Technics SL-1200 MK2 turntable (ad, Nov. 1979)

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Tough enough to take The disco beat.

And accurate enough to keep it.

Whether you spin records professionally or for pleasure, you'll be pleased with Technics SL-1200 MK2. After all, like our other professional turntables, the ones many radio stations use and discos abuse, the SL-1200 MK2 has the phenomenal accuracy of Technics quartz-locked direct drive: Speed accuracy is an astonishing ±0.002%. Wow and flutter is a paltry 0.025% WRMS. Rumble is an infinitesimal -78dB. And the price is an unbelievable $350.*

Just as unbelievable is how well the SL-1200 MK2 resists acoustic feedback. Even with sound levels as high as those in a disco. The reasons: A solid aluminum diecast chassis, a heavy, one-piece rubber base, a double-damped platter and critically tuned spring legs.

But no matter where you are, you'll also value these other features: Quartz-locked variable pitch control (±8%) that lets the professional instantly mix the beat of different records and lets you tune a record to a particular instrument.

There's also a highly sensitive, low-mass, gimbal-suspension tonearm that puts and keeps your stylus where you want it with minimal friction of only 7 mg., both horizontally and vertically. And an illuminator that puts the record in a good light even when you aren't.

All this and Technics specifications, too. They invite comparison. Especially with the most expensive Turntables.

MOTOR: Quartz-locked DC direct drive.

SPEED: 33 1/3 and 45 RPM.

STARTING TORQUE: 1.5 kg cm.

START-UP TIME 0.7 sec. (90° rotation at 33 1/3 RPM).

WOW AND FLUTER: 0.025% WRMS.

RUMBLE: -78dB (DIN B).

PITCH ADJUSTMENT RANGE: ±8%.

The SL-1200 MK2 from Technics. It has the same phenomenal accuracy of the Technics turntables many FM stations use and discos abuse.

* Technics recommended price, but actual retail price will be set by sealers.

Technics Professional Series