Ahahahahahah thank you for clarifying the correct pronunciation of Techneeeecs :)

@mikecampbell5856

17 күн бұрын

Hey Skylabs! Love your channel too.

@csxlab

17 күн бұрын

@@mikecampbell5856 Actualy in Japanese they say "Tekunikusu" ... lol :D

@UnitedStatesofAnalog

17 күн бұрын

Because we always have!

@martinmiller7623

17 күн бұрын

Always bow when saying honorable corp.😂or not lol

@greysuit17

14 күн бұрын

Teck-nicks is how it’s supposed to be pronounced

When people say " They dont make gear like they use too, Well they do you just have to look for it and be willing to pony up " Damn the high end Techics / Yamaha gear looks great!

It is Technics not Techneeks, no other word in the English lasnguage has an "I" pronounced as "EE", I am English so what do I know.

@erieeddie8683

17 күн бұрын

Well it’s a Japanese company. Owned by Panasonic. Technics themselves pronounce it with the long E, not the short I. It’s always been pronounced with the long E here in the US. In fact before seeing this video I’ve never heard it pronounced with the short I, that’s a UK thing. Someone above mentioned they used to say “Audio-Technica” but that can be confusing because that’s a different company, unrelated to Panasonic.

@erieeddie8683

14 күн бұрын

How about pizza, naive, machine, casino, Christina, Bolivia, Cincinnati? I’m sure you could come up with more that you actually use if you gave it some thought. On the flip side we have a county here in Ohio called Medina that the I is actually pronounced as a long I yet outsiders routinely mispronounce it Medeena. Modern English is a messy complex language that combines syllables, words and pronunciations from many other languages. Even in England you don’t speak it the way it was several centuries ago. In fact just like in America you sometimes mispronounce your own words. Like when starting a sentence w/ “Look” but it seems the K is dropped off. Cajun folks, a French descended group in Louisiana, USA speak such a strong dialect it can sound incoherent to the rest of us. Watch a Japanese commercial advertising Technics. They use the long E yet it seems they add a subtle vowel in the middle to make it a 3 syllable word. It’s just how they talk.

The difference between the 1000 and the 700 is huge... The 1000 sounds waaaaaaay better.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

15 күн бұрын

Great feedback and it really does

In the '70s, I remember "Techneeks."

I asked chatGPT and it said, The proper pronunciation for the Japan Audio brand Technics is "tek-NEEKS." So it must be true.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Must be true! Least we know what the real answer is now haha

Love these videos. Definitely give us your impressions when listening in person. Almost impossible to hear a difference over youtube. Can't wait until the next time I road trip in your area, so I can check out the store in person!

The winner of the amp wars so far is the 240 watts @ 4 ohm Fosi Audio V3 Mono bundle ($280 for 2 mono block amps and a 48 volt, 10 amp power supply). 2nd place goes to Emotiva for the 300 watts @ 4 ohm BasX A1 mono block amp at $500. Amir at ASR tested the V3 mono and ranked it "Excellent." (Ranked on distortion free watts per dollar, not how pretty it looks.)

Tech nicks in the UK,we say it as it is written

@chrislj2890

16 күн бұрын

Okay, now pronounce "Lieutenant", lol.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

15 күн бұрын

This is great! Love hearing from across the pond!

@ironmustang4753

15 күн бұрын

And we love the videos, keep em coming!

My stepfather used to own a business that sold them in the mid 90’s. He went to the consumer electronics shows (in the US) and talked with Panasonic reps. You’re pronouncing it right, the way the companies reps pronounced it. Anyone who tries to rationalize a different pronunciation is making a fool of themselves.

Tech-Neeeeeeeeks

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Nice Dan! My haters must still be sleeping haha

Ya didn’t even LET THE GRILLES DRY before putting the HPM-100’s on the floor??? You guys crack me up…..

Nice gear but it's a real shame the nice gear costs a fortune now. Used to have a big selection of good gear for reasonable prices. I remember when Technics made a ton of affordable nice gear.

I've looked at the pictures from the inside of that amp and it looks great. I hope they will be successful. You should have show them, it's always interesting to know how they're made. We all can see how it looks outside. But having a idea of how they are build would be great. It's the most interesting part.

Im having a mechanick work on my car not a mechaneek.

@williamcampbell3868

16 күн бұрын

That's a good one.👍😁👍

@erieeddie8683

15 күн бұрын

How do you pronounce colonel? Many words are not spelled the way they are sound. The name Siobhan is another. I know you’re just being funny and I don’t get some of these spellings either; I’m merely pointing out that it is fairly common.

I love there Technics amps. I bought my 700 from the Music Direct based on looks alone. Not always a good play... but that time it really payed off sonically!

Tek neeks told us once in an ad the proper pronunciation.

TECKNEEEKS! You Win!!!! The 1000 has a bigger Presence even on the crappy Phone! BUT the 700 is an Awesome Integrated. Could you post the Album you played? Thanks! Pal!

You're right. I call it Tek Neeks. In any case Technics is special to me. My father passed down his SA700 to me when I was a Teenager. I owned a SU-G700 for a short while but sold it because I had a chance to get my first Mcintosh integrated. I wish I hadn't of sold. I love my Mcintosh but I want the Technics back. I would love the SU-R1000 but I don't think that I can make it happen. So, I'm going to get the SU-G700 MKII.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Well I have one in stock when you are ready! Do you still own the SA-700?

@Boxkerp

17 күн бұрын

@@ThatGuyWithTheBeard No, I sold it to get the Mcintosh. But I wish I hadn't, so I'm going to run a 2-channel setup in the living room. I'll get the SU-700 MKII and use my Node which has an HDMI ARC input, for streaming and TV audio along with my father's old Technics SL-D2 turntable. I have a pair of Mofi Sourcepoint 8 and KEF R3 Meta (Indigo Blue). One pair I'll use with my Mcintosh in my 2 channel room and the other with the Technics in the living room. I don't know which will go where

I got a pair of 1200 MK2s new in 1993. Recently had them refurbished by KAB and put on Isonoe feet. I have a 12" Adam sub right below the mixing table and zero feedback. Sub is on cheapo Amazon SubCone Isolation Feet.

My dad was a rep in the 70’s and 80’s. It’s tech-neeecs. ✌️

@danielknepper6884

16 күн бұрын

Just like the commercials pronounced it

I love my su-r1000 in black. It have all type of connections on it and everything you put on it sounds fantastic.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

15 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing!!

Lenny, are these 2 amps class A/B? I’m new to the hobby and learning. Not a fan of class D. These look like a hybrid but my knowledge is limited.

Technique is not spelled Technic so, why would you pronounce Technics as techniques? That makes no sense. It's TechNics...Techneeeks isn't even a real word.

@avro66

17 күн бұрын

Correct, absolute cockwomble pronunciation.

@ChillToMusic87

17 күн бұрын

Exactly, it really is not difficult 🤷🏼‍♂️

@erieeddie8683

17 күн бұрын

Because it’s Japanese. That’s how they say it.

@danielknepper6884

16 күн бұрын

Probably because we've seen commercials from the 70s and 80s and they pronounced it the correct way. Teck-neeks I have never seen a Technics commercial pronounced Tech-nicks

@greysuit17

14 күн бұрын

@@erieeddie8683but they don’t

Wow!!! That sounds amazing

Tech "niques" V Tech "nicks" ,,,,, I was surprised to learn that when first advertised on TV in the US the voice-over pronounced it "Tech-niques" and it stuck. Here in Aus. it's Tech-nicks...it doesn't matter; they sure made some nice equipment in the old days, Sansui too.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

15 күн бұрын

Truth! Thanks for sharing!

I liked the techniques you used to show all these Technics.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

13 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

TEAM TECK NICKS! ✊🏼

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Whoaaaaaa Tech Nicks supporter #1! Thanks I was getting worried nobody was gonna choose that side! Hope you guys beat my side!

@sigma9326

17 күн бұрын

As was said, is Mechanics “Mechaneeeeks”? Only with particular accents 😂

Tech Neeks. No one and I mean no one from the 70s said Tech Nicks. The smaller amp sounded muted. The large amp sounded open and dynamic.

@jamesschneider3828

17 күн бұрын

I did! 😉 and I'm somebody

@stevezeidman7224

16 күн бұрын

I guess you got me.

Team Techneeeks

Back in the seventies and eighties we used to call it Audio-Technica

The Kenwood with the gun metal finish is one of my favorites

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Isn’t that nice! Have you ever had one?

@philipketchum1407

17 күн бұрын

@@ThatGuyWithTheBeard I bought a KA-9150 but FedEx dropped it and destroyed it. Such a waste of a beautiful piece. But I did find a perfect KA-9100 to replace it.

Great video as usual Lenny. It's Techneeeeks! LOL

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Thanks Mike! Good answer haha

I pronounce Technics like this - Panasonic.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

9 күн бұрын

Mic Drop!!!

@franckdebzh7608

8 күн бұрын

No... MATSUSHITA!!!

I LOVE Technics gear , BUT.... AT $ 10 k ?????????...Not THAT much of a fan...LOL...THANKS LENNY !!!!!!

It's definitely tech-nicks, like niss-an, sol-der and hee-yun-day

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

15 күн бұрын

🤣🤣

Hell yes it's "Tek-neeks", and also Nikon is pronounced "Nye-con" and not "Nick-on". This is going to upset the "aluminium" people.

@IncognitoChild

16 күн бұрын

- Probably not as much as hearing you try to pronounce "aluminium" 😂😂

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

16 күн бұрын

Who says Nick-on?! Haha great stuff there

@chrislj2890

16 күн бұрын

@@IncognitoChild I have no problem pronouncing aluminium or aluminum. The thing with that word is that both spellings are accepted. A great channel to watch showing our quirky differences is "Lost In The Pond". It's informative to see things from different peoples perspectives, and that fellow is hilarious.

@chrislj2890

16 күн бұрын

@@ThatGuyWithTheBeard I think almost everyone pronounces it that way except for the U.S. It's all about how it was marketed.

@IncognitoChild

16 күн бұрын

@@chrislj2890 Oh well, you failed to see the joke and only re-inforced the point : Technics is only spelt one way 🤣 - It simply highlights the subtle difference between American and English Language, spoken and written

They sound very nice but compared to my Pioneer SA9900 it's a transistor radio 😅

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Dang what else is in that system!

According to the company, it's Tech-neeks in the USA, and Tech-nicks elsewhere - or so I am told!

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

This is true and I confirmed it haha! Good info thanks for sharing!

Nice!

The way you pronounce it is correct. That's the way it's pronounced by the Japanese, and they should know (lol).

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Hahaha nice! Thanks for adding that one

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Hahaha nice! Thanks for adding that one!

The Marantz SACD 30n streams as well. Uses the HeOS platform.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Good input! Thanks for sharing!

Because i can read and speak English, it's not techniques. It's Technics.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

15 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Listening on my TV sound bar the 7000 was just more of everything like you said the 700 sound like the little brother.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Yeah that’s exactly how it felt, same profile but more of everything

So glad I bought my last year of production [2010], hot-rodded by KABUSA and Thedelihaus, one owner original Tek-neeks SL1200MKII when I did. It was a steal @ $825 delivered to my door by the original owner. I'll never require another TT.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Nice! They last forever, thanks for sharing!

Are you TEAM “TECH NEEKS” or “TECH NICKS”? Reply below and voice your opinion so we can feature them in an upcoming video!

Boy, I don't know, if I was in the market for the bigger Technics, I'd have to consider Accuphase, those look so cool.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

15 күн бұрын

Well enjoy today’s video!

TECHNICKS!! but thats coz im in the uk. . . . love ya hair cut btw ;-p

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Haha thanks man!

There are a lot of great separates you can purchase for $10,000 and have cash left for lp's and cd's

It's Tech-Neeks . I own a Tech-Neeks vintage SL-3350 it works like a charm.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Oh sweet! Have you had it for a while?

@brettc132

17 күн бұрын

​@ThatGuyWithTheBeard About 3 years I got it on Facebook market place for $125 still has the stacking spindle, they seem to be hard to find. Still looking for the 45 adapter.

Bad ass shop! Bad ass systems! Bad ass channel! Sir Lenny you are a badass presenter and seller!

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

And I use BadAss Beard products… sometimes haha

@batmandestroys1978

17 күн бұрын

@@ThatGuyWithTheBeard Bad ass comment! Yes you use BadAss Beard products Lol! Great response Sir Lenny! Lol!

There is no Q in Technics.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

15 күн бұрын

But is there….

@paulcridland5230

15 күн бұрын

@@ThatGuyWithTheBeard If you spell it with a Q yeah, Techniqs ha ha

They are actually both correct, technics made commercials in the 70s saying it both ways. To Make sure everyone would stay confused.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

These are FACTS!

Aside from their TTs most of what I remember from Technics is those super cheap giant cabinets with "separates" and matching speakers that my friends parents had in the 90s, god those things were awful.... Its super cool to see Technics back and making more than just TTs but I think they need some entry level models to bring people into brand like what Yamaha does with the S301, 501, ect.

@IncognitoChild

16 күн бұрын

Unfortunately every Japanese A/V manufacturer (and pretty much everything & everyone else) turned to **** in the nineties 😂😭

@PhillioDoede

15 күн бұрын

@@IncognitoChild Yeah, I guess thats kinda true. I do remember seeing Sony ES gear in magazines and Pioneer Elite as a kid. Technics I literally though was Panasonic's budget brand they used because it wasn't good enough for the "Panasonic" name.

Where do you find this stuf!?

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

15 күн бұрын

In my store

Techneeeecs - only in America! (American not English) 🤣👍 I think the funniest story I have heard was when Sony was looking for a trading name. It was said that they chose "Sony" because they thought Americans would easily be able to pronounce it . Unfortunately they were wrong. Americans pronounce it "Sonny"😁😂🥴 Enjoying your content, love seeing Tech"NICS" products new and old (it seems they are one of the few Japanese brands still making an effort [along with Yamaha] unlike Sony) keep it up👍😎

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

15 күн бұрын

That Sony story is true and hilarious

One Team Tech NEEKS guy here in Mexico ☝️

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Yeah!!! How’s the weather down there?

@BBBB-re6ug

17 күн бұрын

@@ThatGuyWithTheBeard these last few days have been very nice, about 74⁰F How about over there?

Had the su-700m2 for just a month got bored of it. Nothing is perfect. Purchased the Rega elicit mk5 and the difference is very noticeable especially the punchy bass it offers, but t get’s hot unlike the Technics amplifiers.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

15 күн бұрын

Interesting! Thanks for sharing!

Is this a separate channel from Just Audio?

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Yes this is the Vlog channel. New Just Audio content coming back this weekend!

@ShazeemKhan

17 күн бұрын

Vlog?

In a qorls where we hve many maxe up words, I see no needto get *Technical* about the pronounciation. Damn, $10,000 for THAT amp😮? Hope it tskes me out to dinner & has power steering & AC😂😂

I have been calling it Tech(nicks) since 1989. If it's Techniques, then ah well, I will say it wrong until the end of time. Why? Because Tech(nicks) sounds better to my ears.

It's pronounced Technicks not techniques, the clue is in the name 😉

@bactanite

17 күн бұрын

Steve Guttenberg pronounces the company name as "Technicks" as well, and he's "The Audiophiliac."

@RennieAsh

17 күн бұрын

technick is a phone review channel though ;---)

@erieeddie8683

17 күн бұрын

I think the company themselves are the authority on correct pronunciation so your wrong except in the UK. Not every word is pronounced as it’s spelled. It’s a Japanese company owned by Panasonic. Watch a commercial from Japan. Seems like they say it w/ 3 syllables: “Tech-U-Neeks”, though that u is quicker and less pronounced.

@erieeddie8683

17 күн бұрын

@@bactaniteno he(Steve Gutenberg)doesn’t. He says it correctly. Watch his video on the turntable that made him accept direct drive after total devotion to belt drive.

@danielknepper6884

16 күн бұрын

​@@erieeddie8683it's not owned by Panasonic it's owned by Matsushita. And that is pronounced just like it is spelled. Not Mashusta

Your pronouncing it right bro

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Thanks man!

It would have to be spelt Techiecs to pronounce it American. How do you pronounce Techniques=Techi-ques in American.

I think your videos lack content and direction, I think we all want to know more about the product, some of your videos are 15+ minutes long and you only talk about the product for 3 minutes, and even then it is an uninformative 3 minutes. You have some cool gear.

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

You may like the produced channel better @justaudiohifi. This one is meant to be a vlog

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Thanks though! Appreciate the comment!

Moist

I just think your wrong just because i dont like the way it sounds pronouced that way lol. If they were gonna call it that why wouldnt they name the brand techniques? 😂

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

Haha Good Point

@sigma9326

17 күн бұрын

Exactly!!

@tylerflores4761

17 күн бұрын

Love the fact i got some likes and replies. Because after doing a couple things i thought about a turn table. Audio-Technica. They don’t pronounce it audio techiquea. Lol i loved how you teased the pronunciation on the video it drove me nuts haha good stuff. Drove me nuts lol

@tylerflores4761

17 күн бұрын

@@ThatGuyWithTheBeard hey lenny so i have a pair of Arendal Thx monitors, and im stuck watching videos of new gear all the time from you, Cheap audio man, andrew robinson and etc. my problem is i dont know which route to go seperates or just get a av receiver and have everything in need in one box. If i get a high end receiver like marantz cunema line Vs a cambridge audio evo 150 will there be that much of a difference?

@ThatGuyWithTheBeard

17 күн бұрын

@@tylerflores4761 don’t get an AV receiver for music. I actually own an Evo 150 and love it for my tv, good for music too. I recommend calling the store, Tom can give you great options in whatever budget you are looking at.

I feel for $10k you should be able to buy a nice artistic piece seeing as you can get excellent quality amplifiers for much less that would suit most people. There's enough aluminium rectangle out there lol