[bredren]

Thanks for this and the sibling replies.

I’ve been out of the game a long time. I have a pair of SL 1200 MK2s in the original boxes (boxes beat to hell, they were my only cases) in my moms attic.

They were expensive new, I picked up a djm-500 at the same time. Looking at eBay, they don’t seem to have appreciated much in value, if anything gone down given inflation.

It was all thanks to a summer job at Intel between my first and second years at college. Blew a ton on this setup!

[Lio]

Just had a look on ebay and I'm surprised at how much used SL1210 mk2s still go for.

I'm surprised, but not that surprised.

I still have my pair of 1210s I bought in 1996 I think. I dragged those to regular small bar gigs 2 or 3 nights a week for about 4 years when I first left uni.

They're still rock solid and work just like new. Whenever I think of good design the Technics SL1200 comes to mind.

The flight cases, however, are up in the loft and stink of cigarette smoke. Seems now crazy to think people used to smoke in pubs.

[bredren]

This sounds like good living. I’d take mine to house parties in college, mostly. Spinning house music. Stuff like Subliminal Records, whatever DJ Dan was into.

> Seems now crazy to think people used to smoke in pubs.

It was crazy and reckless but also interesting to have experienced if only for a relatively short period of time. (presuming no obvious personal long term impacts)

I presume we’ll feel the same about alcohol in a few decades. It’s a rather blunt instrument with which to alter consciousness. And it has a lot of unfortunate outcomes.