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Technic’s Malaysian turntables …QC experience/ feedback from actual users/owners?

Please,  If your only purpose is to bash Technics or the concept of direct-drive, please do not do it here.

Obviously too…this is not a representative sample…so mine and other experiences may (or may not) be indicative of the whole picture.  

I’ve read that some folks are experiencing wobble, warp, and other QC issues with some of the Malaysian tables only to be told that the tables are still within spec. What are your experiences with the fit and finish of the Malaysian tables?

My experience: Very disappointing.  I just returned a 1500c that should have never left the factory.  The table had an across the room wobble that a child could immediately recognize…yet they shipped it.  What concerns me most is that  I’ve been reading where  Technics and some of their dealers are saying that a certain amount of (easily-visible we’re talking) platter wobble may still be within spec.  Are these cases outliers…or indicative of a new, lesser, Technics standard?


P.S. Until this very morning….I thought the 1200GR,G,  and higher were still made in Japan…but will attach a notice from Technics I just found which appears to contradict that.    Maybe we can at least put to rest which tables are made where!

 

 

 

 

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Wow, I’m glad I found this thread. 
 

I bought a MoFi Electronics Fender X Precision Deck.  The quality is so bad and customer support from MoFi is totally nonexistent.  Speed stability is terrible, platter bearing was not lubricated from the factory, cueing piston doesn’t work properly and audio output cables have a ground discontinuity.  I’m going to return the MoFi Fender turntable as it is in no way “Precision”.  
 

I was going to replace the MoFi Fender with a Technics SL1200G.  After I searched Google and found so many owners complaining about platter wobble, I’m afraid to purchase one now.  
 

I have seen YouTube videos of people who own the Technics SL1200G playing records on them and noticed the platter wobble myself  At the current price of $4,300 U.S. dollars, that’s unforgivable  You may as well buy a Hanpin made direct drive  They all have platter wobble  

Now I don’t know what to do!

 

 

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