Aimé Leon Dore has always aligned itself with the music zeitgeist. The Teddy Santis-helmed New York City imprint finds itself not only drawing storytelling inspiration from the sonic ether and greater musical canon, but also hosting a consistent lineup of community-based live performance and listening events; after all, Santis considers himself an innate audiophile, and it definitely shows.
For ALD’s latest foray into the music space, Santis is taking his affinity for sound to the next level, stamping the ALD logo on one of Technics’ most sought-after, signature products. The duo got in the studio to cook up its first-ever collaborative Aimé Leon Dore x Technics turntable, dubbed the SL-1200M7ALD.
A natural materialization of Santis’s connection to music – and, more specifically, analog sound in general – the SL-1200M7ALD just makes sense. The turntable comes dipped in ALD’s infamous Mulberry Green colorway, subtly elevated with gold-branded hits throughout the silhouette. All of Technics top-tier performance features are still in place, spanning its coreless direct-drive motor, S-shaped aluminum tone arm, and vibration-dampening platter, making the turntable perfectly suitable for both casual vinyl listening and on-stage spinning.
“I still buy records today, and I still have Technics turntables in my house, my office, and in our stores,” Santis reflected in a press statement. “Beyond the emotional connection, I’m in love with the object itself.”
Take a closer look at the SL-1200M7ALD above, and get your hands on one now at the official ALD webstore and all official flagship stores.
