From tie grandest opera to the Grand Ole Opry. A lot of
FM stations play a lot of different music yet still have one thing in common:
The need for uncommonly accurate turntables. That's why so many FM stations
use Technics direct drive turntables.
That professionals use Technics direct drive turntables is really not surprising. What is, is that sow you can get professional performance in Technics quartz-synthesizer MK2 Series: The SL-1800 manual, the SL-1700 semi-automatic and the SL-1600 fully automatic.
As you can see, they all have impressive performance. But with Technics MK2 Series, you also get impressive advances in electronics. Like a quartz-synthesizer pitch control. As you vary the pitch it's instantaneously displayed by 13 LED's in exact 1% increments. That makes life easy.
So does the SL-1600 MK2's infrared disc-size sensor. Just price a disc on the platter, press tie start button and immediately an infrared ray activates tie micro-computer.
Then the Technics precision gimbal-suspension tonearm automatically sets down in the lead-in groove.
And for double protection against acoustic feedback, Technics precision aluminum diecast base has a double-isolated suspension system. One damps out vibration from die base, the other from the tonearm and platter.
The MK2 Series. You don't have to be a radio station to afford performance good enough for a radio station.
Your next turntable should be as accurate as the ones many radio stations use.
(adapted from: Audio magazine, May 1980 )
Also see:
Technics Q-Series turntables (Oct. 1979)
Technics SL series turntables (Sept. 1978)
Technics SL-1400 direct-drive turntables (April 1977)
Technics P-Mount turntables (July 1983)
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