The Tech' Gallery

[Qwin]

Nicely done Keiron, what kind of finish have you put on the wood?
looks like oil or wax. gives a nice sheen rather than a gloss whatever it is.

[Andrei]

One of the cooler looking 1200s around!
What veneer / polish have you used?

[MartinT]

Good effort, Keiron. It's been a while since I ran an SME III - can't say I've ever seen one on a Technics. Looks nice.

[keiron99]

Thanks for the kind words. It's a dark walnut (not as dark as I'd hoped) and finished in Danish oil. It's a tad patchy to be honest - I'll give it another 'scrub' at some point to even the finish out.

It actually still incorporates the original plinth. I simply bolted 4 pieces of MDF around the edge and filled the gaps. It still uses the same rubber chassis.

It has a Paul Hynes external PSU (it came like that when I bought it).

The change is purely cosmetic. Sticking these bits on has made absolutely no difference to the sound. But admittedly you could probably take it away and replace it with a Steepletone and I wouldn't hear the difference, so cloth-like are my ears

[ChrisKemp]

And finally I got my hands on a 1210mk5G My good friend had this, and has excactly the same upgrades as my 1210mk2. Mike New Bearing was the last upgrade that we did last week. He wanted a Rega P9. Can you belive that

The mk5G looks so much better than the mk2, too. The future upgrades would be Mike New ETP Platter and maybe change the arm. But I will keep it as it is for some time now. It's been upgraded from scratch the last 6 months:

- Isonoe feet.
- Achromat 1200 Funkplatter
- Rek-O-Kut record weight
- KAB rewired Cardas arm.
- KAB Fluid Damper
- KAB pcb card
- Cardas Litz phono wire
- Mains Cables R us PSU with regulator
- Sumiko HS-12
- Denon DL-103
- Isokinect 103 Stabilizer
- 22 gram aux weight
- Mike New Bearing

And I must say. With the DL-103 it sounds just great!!!

[ragwo]

A half bad pic of my beloved 1210 with Ortofon 2M Bronze

[CageyH]

Just to keep the evolution of my deck in one place.

[costerdock]

And finally I got my hands on a 1210mk5G My good friend had this, and has excactly the same upgrades as my 1210mk2. Mike New Bearing was the last upgrade that we did last week. He wanted a Rega P9. Can you belive that

The mk5G looks so much better than the mk2, too. The future upgrades would be Mike New ETP Platter and maybe change the arm. But I will keep it as it is for some time now. It's been upgraded from scratch the last 6 months:

- Isonoe feet.
- Achromat 1200 Funkplatter
- Rek-O-Kut record weight
- KAB rewired Cardas arm.
- KAB Fluid Damper
- KAB pcb card
- Cardas Litz phono wire
- Mains Cables R us PSU with regulator
- Sumiko HS-12
- Denon DL-103
- Isokinect 103 Stabilizer
- 22 gram aux weight
- Mike New Bearing

And I must say. With the DL-103 it sounds just great!!!

Very beautiful Technics you got there.

Thanks,

[WOStantonCS100]

Just to keep the evolution of my deck in one place.

Very nice. That's the first I've seen someone with the F*X actually installed.

[CageyH]

Spot the difference.