A year ago, the DJ internet was hot, like the surface of the sun hot, about the long rumoured demise of the mighty Technics brand. Granted, this rumour had, due to a confluence of retail chain chatter and allegedly official letters heading out all over the world, gathered so much steam that it was pretty much assumed to be true. But still in this melee of heresay, and despite asking, there was nothing with a Panasonic logo or a statement on a Panasonic website about it. Indeed, I?ve periodically looked on official sites for the last year for something. But today, Panasonic UK finally sent me me a link to the official statement that we all needed to see a year ago.