WANTED | Mike New platter for Technics SL1200

[mazen0822]

hello, im on the hunt for a Mike New platter for a technics sl1200. please let me know if anyone has one fs or knows of one available

[Wakefield Turntables]

Do you own the Mike New bearing? I'm not so sure that the platter will work wih your Funk Firm spin bearing. You might want to check.

[CageyH]

If a. Ike New platter fits a standard bearing, it will work on a spin, as it has the same geometry.

[mikeyb]

Yeah, Funk used a Mike New bearing to 'design' their one so it'll be fine. I owned the one they used ;)

[CageyH]

Yeah, Funk used a Mike New bearing to 'design' their one so it'll be fine. I owned the one they used ;)

They may have used one in the design process, but AK told me the MN geometry did not match the original technics in the area the platter sits. When I had both, I never bothered to measure them to see if it was true.

Anyway, getting hold of a Mike New platter is going to be a challenge, IMHO.

[Ianmac]

A few years ago I and a few others on the forum were very active with Techie mods, working to help each other we made significant improvements at minimal cost. We always tried to back up our improvements with technical measurement or oscilloscope photos.
You can make a significant difference to the technics platter by carefully covering the bottom and outer underside side rib with Dynamat.
I did that mod a few years ago and included in my post at that time, with photographs of an oscilloscope screen showing the before and after effects on the damping performance of the platter.
Having done many mods to Technics TT over the years this one gave me best Bang for my Bucks.
Ill have a look in my photo archives and see if I still have them.

[Mikeandvan]

A few years ago I and a few others on the forum were very active with Techie mods, working to help each other we made significant improvements at minimal cost. We always tried to back up our improvements with technical measurement or oscilloscope photos.
You can make a significant difference to the technics platter by carefully covering the bottom and outer underside side rib with Dynamat.
I did that mod a few years ago and included in my post at that time, with photographs of an oscilloscope screen showing the before and after effects on the damping performance of the platter.
Having done many mods to Technics TT over the years this one gave me best Bang for my Bucks.
Ill have a look in my photo archives and see if I still have them.

Or you can just a brand new GR, which has the dampened platter.

[Wakefield Turntables]

They may have used one in the design process, but AK told me the MN geometry did not match the original technics in the area the platter sits. When I had both, I never bothered to measure them to see if it was true.

Anyway, getting hold of a Mike New platter is going to be a challenge, IMHO.

This is why it was always better to buy the whole setup of Mike New bearing, collar plate and platter. Expensive, but at least everything was designed to work together. Virtually all collar plates were bonded to the inner chassis, good luck better the bearing out once this was done. Finding these components is going to be virtually impossible unless they come up for sale.


A few years ago I and a few others on the forum were very active with Techie mods, working to help each other we made significant improvements at minimal cost. We always tried to back up our improvements with technical measurement or oscilloscope photos.
You can make a significant difference to the technics platter by carefully covering the bottom and outer underside side rib with Dynamat.
I did that mod a few years ago and included in my post at that time, with photographs of an oscilloscope screen showing the before and after effects on the damping performance of the platter.
Having done many mods to Technics TT over the years this one gave me best Bang for my Bucks.
Ill have a look in my photo archives and see if I still have them.

Times have changed and people have moved away from the 1210. It's probably been a year since mine last had a spin. I think the 120 got pushed as far as it could and probably that's why people got bored. Aside from changing platter mats and footers just about every mod had been tried.

[CageyH]

This is why it was always better to buy the whole setup of Mike New bearing, collar plate and platter. Expensive, but at least everything was designed to work together. Virtually all collar plates were bonded to the inner chassis, good luck better the bearing out once this was done. Finding these components is going to be virtually impossible unless they come up for sael

Or the Funk equivalents, which are probably still available.

[mazen0822]

ive been looking for a funk platter as well but can't seem to find one either

[mikeyb]

You'll wait forever, save yourself that misery and just buy an SP10 Mk2 deck instead.

Or something different all together.

Been there done it, got the T-Shirt, now I own a Sony TTS-8000 :)

[CageyH]

Funk bearing and platter may well be available directly from Funk, or a dealer like MCRU.

[klindar]

Yes, Funk Firm have a dealer in California that maybe worth a try...

Audio Vision
1628 California St
San Francisco
94109
415 614 1118
info@audiovisionsf.com