Technics SL-1200MK2 specifications

Manual turntable with direct drive. Highly modified successor of the Tech nics SL-1200. Gained great fame due to its use in discotheques and working equipment for DJs.

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Special equipment

Manufacturer: Tech nics
Model: SL-1200MK2
Type: Turntable
Years of construction: 1979 - 2005
Made in: Japan
Color: Silver gray
Power consumption: 13.5 W
Dimensions: 453 x 145 x 353 mm (WxHxD)
Weight: 11.0 kg
Factory price approx.: 990 DM

Outputs: 1x RCA cable

Drive: Direct drive, quartz-controlled
Motor: DC motor, brushless
Speed: 33.33/min, 45/min
Synchronisation fluctuations: 0.025 % (WRMS )

-56 dB (IEC , unrated)
-78 dB (IEC , rated)

Turntable: 33.2cm; aluminum; 1.7kg
a956e985535b8d57732d14dfa0e4c71ating mode: manual
Pitch: ±8 %
Tonearm: Tech nics
- Material:
- Total Length:
- Pivot Point Tip Length: 230 mm
- Angle of curvature: 22º
- Overhang pickup: 15 mm
- Overhang Counterweight:
- Permissible pickup weights: 3.5 - 13 g / 11 - 20.5 g ( incl. Headshell)
- inert mass of the arm: 12 g
- Support weight adjustment range: 0 - 4 g
- Height adjustment range: 6 mm
- Cable capacity:
Pickup: Technics EPC-207 C (MM), later without pickup

-56 dB (IEC , unrated)
-78 dB (IEC , rated)

Material:
Total length:
Pivot point tip length: 230 mm
Angle of curvature: 22º
Pickup overhang: 15 mm
Overhang Counterweight:
Permissible Pickup weights: 3.5 - 13 g / 11 - 20.5 g (incl. Headshell)
inert mass of the arm: 12 g
Support weight adjustment range: 0 - 4 g
Height adjustment range: 6 mm
Cable capacity:

Four-row stroboscope with illumination

Illumination for pickups (incandescent lamp)

Electronic brake

Rubber turntable mat

Speed control (pitch)

Max. Torque: 1.5 kg/cm

Run-up time: 0.7 s

Other models of the same series:
Tech nics SL-1200
Tech nics SL-1200
Tech nics SL-1200G/GAE
Tech nics SL-1200GR
Tech nics SL -1200GLD
Tech nics SL-1200LTD
Tech nics SL-1200MK2
Tech nics SL-1200MK3
Tech nics SL-1200MK4
Tech nics SL-1200MK5
Tech nics SL-1210
Tech nics SL-1210MK2
Tech nics SL-1210MK3
Tech nics SL-1210MK4
Tech nics SL-1210MK5
Tech nics SL-1210M3D
Tech nics SL-1210M5G

Excerpt from Brochure: Tech nics SL-1200MK2

image hifi Issue 1/2006, single test: without endnote
- "What I like: workmanship; Reliability; a956e985535b8d57732d14dfa0e4c71ability; Arrow-straight sound."
- "What is missing: A show-off version in piano lacquer. Oops, there is (as a limited edition)."

"What pleases: Workmanship; Reliability; a956e985535b8d57732d14dfa0e4c71ability; Arrow-straight sound."
"What is missing: A show-off version in piano lacquer. Oops, there is (as a limited edition)."

HiFi Test Issue 2/2009, 4 products in the test
- Grade 1.1; Top class Price/performance: good
- "Plus: very good sound; extremely robust construction; universally applicable."

Grade 1.1; Top class Price/performance: good
"Plus: very good sound; extremely robust construction; universally applicable."