Technics Turntable Owners Club

[Lizard King]

Does Technics have official distribution/service in India?

 

[essrand]

Does Technics have official distribution/service in India?

I don’t think so but they are unofficially imported by some dealers in Mumbai, for eg revolver club

 

[reubensm]

Technics killer at half the price?

 

[reubensm]

Another potential good entry level deck, with some good info about different styli types in the video

 

[hifimaddy]

HI, everyone.
Anybody have upgraded the stock RCA cable in the SL1200? I have seen this RCA socket upgrade on eBay. Should I upgrade to this? or upgrade to good quality RCA cable?

 

[murali_n]

HI, everyone.
Anybody have upgraded the stock RCA cable in the SL1200? I have seen this RCA socket upgrade on eBay. Should I upgrade to this? or upgrade to good quality RCA cable?

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I have replaced my stock cables with ART Pop Cables made of Mogami Cable from Kabusa.com, due to a damaged RCA plug in one channel. The result is very satisfactory.
Can you send the link to the product shown in the posted photo doesnt appear on ebay.
Thank you.

 

[hifimaddy]

I have replaced my stock cables with ART Pop Cables made of Mogami Cable from Kabusa.com, due to a damaged RCA plug in one channel. The result is very satisfactory.
Can you send the link to the product shown in the posted photo doesnt appear on ebay.
Thank you.

Thank you for your message. The stock RCA and ground wire are very flimsy. I have also found an ICE socket upgrade, but it is not very concerning.

 

[Gryphon.]

Hi All,

My name is Ajith Raman and I live in Trivandrum in Kerala now.

I am quite new to this forum.

Well,I own a Technics SL-D3 machine for the past 7 years and of late the auto mechanism is malfunctioning.

Looks like the plastic wheel that controls the mechanism has been worn out due to ageing ..Can anybody help me fix this issue??

Somebody I can talk to for a spare part etc??

I have already contacted Mr Kuruvilla Jacob in Kottayam.

Look forward to have your suggestions.

Many thanks.

Best,

-Ajith.

Your best bet is to look into the Technics spare parts pages or get one 3D printed.

 

[Gryphon.]

I have a SL D 303 and although it is antique it is a wonderful table. It has an Audio Technica VM 95 ML on it and sounds wonderful.

 

[raj691]

I own a technics turntable Technics SL-1200GR Silver which was purchased from USA. The input power supply is 110v and I use a step down which works well
I am contemplating changing the transformer to make it compatible with 220v.

Does any one in the forum has experience doing it.

 

[reubensm]

New launches

 

[reubensm]

A good guide for those interested in Technics turntable investment.

 

[reubensm]

for all those who want to check out the latest line of Technics Direct Drive turntables (new).

Note - sharing for general info, no affiliation with SkyFi Audio or Fernando

 

[General_sound]

Hi Reuben’s. GM. I appreciate your fondness for these legendary tts. It was on my wish list for a long time but many factors prevented the acquisition! Sigh. However in spite of hearing loss and ‘no more acquisitions’ rule by the LOH, this is still on my wish list. What I would like to know is whether these would be suitable for moving iron carts, Ortofon OM series( some models come fitted with the newer Ortofon Red and above), Nagaoaka MMs and Excel MM cartridges. Also how is the surface noise , particularly on old Bollywood LPs which have been played on my ceramic tts. Would like your personal experience, as this would be a more accurate assessment. Thanks

 

[RT3]

Hi Reuben’s. GM. I appreciate your fondness for these legendary tts. It was on my wish list for a long time but many factors prevented the acquisition! Sigh. However in spite of hearing loss and ‘no more acquisitions’ rule by the LOH, this is still on my wish list. What I would like to know is whether these would be suitable for moving iron carts, Ortofon OM series( some models come fitted with the newer Ortofon Red and above), Nagaoaka MMs and Excel MM cartridges. Also how is the surface noise , particularly on old Bollywood LPs which have been played on my ceramic tts. Would like your personal experience, as this would be a more accurate assessment. Thanks

A good friend who was instrumental in me getting my Mk2, and who has a number of 1200s in his collection (more than half a dozen at last count), is a big fan of Nagaokas on his. The JN P110 and 200 iirc.

 

[General_sound]

Hi RT3. No doubt Nagaokasare excellent cartridges. I have only heard their 110. V musical. The Philips EG 1400 which was OE in many Philips record players is also supplied by Nagaoka. Another very good cartridge.

 

[spanchal]

I own a technics turntable Technics SL-1200GR Silver which was purchased from USA. The input power supply is 110v and I use a step down which works well
I am contemplating changing the transformer to make it compatible with 220v.

Does any one in the forum has experience doing it.

Yes I have done transformer modification on my SL1200mk3D from 100v to 230v works fine

Transformador toroidal | Technics 1200 1210

Pues como dice el título, os voy a intentar explicar cómo elegir e instalar un transformador toroidal en un giradiscos Technics SL 1200. En principio, ésto valdría para todos los modelos.Aunque és un simple cambio de transformador, que para quien este introducido en el mundo de la

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[reubensm]

Hi Reuben’s. GM. I appreciate your fondness for these legendary tts. It was on my wish list for a long time but many factors prevented the acquisition! Sigh. However in spite of hearing loss and ‘no more acquisitions’ rule by the LOH, this is still on my wish list. What I would like to know is whether these would be suitable for moving iron carts, Ortofon OM series( some models come fitted with the newer Ortofon Red and above), Nagaoaka MMs and Excel MM cartridges. Also how is the surface noise , particularly on old Bollywood LPs which have been played on my ceramic tts. Would like your personal experience, as this would be a more accurate assessment. Thanks

Sorry the the delay in replying sir, actually I am the wrong person to ask about cartridges as I use only Shure MM carts. I have always used a simple plug, calibrate, play approach with all my Shures on my Technics turntables. They all played and continue to play very well. From the Shure M3D to M44-7, all work very well.

 

[General_sound]

Sorry the the delay in replying sir, actually I am the wrong person to ask about cartridges as I use only Shure MM carts. I have always used a simple plug, calibrate, play approach with all my Shures on my Technics turntables. They all played and continue to play very well. From the Shure M3D to M44-7, all work very well.

Thank you so much. Yes Shures have their own sound. My experience is limited to M75, M55 & M44-7 ( of which I have an unused piece kept carefully for a future day I have never seen). I have also used an N75 stylus on a Classic 700. Quite nice.

 

[hdmaniac]

Happy to share that I recently bought a Technics SL QD33 through a friend from the UK. This is my first ever venture in to the Vinyl world but have been longing for it since the time I have first seen Technics TTs in the Cassette tape recording stores in the 90s. As the original Technics needle that came with it is worn out, I have replaced it with a brand new AT85EP (my options are limited since this is a P-mount TT). Its been a couple of months since I received it and been enjoying it with my very small collection of LPs to begin with.

Cheers!