Description: Direct drive turntable with 5.51lb (2.5kg), 13 5/64" (332mm)–diameter two-layer die-cast aluminum platter; two-layer vibration-damped plinth, iron-coreless, brushless AC motor running at 33 1/3, 45, 78rpm; "S" shaped gimbal tonearm, detachable bayonet headshell. One pair RCA jacks, ground terminal. Speed adjustment range: ±8%, ±16%. Starting torque: 2.2kg-cm, adjustable. Build-up characteristics: 0.7s from standstill to 33 1/3 rpm. W&F: 0.025% WRMS. Power consumption: 11W in use, approx. 0.3W on standby. Included in the box: turntable, tonearm, rubber mat, attachable dustcover, EP record adapter, counterweight, auxiliary counterweight, headshell, overhang gauge, screw set for cartridge, phono cable (pair), phono earth (ground) lead, AC power supply cord, owner's manual.
Tonearm: Universal Static Balance type. Effective length: 230mm (9 1/16"); overhang: 15mm (19/32"); tracking error: <2° 32' at the outer groove of a 12" record, within 0° 32' at the inner groove; offset angle: 22°, VTF adjustment range: 0–6gm; headshell weight: approx. 7.6gm; cartridge weight range without auxiliary weight, 5.6–12.0gm; with auxiliary weight, 10.0–16.4gm. Headshell terminal lug: 1.2mm 4-pin. Cartridge mounting dimension: JIS ½" (12.7mm) interval.
Dimensions: 17 27/32" (453mm) W × 6 13/16" (173mm) H × 14 21/32" (372mm) D. Weight: 25.35lb (11.5kg).
Finish: SL-1200GR2-S silver; SL-1210GR2-K black.
Serial number of unit reviewed: GM3HA001004. Designed in Japan, manufactured in Malaysia.
Price: $2199.99. Number of US dealers: "25 Hi-Fi Specialist dealers." Warranty: 3 years, parts & labor, original owner only.
Manufacturer: Panasonic Corp., Shiodome Bldg. 1-5-1 Higashi Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8301. Web: technics.com, na.panasonic.com. Imported by Panasonic Corp. of North America, Two Riverfront Plaza, Newark, NJ 07102. Tel: (201) 348-7000. Web: us.technics.com.
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COMMENTS
Though I do question your integrity when it comes to your claimed afro-haircut of the 1908's. I am sorry, but we will need to see this famed hairstyle, in a pic, on these pages, very shortly.
Technics really has come back with a vengeance! That SL1200G looks more attractive every day.
Love the table as I did not care about the variable speed and strobe. Using my Shure test LPs with 1khz and 10khz frequency bands I can tell you that the FFT display in my DAW of those forms are a sharp vertical spike with nearly no spreading at the base. Piano notes are dead on.
For the $1100 it is a great buy for me. Uisng a Shure M97 with a Jico stylus and have also used by AT-VM95 with the ML stylus, but the Shure 97 tracks all the CM/Sec bands on the LP.
You gotta be joking. What a Laugh Riot.
Direct drive, idler wheel, belt....do we care about the type of drive, or the result?
I could care less. Listen to an idler drive, even a DUAL 1019. The proof is in the sound. The most simple solution is always the best. Unless you are dead or deaf.
Technology has come a long way in the last 50 years. Idler wheels have their own sets of virtues, where as direct drive and belts... yeah different virtues. Not even getting into carts, arms and stages. It's all good.
the opinionated smug trolling d-ck in the comments section. I hope your stay here is a short one.
Hand crank inertia drive is really the only way to go in order to avoid all these electrical motor issues, no matter how 'drive meets platter!'
I bet he has plenty of one arm horsepower for his hand crank.
Still laughing... Thanks Anton, you made my Saturday (outside of listening to Laurie Anderson)!
the proper phrase is "couldn't care less" but "could care less" is used often enough that is sometimes permissible. But we want to know if the stick up your a-s is a congenital condition or was it developed over time because of some sustained audiophile wrongs. So see you pal. It wasn't nice knowing you.
Not a double negative, either.
When we join this forum, is there a line for your posting name that says, "Type 'moniker' here?"
You mention the 1200 has a "direct drive motor with high torque". I realize this is an often repeated belief, but the motor is actually not high torque. That is part of why it works like it does. If it were high torque, there would be weird stability issues as the motor would always be over correcting itself. The "just high enough" torque allows the platter to spin up pretty quickly indeed, but then is weak enough to not interfere with its own flywheel effect. Source: I work on these things daily.
... if you play "78 rpm" discs that were recorded at different speeds.
Also, if KM still has the Technics deck, try it with a Denon DL-103R cartridge.
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