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вЂњThe original run of the SL-1200 series ran for a very long time. Unfortunately, though, the production costs right now, to make a mechanical product of that quality and specification are much higher than they were back in the 70s,вЂќ said Danbury. вЂњIn terms of the sonic performance, the new SL-1200 sounds more in league with the SP-10 series, the classic broadcast deck. There is no doubt that Technics has paid attention to the sound quality of this turntable, вЂњWe are trying to produce the best SL-1200 that we can possibly make,вЂќ said Danbury. The old model had an analogue speed control system.вЂќ ThereвЂ™s also a new digital speed control system which is much more accurate, controlling speed better and eliminating any threat of wow and flutter. вЂњThe new design also includes a completely new direct drive motor system which removes the stator cogging which was a minor issue with the SL-1200 series. This is an easy test for you to make, if your dealer doesnвЂ™t mind you walking up to his brand new turntable and hitting it. That said, a stiffer arm would put more focus on the bearings вЂ“ you are only as good as your weakest link вЂ“ so the bearings would have to be good too.вЂќД«ack to Danbury, вЂњThe platter is several times heavier than the original, using a brass top plate with rubber underneath so that it is completely dead and inert.вЂќ Improving rigidity would improve the sound, lowering noise and improving detail retrieval. It will probably be much lighter than the aluminium arm and stiffer, depending on the alloy type. This tube will be made from a low percentage alloy of some sort that will be mostly magnesium. You can set fire to pure magnesium and itвЂ™ll burn like one of those old fashioned fuses that blow up dynamite. вЂњFor a start, it wonвЂ™t only be magnesiumвЂќ said Nilsen.

Improved feet can improve isolation and reduce damaging noise entering into the turntable but is this new arm tube really anything to shout about? I asked Johnnie Nilsen, who makes some of the best turntable arms in the world via his own, UK-based Audio Origami company ( Is a вЂmagnesiumвЂ™ arm worthy of attention? On the limited edition, it is made from magnesium.вЂќ The main difference, though, is the arm tube. Shall we start from the ground up?, вЂњThe construction of the feet uses a different rubber type on the limited edition model. I talked to TechnicsвЂ™ own Jonathan Danbury for a quick chat about the technical details of the turntable, which spans 453 x 173 x 372 mm and weighs in at 18kg, and asked him to lend a few comparisons to the original SL-1200 while he was about it.

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The fact that it has DJ fiddly bits tacked on is, as I say, nothing but marketing faff that Technics feel they need to include to cut marketing corners and, who knows, probably please the bean counters and TV fans sitting in TechnicsвЂ™ bosses, PanasonicвЂ™s accounting office. This turntable is not a toy, itвЂ™s not a working clubberвЂ™s tool, itвЂ™s a serious turntable. If you look at the SL-1200G turntable in detail, there is a lot of considered and careful work that moves way away from the DJ culture and speeds headlong towards the audiophile community. Directly comparing this turntable to the original shows a complete lack of understanding in this new design and a lack of respect to its engineers and the engineering applied. This deck had no choice but to look like the original SL-1200.ДЇinally, there is one more reason to put distance between the вЂGвЂ™ and older 1200 designs. Technics could not afford to ignore this goldmine of exposure.

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The only reason(s) Technics retained the basic size, shape and chassis furniture вЂ“ in my strong opinion вЂ“ was to cash in on the legend, to show a friendly and acceptable design face that exploits decades of free press and marketing, to cash in on the excitable media who were having orgasms because they saw the classic DJ turntable returning to the fold (apart from a flurry of hi-fi newsprint, no-one would have cared that much if Technics had offered a brand new chassis shape, no-one would have written more than a paragraph or two about it in the lifestyle press). Unless youвЂ™re a famous DJ and Technics has given you one for free. It might look like a DJ tool and you might even be foolish to use it as such but really, that would be very silly indeed and an overkill in the extreme. And stop comparing the original designвЂ™s price with the price of this model.

And stop comparing it to the original model too. OK, look, letвЂ™s race to the point here and get a few things straight.ДЇirstly, the SL-1200G is not a DJ deck. Paul Rigby reviews the Technics SL-1200G and is made aware of a few home truths