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> Most record players don't even play 78's

Really? I don't know turntables, but I feel like every DJ wants a Technics one. The first several I looked at on their website play 33 1/3s, 45s, and 78s.



DJ turntables like Technics have selectable speeds but are also insanely expensive. Lots of modern belt-driven players marketed towards audiophile hipsters don't even spin at 45 RPM (which is fine because the 7" records being pressed now mostly are often 33RPM anyways)


You need a special stylus and perhaps to adjust the tracking force.


The classic DJ turntable was the Technics SL-1200. It plays 45 and 33.3.

The Pioneer PLX-1000 is a near-copy of the old Technics, it also plays 45 and 33.3 rpm


Maybe the classics don't, but the SL-1200 variants here play 78: https://us.technics.com/collections/turntables


Wow, I admittedly had not been keeping up but had no idea they still made them, that's cool.




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