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TECHNICS SL-1200MK2 Turntable |  | Brand: Technics
Category: CE
List Price: $849.95
Buy New: $689.95
as of 9/6/2010 10:51 PDT details
You Save: $160.00 (19%)
New (2) Used (3) from $300.00
Seller: Kellards
Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 11198
Color: Silver*
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 31
Dimensions (in): 0.2 x 0.2 x 0.1
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: SL-1200MK2
Model: SL-1200MK2
UPC: 037988653713
EAN: 0037988653713
ASIN: B00006I5VX
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Quartz direct-drive | | • | Sliding pitch control with strobe | | • | Detachable headshell | | • | Accepts standard-mount cartridges | | • | Designed for professional and DJ applications |
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Product Description
Ask any professional DJ: Technics' SL-1200MK2 has been the turntable of choice for the last two decades (and running!). This manually operated, direct drive gem is an LP lover's dream come true. It offers a high torque motor for quick start-ups (from standstill to 33-1/3 rpm in 7/10 of a second!), plus unwavering quartz-locked accuracy at 33-1/3 or 45 rpm. Plus, unlike most other quartz turntables, the SL-1200MK2's quartz lock control is even maintained while using the ?8% continuous pitch adjustment! The construction is impeccable. It features a highly sensitive low-mass tonearm with gimbal suspension. The precision-molded aluminum die-cast platter and cabinet, and heavy rubber base material, help absorb unwanted vibrations while providing incredible durability. Adjust the oversized insulating feet for precise leveling. Plugs into your receiver or mixer's phono inputs.
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Wow the industry standard for 35 years and still going August 29, 2010
Marc De Landsheer
I had a lot of "audiophile" turntables, Thorens TD124 mk2 , other Technics, Garard , Linn LP12, Denon etc... etc...
I sold them all and now have 3 Sl-1200's. The performance is simply stunning ! OK you can "tune" them with other arms etc... but i like them mostly standard with an ortofon concorde cart on it. (OM40 needles)
OK there are more "audiophile" turntables out there, but seen the price it's a fantastic piece of audiophile equipment. Just connect it to a very good phono RIAA preamp to get good results.
Army Tank construction standards in a fine turntable. July 27, 2010
E'dude (New York)
No Kidding! This turntable impresses with it's virtual indestructibilty! I've had two of them since the early eighties with practically no regard for taking care of them as I spun thousands of records as a mobile DJ. I used to spin 'em backwards, full force, while they were operating. I would turn them on..off..on..off..repeatedly as fast as I could, getting a kick out of not only seeing them pick up full speed almost immediately, but coming to a full stop almost immediately as well with it's electronic break system. I did this to 'break 'em in', and these bad boys begged to be treated that way! Tons of dust, cigarette smoke, and even an occasional spill of a drink have been endured by these spinning tanks without missing a beat. A little more than a couple of decades later these SL-1200s still operate like new! Never a breakdown, nothing! Even the dust covers are intact! No wonder this model not only continues on the market, but it also rises in price!( When I bought mine, they were $250 a piece, brand new !). Other reviewers here have praised the sound of this model, which is outstanding. I like the fact that it can maintain it's high level of performance year after year. One classic example of what a wonderful product should be in order to reach legendary status in the world of HiFi.
The tonearm with ED: it couldn't stay up and wouldn't go down. May 19, 2010
Samuel Chell (Kenosha,, WI United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
[Note: I'm not sure if Panasonic is stlll making this former requisite for vinyl playing, but the User's Manual the absence of which I complain about (below) is readily available as a download on the manufacturer's site, most likely testimony to the attention the machine still receives from DJs and audiophiles of all ages, countries and stripes. Still, just as my iMac went down after a mere 2 plus years of service, my Technics Cassette Deck and Technics Receiver (both from the '70s) had to be disposed of. Now, only my 27" Sylvania (made in Tennessee, and purchased in the late '80s) and two JBL bookshelf speakers with 14" woofers (purchased in the '70s) continue to grow in value (in my eyes) with each passing day.]
We've had 2 of these machines sitting idly in a corner of the radio station until I, an unrepentant fan of vintage vinyl, decided to deploy them during a weekly jazz show. Big mistake. The tracking and the sound were horrendous--flagrantly worse than my personal ancient Dual turntable and new bottom-of-the-line Sony. Then before long the lift lever proved useless. I'd play a track, attempt to pause it, and the lever would refuse to raise the tone arm off the record, leaving me trying to locate the tiny groove in the middle of the record--all during precious air time. So I came in for extra practice and eventually thought I had the darn thing running at least adequately for older, lo-fi recordings. So what happened when I announced the featured LP of the hour, "Lena Horne at the Waldorf Astoria"? The tone arm refused to lower itself onto the groove of the record. Now we've run up an additional 60 seconds of deadly, silent air time.
I was about to throw both machines into the trash in favor of one of those current cheap consumer models in the fifty dollar range--until looking up the model on the internet. Not only are these machines fetching upwards of a thousand but their lore is sufficient to command a lengthy entry in Wikipedia. I mentioned my problems to my son, who had once served as a DJ at Beloit college. Get a "Technics SL-1200MK2" was his immediate response.
Not exactly the solution I was in search of, but at least it represented an idea, a clue, a notion--which is more than anyone else at the station appeared to possess. I started downloading materials about this turntable--a ream's worth--all about the construction, the disassembly and reassembly of the delicate components of this mechanism--until I suddenly arrived at a disturbing moment of truth, one that should not be unfamiliar to many readers: life is short.
Maybe these machines once did extraordinary things and, moreover, are still capable of doing them. But it was not written in the stars that these feats would occur under my watch. I should have been alerted when amid all of the diagrams, schematics, mechanical principles I noticed one conspicuous absence: a simple user's guide--like how to turn the machine on and off. For some of us, the instructions accompanying the original piece of equipment--how to run it, or at least to start and stop it-are at the outer limit of what is comprehensible.
And so ends the story of the 2 lonely turntables at the station, once again unused and unwanted but with a difference: they are now regarded with a mixture of disgust and even a modicum of respect--not unmixed with a bit of disappointment and sadness. As for the former aspiring user, he's gone back to CDs and digital files, sometimes using his platters, but only if there's time to convert them from vinyl to digital before arriving at the station.
There is the SL1200 and then there is all the others............... May 14, 2010
fishing fool (Florida)
I just ran into this listing on Amazon so I thought I might put my two cents in. I think I bought this model about 15 years ago and have used it intensly......at home not professionally.
I remember a few years back when I needed a new needle. I brought it in to a local electronics shop and the guys in there just wanted to buy it off me. They did give me a heads up on where to order a high end European cartridge. After a while the needle wore out again so I called the "Needle Doctor" in Minn. Great people to deal with and good trade in deals. The turntable just has not lost a beat. I doubt you can find a more precise, better sounding with a good cartridge and system, turntable at any cost. I have to smile when I see the latest price since I paid less than 200 at BrandsMart. Even with inflation I think I got a better deal.
For what it is worth..............since the demise of Sound Advice in South Florida finding anywhere locally that carries high end electronics is near impossible. I have had pretty good luck with internet purchases but I only buy from sites I can trust like Amazon. I will tell you this.......if you want a turntable you can take to your grave this baby is worth the expense.
Question January 26, 2010
Cosimo Caraglia
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This item is great.
just a question. To be operational and complete do I need the SL 1200 + tbe Magnetic Phono Cartridge. Is this correct ?
According to me the SL 1200 has no needle. Please confirm.
Thanks !
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