The Technics doesn't need anything to be a great table - texanater - Vinyl Asylum

Vinyl Asylum

Welcome Licorice Pizza (LP) lovers! Setup guides and Vinyl FAQ.

The Technics doesn't need anything to be a great table

In Reply to: Re: Slightly different posted by waters on April 26, 2007 at 20:00:07:

From a wow and flutter perspective, the Technics is unbeatable. Now the P9 is 10X the price of a Technics so I suspect they've engineered out most belt driven issues. I've never heard a P9, but I suspect it beats the Technics. It better for 10X the price.
Out of the box, the Technics will blow your socks off. It has some very cheap and simple common upgrades that make a lot of sense, especially for those of us who like to tinker. To me, the KAB power supply makes the most sense. But don't buy the it thinking you also need to buy these upgrades. You can tinker as much or as little as you like. I don't think you can buy a better table new for 2X the price of a Technics and I'm being conservative. Many disagree. I did a head to head comparison with a Technics and well respected $1200 belt driven table and the Technics won hands down. All variables other than table and tonearm were identical.
The long & short - If you want to spend on the order of $1000 or less on a table, buy the Technics with confidence. Some people swear by the p3. That debate has been had and had and had. Just do a search for Technics and rega and you will have a few years worth of reading. The P3 sound great (I don't think any better than the Technics) but are almost 2X the price, have a small but nonzero amount of wow and flutter, use a rega tonearm that doesn't use a removable headshell (although they sound great) and to me feels poorly built. To be fair, those who own the P3 say they last forever. That may be true, but they feel like they were made of Balsa wood. The Technics feels like it was taken from the sound system of a Tank. If feels like a hunk of Lead. Here's what got me to choose the Technics: a 30 year old table that has been abused by countless DJs will go almost for the same price as a new one. That has to count for something!
The only point I was trying to make is that the most sensible upgrade to me is the power supply - keep in mind I haven't actaully heard the Technics with a KAB powersupply. Also, I simply cut a section out of a post by Ugly. He speaks very highly of the Technics. He wasn't bad mouthing them, he was just advocating his opinion for the best upgrade. You can buy the Technics, never think about upgrades and be very very happy.
I have 4 tables. The Technics, one idler and 2 belt. I think the Technics is the last one I would sell.

This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:

Follow Ups Full Thread

Topic - Denon DP- 500M or Technics SL-1210M5GSE? - waters 20:14:12 04/25/07 (11)

I _really_ wish Technics would introduce an 1700-style semi-auto again!! -nt - Bry 06:23:36 04/27/07 (0)

Definitely the Technics - Howard K 21:03:11 04/25/07 (9)

Re: Definitely the Technics - waters 22:40:52 04/25/07 (8)

Consider the power supply instead - texanater 10:54:42 04/26/07 (4)

Re: Consider the power supply instead - waters 11:42:22 04/26/07 (3)

Slightly different - texanater 13:55:57 04/26/07 (2)

Re: Slightly different - waters 20:00:07 04/26/07 (1)

The Technics doesn't need anything to be a great table - texanater 20:45:00 04/26/07 (0)

Re: Definitely the Technics - Jack1 00:11:16 04/26/07 (2)

Re: Got mine Tuesday, Tue! - Square Peg 01:36:03 04/26/07 (1)

Technics! - gariepyf 05:40:10 04/26/07 (0)

Follow Ups

The Technics doesn't need anything to be a great table - texanater 20:45:00 04/26/07 (0)

You can not post to an archived thread.