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Technics moving all turntable production to Malaysia
@csgreene Hi, old chap. By now you’ve seen posters on the Hoffman forums corraborating my information from multiple dealers over the course of April and May.I’ll take an apology any time. You can do it now, or you can wait, but it’s the only class... 
Technics moving all turntable production to Malaysia
I’m not sharing screenshots because I would rather you be skeptical or even call me a liar than create any risk of getting people in trouble at their jobs. “Identify who you are that ‘senior sales staff’ told you this.” Again, I’m nobody. Not an i... 
Technics moving all turntable production to Malaysia
That’s an entirely fair question. It’s very true I’m a nobody here. All I can say is I honestly just thought it was a piece of news about a storied brand that would be of interest and conversation so I shared it a couple places. It’s not true to s... 
Technics moving all turntable production to Malaysia
@chakster as said, first heard it from a major Technics dealer two weeks ago, and then emailed with Technics directly this week and they happily confirmed. No sense of secrecy from anyone.  
Technics moving all turntable production to Malaysia
No argument from me there. The move is notable to me because Technics has been so synonymous with Japan specifically. I don’t think people expected them to relaunch like they did a few years back, and definitely not to relaunch then abandon Japan ... 
Brand new Technics SL-1210GR platter wobble ... disappointed!
Wondering what this group makes of my 1200GR wobble. The height and roundness of the top of my platter seems mostly ok, but the machining of the strobe area is a mess.If Technics had any stock these days I would pursue an exchange for sure, but th...