Technics SL-1200MK2

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Short description[edit]

Manual record player with direct drive. Heavily modified successor of the Technics SL-1200. Achieved great fame through the use in discotheques and work equipment for DJs.

Data[edit]

General

  • Manufacturer: Technics
  • Model: SL-1200MK2
  • Type: Turntable
  • Years of manufacture: 1979 - 2010
  • Made in: Japan
  • Colour: Silver-grey
  • Power consumption: 16 W
  • Dimensions: 453 x 162 x 360 mm (WxHxD)
  • Weight: 12.5 kg
  • Original price approx.: 990 DM


Connections

  • Outputs: 1x RCA cable


Technical data

  • Drive: direct drive, quartz-controlled
  • Motor: DC motor, brushless
  • Speed: 33.33/min, 45/min
  • Synchronous speed fluctuation: 0.025 % (WRMS)
  • Rumble noise ratio:
    • -56 dB (IEC, unweighted).
    • -78 dB (IEC, rated)
  • Turntable: 33.2 cm; aluminium; 1.7 kg
  • Operating mode: manual
  • Pitch: ±8 %
  • Tonearm: Technics
    • Material:
    • Total length:
    • Length pivot point - tip: 230 mm
    • Offset angle: 22º
    • Pickup overhang: 15 mm
    • Counterweight overhang:
    • permissible pickup weights: 3.5 - 13 g / 11 - 20.5 g (including headshell).
    • inertial mass of the arm: 12 g
    • adjustment range for support weight: 0 - 4 g
    • height adjustment range: 6 mm
    • cable capacity:
  • pickup: Technics EPC-207 C (MM), later without pickup


Special Features

  • Four-row stroboscope with illumination
  • Illumination for pickup (incandescent lamp)
  • Electronic brake
  • Rubber disc mat
  • Speed control (pitch)
  • Max. Torque: 1.5 kg/cm
  • Start-up time: 0.7 s


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Pictures[edit]

  • Extract from brochure: Technics SL-1200MK2

Technics SL-1200 MK II-Prospekt-1.jpg


Reports[edit]

  • image hifi issue 1/2006, single test: without final score
    • "What likes: workmanship; reliability; ease of use; straight-as-an-arrow sound."
    • "What's missing: a show-off version in piano lacquer. Oops, there is (as a limited edition)."
  • HiFi Test issue 2/2009, 4 products tested.
    • Grade 1.1; top class price/performance: good
    • "Plus: very good sound; extremely robust construction; universal use."
  • hifitest.de
"Impressive also, how the bear-strong drive pulls the heavy cast plate up to the target speed in fractions of a second and then maintains this unshakably. Just as stable as the stroboscopic display of the speed is the musical performance of the Technics: calm, powerful and with a lot of clarity, it captivates even the non-disc jockeys among the listeners. At the same time, it offers a perfectly prepared playing field for a wide range of pick-ups, even of the highest quality, and impressively dispels the myth that large DJ turntables are not for sophisticated music listening. On the contrary, young up-and-coming DJs should watch out that dad doesn't dust off their work equipment for his old classical and jazz records!"


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