Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
Whilst I'm in no position to question what you're hearing (and what Gromit is, too - and respect to him for going so far with his 1210) I can't help but suspect that the reason both of you aren't/weren't as 'sold' on the 1210 as many others and myself are is because neither of you used it/are using it with a tonearm that compliments the 1210's sonic signature. Both of you are/were using Rega derivatives, which in my experience are not a good match.
Perhaps I should make a grotty plywood armboard for the SL-1210, like I have on the Kenwood, instead of using the Origin Live one, in order to fully compare like with like. That aside, I'm not sure that I agree with you about Rega-sourced arms, since I have used the Tecnoarm on a variety of decks and am quite familiar with its traits and performance; and I am certainly not going to be blowing a not inconsiderable wad of cash on a Jelco on the offchance that it can salvage some music from the SL-1210. You are, of course, using a cartridge that requires a very particular tonearm compatibility - my Ortofons are bang on spec for the Tecnoarm (indeed the 2M seems to have been designed with a Rega arm in mind).

I believe that what Gromit and I have found, independently, is that the Technics suffers from an inherent musical greyness, even though it is superficially very impressive in parts.

It would be very interesting to pitch a fettled SL-1210 against a Project Genie!

As I said above, I am not yet finished with the Technics, since I want to try the Paul Hynes PSU on it.