; wait a few months before you start considering any of the modifications and upgrades they offer. I made the "mistake" of visiting the KAB site before I got my first 1200; I ordered a few of their products before I picked it up! Take it easy and enjoy your new TT!
 
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