"Smaller Brother of the 1200/1210"HW: SL-1200 and, by way of illustration, SL-1210MK2 is linked here.
The SL-Q2 belongs with e.g. c279c1ef3fe7ca1956b057d2e95af71b DP-30 L, Pioneer PL-5 18 or Sony PS-X7/ Sony PS-X4 to the affordable good Japanese devices with direct drive from the prime time of the record. * * Each of these devices outshines the current new device in terms of quality up to the region of € 1k - and offers even better ease of use at the same time.