1210's! The jury is out.

[Gromit]

I'd love to hear a good SP10, after being suitably 'tweaked'! And look at the superb mods you can get now for Garrards, Lencos and TD124s!

Marco.

Agreed - and more evidence that it is a great time to be into vinyl these days.

My last 1210 wasn't overly modded, but sounded very fine - not as fine as the Sony PS-6750 which replaced it - but very good all the same. I'd definitely say that it was the first of several 1210's I've owned which I could be satisfied with though. I've heard Marco's 1210 and it really is superb; 'well of course it should be, look at what he's done to it/spent on it' I hear you cry. Well fair play to the guy I say - it shows what the deck is capable of when fully unleashed. It also appeals to my anti-bling sense of taste - I cannot abide hifi jewellery.

My own experience of the deck (not going anywhere near Marco's in terms of the amount of modification) has brought me to the conclusion that by all means tweak it here and there - you will lift its performance quite significantly - but unless you're going to spend some fairly serious ££ on it, there will always be other turntables out there which will equal or better it for similar money. The Technics for me scores in its ease of use, its compact, and highly practical design and of course you know it'll always start first turn of the key.