Prime Day in October is not being notably type to hi-fi. This does not shock us, nor may it you, contemplating the Amazon gross sales occasion is traditionally rather more centered on ‘friendlier’ client merchandise like TVs, headphones, wi-fi audio system and soundbars the place electronics offers are involved. One of the best hi-fi offers throughout Prime Day gross sales are sometimes discovered at different retailers, such because the £500-off five-star streamer supply at Peter Tyson and the clearance Bowers & Wilkins 600 Sequence speaker cut price this time spherical.
However Amazon is definitely that includes (and fairly prominently, too) two Prime Day 2 hi-fi offers which have caught our eye, each providing 25 per cent off Technics gear.
The primary is the Technics SA-C100 streaming system all the way down to £640 (from £850); the second is the Technics SL-1000C turntable all the way down to £715 (from £950).
We’ve not reviewed both, however each are extra reasonably priced siblings of merchandise that aren’t solely tried-and-tested five-star performers but in addition present What Hello-Fi? Award winners. After all, that is not to say that the SA-C100 system and SL-1000C report participant are essentially class leaders at their respective worth factors too, but it surely’s truthful to say that their Premium Class household’s success suggests they might be very respectable certainly. Not least with these Prime Day 2 reductions…
Technics scooped two 2022 What Hello-Fi? Awards for its £899 SA-C600 streaming amplifier and £1099 SL-1500C turntable. The latter even took residence essentially the most esteemed ‘Product of the Yr’ gong within the hi-fi system class. So you could possibly say the SA-C100 and SL-100C from Technics’ similar Premium Class product collection come from a strong heritage.
The SA-C100 is a just-add-speakers system about as well-spec’d as they arrive, providing myriad streaming help, bodily connections for hooking up a turntable, TV or different audio part, and – uncommon for such methods – an built-in CD drive. We won’t vouch for its sound efficiency, which can possible be inferior to the SA-C600’s on account of a discrepancy within the items’ inner parts – this can be a extra reasonably priced system, in any case. But when it is tuned equally you’ll be able to anticipate an expressive, punchy and finally entertaining sound.
As for the SL-100C deck, it’s a follow-up to the SL-1500C and subsequently shares a lot of its DNA. It has the identical iron-coreless direct-drive motor designed to keep away from points reminiscent of cogging and pace management, plus a model of the corporate’s long-running S-shaped aluminium tonearm. Technic’s in-house developments in platter design are carried over with a two-layer construction combining deadened rubber and aluminium, too, although the primary variations lie in its lack of a phono stage and use of an Audio-Technica versus an Ortofon cartridge.
So, two entry-level Technics parts from heritage-rich households, now much more reasonably priced due to the Amazon Prime Massive Deal Days sale. Seems to be like a winner to us.
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