I’ve seen turntables double the $4000 MSRP with half the build quality. I can attest to the exceptional build quality and R&D that went into manufacture.
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Turntable sheet, Dust cover, EP record adaptor, Balance weight, Auxiliary weight(S), Auxiliary weight(L), Head shell, Overhang gauge, Screw set for cartridge, Phono cable, Phono earth lead, AC power supply cord, Screw set for turntable, Owner's Manual Stylus Pressure Adjustment Range: 0 - 4 g (direct reading)Īpplicable Cartridge Weight Range (without auxiliary weight): 5.6 - 12.0g 14.3 - 20.7g (including headshell) Tracking Error Angle: Within 2° 32' (at the outer groove of 30cm(12") record) Within 0° 32' (at the inner groove of 30cm(12") record) Also, the twin-rotor construction reduces the bearing load while maintaining high torque and also reduces minute vibration during rotation.īuild-up Characteristics: 0.7 s. Technics says:Ĭonventional analogue turntables have problems with degradation in sound quality caused by factors such as minute speed vibration during rotation and rotation irregularity called "cogging." In the SL-1200G, the use of a newly developed coreless direct-drive motor with no iron core eliminates cogging. The platter is a wonderful addition and adds much to the gravitas of the design and sound.Īdditionally, it uses a Coreless Direct Drive Motor rather than the ‘audiophile approved’ belt drive. The SL-1200G is famously handsome and the upgrades to the original significant-especially the aforementioned tonearm and the three-layered turntable platter of brass/aluminum metal. We mounted my Allnic Audio Amber MC Phono Cartridge ($4900) on the S-shaped, Magnesium tonearm and dug right in as the time I had with the unit was limited. Amplification was MBL, Preamp by Allnic Audio and cabling by Audioquest (phono) and Allnic Audio. The 1200 was set up on a Zazen II platform from ISOAcoustics and plugged into either my Icon Audio PS1 MkII All Valve Phono Stage ($2400) or the Allnic Audio H-7000 LCR Phono Stage ($16,500). Not a fair fight, but fun, completely unscientific and instructive. You can check out two videos I did for the Audiophilia YouTube Channel, a quick look and then a more detailed ‘shootout’ at my place with the $4000 Technics SL-1200G up against my reference Bergmann Audio Magne Turntable ($13,500).
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It was so impressive, I wanted to give it a full review. This year, my friend Austen had one of the SL-1200Gs in his store and asked me down for a listen. It piqued my interest in Technics products. It was a superb turntable with enviable sound and a build quality to die for. Then, last year, I got to audition the Technics Direct Drive Turntable System SL-1000R ($20,000). The same, when it returned from the manufacturing dead. I was aware of the turntable for many years but didn’t think too much about it due to its prime function. I’m surprised Technics took a six year hiatus from a real money maker.įor a look at the retooling and precise building process of the SL-1200G, check out this short but impressive video. To this day, it is usually snapped up as soon as it is in stores and is on constant back order. The new ‘G’ turntable was aimed squarely at the audiophile market with an expected jump in price. The old ‘table was more of a DJ ‘scratcher’ than purist product.
Over the original’s 38 year life span, upwards of 3.5 million were sold. In 2016, after six years out of the SL-1200 turntable business, Japanese giant Technics retooled for a new, audiophile version of the popular turntable.
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