Calling all SL-1200/1210 owners!

[Peter Stockwell]

Whats the difference betweem the Mk2 and Mk5 ???

Does this look like a good deal or what?

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/p...Product_ID/228

It's a very decent price. Mechanically no difference between a mk2 & a mk5, only speed adjustment difference and no hinges on the mk5, maybe some other trivial stuff, like a push button reset on the pitch control.

regards

[muffinman]

Whats the difference betweem the Mk2 and Mk5 ???

Does this look like a good deal or what?

http://www.superfi.co.uk/index.cfm/p...Product_ID/228

i got mine from hughes in norwich 4 weeks ago -http://www.hughesdirect.co.uk/produc...earch=technics[ it was out of stock then also. they had a few on the books that had not made it onto the web. got a 1200 for£250. i believe they had mk5 for £350. they are a white goods store but sell mid range hifi and i've always had good service from them. they may be worth a call.

[Marco]

It's a very decent price. Mechanically no difference between a mk2 & a mk5, only speed adjustment difference and no hinges on the mk5, maybe some other trivial stuff, like a push button reset on the pitch control.

Yep, but you're forgetting that the MK5 (G) has a titanium armtube instead of the stainless steel one on the MK2, and it also has 'audiophile grade' OFC tonearm wiring and high quality RCA sockets and connectors as standard

However, if you're going to have the arm rewired with Cardas cable it doesn't matter. The titanium armtube is significant, though, as it increases rigidity and improves sound quality accordingly.

Marco.

[Peter Stockwell]

Scoobs,

There's a crumb of an idea in you breadbin. I think the silver sand, granite is maybe over kill, but, why not? I showed Mrs user34 your breadbin, and she wasn't impressed, I think she prefers the unsullied good looks of the stock SL1210.

Anyway, I'm wondering about a KAB breadbin with a slatedeck slate shelf hidden in it.

Too many toys, too little time. I have to get the streaming rig in order before going hell for leather on the SL1210. Although I'm going to organise the J7/Kab mods for the arm in the next week or so.

cheers

[scoobs]

Scoobs,

There's a crumb of an idea in you breadbin. I think the silver sand, granite is maybe over kill, but, why not? I showed Mrs user34 your breadbin, and she wasn't impressed, I think she prefers the unsullied good looks of the stock SL1210.

Anyway, I'm wondering about a KAB breadbin with a slatedeck slate shelf hidden in it.

cheers

Yeah, it's not to everyones taste, but for me it hides a multitude of sins and I like the deep plinths of retro turntables, so that was just a geeky indulgence.

Perhaps Mrs user34 would prefer your 1210 clad in zebrano?



or maybe plain ol' maple

[Peter Stockwell]

Me I like the Maple

[Marco]

And me... Nice clean lines, it doesn't draw attention to itself

The 'Zebrano' looks like it's been designed by a chest wig-wearer for a tart's boudoir in the 1970s.

Marco.

[Peter Stockwell]

So where do you get 'em made ?

[Marco]

Sacre bleu, 3.44am your time!

What were you doing up at that time, mon ami - returning from a tart's boudoir?

Marco.

[Peter Stockwell]

I don't think my missus would like being referred to like that I couldn't sleep so she couldn't sleep so I couldn't sleep so she couldn't sleep, so I went to the study.