Only Technics gives you the world's most precise drive system, any way you want it.
Direct-drive precision. Now you can have it any way you want it. Because Technics uses direct drive in more kinds of turntables than anyone else. You can get it for under $200 in the SL-1500. One of four manuals. Or for about $500 you can have our professional turntable, the SP-10. There's a fully automatic single play model, the SL-1300. And the world's first direct-drive changer, the SL-150.
And all these turntables share the Technics direct-drive system A system so superior that FM stations have been using our direct-drive turntables for years. Here's why. In our direct-drive system, the platter is an extension of the motor shaft There are no belts or idlers to produce variations in speed.
So all our turntables have less than 0.03% wow and flutter (WRMS) (0.04% for the SL-1350).
You won't hear any rumble either. Because we use an electronically controlled DC motor that spins that exactly 33 or 45 rpm. And, unlike rumble-producing high-speed motors, our motor introduces so little vibration into the system that any rumble remains inaudible (-70dB DIN B).
And every Technics direct-drive turntable has variable pitch controls. A built-in stroboscope. And CD-4 phono cables. And for those that include a tone arm you also get viscous damped cueing. Anti-skating. Feedback insulated legs. Even a dust cover and an integral base.
But we don't have to tell you how good these turntables are. Read some of the reviews*. And see for yourself.
The concept is simple. The execution is precise. The performance is outstanding. The name is Technics.
*SP-10--Audio, 8/71; Stereo Review, 9/71; Audio, 10/73, 3/74.
SL-1100A--Stereo Review, 7/73; High Fidelity, 9/73.
SL-1200--Radio Electronics, 7/74; Audio, 7/74; Stereo, Fall '74.
SL-1300--FM Guide, 9/74; Stereo Review, 2/75.
FOR YOUR TECHNICS DEALER, CALL TOLL FREE 800447-1700.
IN ILLINOIS. 800 322-440C
Direct Drive System
Technics by Panasonic
(Audio magazine, March 1976)
Also see:
Technics SL- series direct-drive turntables (ad, Feb. 1974)
Technics SL- series direct-drive turntables (ad, March 1977)
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