Technics SL-P1200 Pro CD Player

[MartinT]

Let's use this thread to discuss the merits of the acclaimed Technics deck. I know that Jerry (jandl100), Martin (Macca), Stephen (Mr Kipling) have one, and I'm about to take delivery of an ASC BBC version myself. Who else uses one, and what do you think of it?

[The Barbarian]

I Don't use one but have a 'SL-P1000'.. There was a sit up & beg 'SL-P1300' aswell.

[MartinT]

...and the original SL-P50.

[The Barbarian]

Aye but that was an earlier machine. good un tho.. However ive always said the Techy 'SL-P1000' was the best CDP ever made at the time imho..

[Beobloke]

You can add me to the fan club. I've owned two, loved them to bits and still wish I'd kept one. They are fantastic to use, built like tanks and sound great, in a punchy, ballsy, lets-not-worry-too-much-about-delicacy kind of way!

As mentioned before, though, the SL-P50 is the one I'd really love to own. Sadly I've never even seen one, or heard of anyone who'e ever seen one either! I wonder how many they made?

[MartinT]

As mentioned before, though, the SL-P50 is the one I'd really love to own. Sadly I've never even seen one, or heard of anyone who'e ever seen one either! I wonder how many they made?

Keep a careful eye out for studios chucking them out, not even realising their worth. They look a bit like some early HP console computers I remember.

[The Barbarian]

Id have thought a lot of high qwality studio's would have opted for the Studer 'A730' machine instead so maybe not that many knocking about anyway..

[Kember]

I had one for a short while in the early 2000s. Beautifully engineered (you could have coined the phrase bomb-proof for this deck - I reminds me of the HiLux) and a very stable, authoritative signal. Its job, after all, was to serve up music all day in broadcast studios.

Per a recent thread, I'm sure there are better but at less than a monkey, I think they are the 2nd hand bargain.

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[RochaCullen]

I have been running one for a couple of months now and I am really enjoying it. Mine is a slightly different edition in that it is as normal, but has balanced outputs.

The detail and width of soundstage is what hit me.

I've used a couple of different interconnects on it and find the latest set, a homebrew cable, makes the deck sound a little brighter, so I plan on rolling a few more cables.

I'd also like to see what a set of isonoes do for it.

Welcome to the club Martin.

[Macca]

. They are fantastic to use, built like tanks and sound great, in a punchy, ballsy, lets-not-worry-too-much-about-delicacy kind of way!

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That was my opinion of it too until I ran it through my Akai loudspeakers at which point I realised that it did pretty much everything including the delicacy.