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- Sep 30, 202650% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Technics SL-1200 (55th Anniversary Edition)
- Technics announced the SL-1200 55th Anniversary Edition on August 18, 2026, marking 55 years since the SL-1200 launched in 1972, limited to 12,000 units worldwide[1][2][3]
- Global release scheduled for September 2026, first shown at DMC DJs Day Poland in Warsaw on August 20[2][3]
- The US product page lists $1,599.99, while What Hi-Fi? and Tracking Angle gave no price at announcement[1][2][3]
Notable features
- Based on the SL-1200MK7: coreless direct-drive motor, vertical pitch fader up to +/-16% and Reverse Play mode[1][2][3]
- Seven colourways: gold, blue, red, black, green, white and grey, with gold details including an anodised S-shaped tonearm, gold platter rim and strobe marks, and a gold-themed slipmat[1][2][3]
- Each unit carries an engraved, serial-numbered anniversary badge[1][2][3]
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- [1]50%us.technics.com/products/direct-drive-turntable-system-55th-anniversary-edition-sl-1200m7gus.technics.com· Posted Sep 14, 2026· Starts Sep 30, 2026 ✓· 34% of score
Technics states only a month: the SL-1200M7G 55th Anniversary Edition is 'planned for global release in September 2026', with first deliveries at the end of the month (https://trackingangle.com[2]/features/technics-celebrates-55-years-of-the-sl-1200-series-with-a-new-limited-anniversary-edition). Month-only, so the last day of September 2026 is used.
- [2]78%Technics Celebrates 55 Years of the SL-1200 Series with a New Limited Anniversary Editiontrackingangle.com· Added Sep 15, 2026· 35% of score
Tracking Angle could not be fetched (403 error), but its headline, "Technics[1] Celebrates 55 Years of the SL-1200 Series with a New Limited Anniversary Edition", corroborates the product the pin describes, though no publish date is available to compare against the pin's stored date.
- [3]84%Technics is celebrating 55 years of its legendary SL-1200 turntable with a limited-edition designwhathifi.com· Published Aug 18, 2026· 31% of score
What Hi-Fi's article body could not be retrieved (only page navigation loaded), but its headline, "Technics[1] is celebrating 55 years of its legendary SL-1200 turntable with a limited-edition design", and 18 August 2026 publish date corroborate the anniversary edition described on the pin, ahead of the pin's stored 8 September 2026 date.
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