Technics price increase

Anyone else noticed the GR model has gone up by £300 in the UK this year?

I was intertested in buying 2 as there were offers around the £1250 price point for each, retail was £1299 at the time.
Now im looking and pretty much all prices are £1599 for one.

Crazy price increase, anyone know what is going on?

Inflation. Everything is more expensive. I bought a Xone mixer about 2 years ago and I recently noticed that it is now retailing for around €300 more than I paid. Its shite and not limited to Technics

On a side note, if you are thinking of the GR for mixing/DJing bear in mind that it doesn’t appear to have the “instant stop” ability of the other models. Over the years i’ve had a mk2, mk5, GR and mk7, and the GR is the only one that has a bit of travel when you press the stop button. Of course, i may have just got a duff one, but thought i’d mention it

Are these made in Japan?
Prices should be down because of weak yen.

Wow, that's a big price hike.

JRyall
Are these made in Japan?

Technics moved all turntable production to Malaysia in 2021.
The company is still Japanese owned though.

I was under the impression the GR was still made in Japan, while the mk7 is made in Malaysia.

MK7 has always been made in Malaysia.
G and GR were originally made in Japan, now Malaysia.

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