Technics at Cloney Audio

Essentially, there are two ways to get a turntable platter to rotate, couple it directly to the axle of a motor, or drive it with a wheel or belt. Technics is perhaps the longest running supporter of direct drive technology, as virtually every DJ on the planet will attest. But when the tooling for Technics’ legendary SL 1200 turntable wore out, Technics went all out with thorough. While outwardly familiar, the new 1200 family represents a radical upgrade that takes its performance far beyond the sphere of its disco dominating predecessor.

Launched in 2016, the SL-1200G combined Technics‘ traditional analogue technology and advanced digital technology, while redesigning parts throughout. Its outstanding performance literally rocked the hi-fi market and redefined the reference for direct-drive turntables. Parts that were inherited from the SL-1200G were newly developed for the SL-1200GR, beginning with the coreless direct-drive motor and precise motor control technology that eliminated the cogging that originated from rotation irregularity, and including a low-vibration, high-rigidity platter and high-sensitivity tonearm. By these measures, the level of performance clearly outperforms the usual standards of its class.

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