Sheet 05 · Head to head
MK2 vs MK7R
Different machines that share a silhouette. 7 of 8 published figures differ. One classic-line, one revival. These share a silhouette and almost nothing else.
MK2
The legend. Quartz lock, the pitch slider, 31 years of production; the deck that built hip-hop and house.
1979–2010
MK7R
The b-boy special: MK7 in Red Bull BC One colors, gold tonearm, red headshell.
2020
05.1Where they differ
- Years
- 1979–2010
- 2020
- Motor
- Quartz-locked DC direct drive
- Coreless direct drive
- Starting torque
- 1.5 kg·cm
- 1.8 kg·cm
- Pitch
- ±8% slider
- Digital ±8% / ±16%
- Speeds
- 33⅓ / 45
- 33⅓ / 45 / 78
- Weight
- 12.5 kg
- 9.6 kg
- At launch
- $299 (1979)
- MK7 + premium
05.2Identical on both
- Wow & flutter
- 0.025% WRMS
05.3What each one changed
MK2
vs MK1: quartz lock, rotary pitch → ±8% slider, electronic braking with symmetric response, better isolation.
Used market: US askings (Aug 2026): singles $700–1,200 in Good, $900–1,650 in Excellent; LA local listings cluster $800–850; working pairs $1,200–1,600
Full model sheet →MK7R
vs MK7: BC One livery only.
Used market: Trades above a standard MK7 on collectibility
Full model sheet →Figures from the same sources as each model sheet. A dash means the figure is not published in our sources; we do not invent specs.[1] Technics operating instructions[2] Wikipedia[3] Stereophile[4] audio-database