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TECHNICS 100th Anniversary 2018 Premium Turntables. Their best ever.

I discovered this morning that Technics announced at CES the about to be released later this year their premium Special edition 100th Anniversary Turntables. Head and shoulder's above the SL-1200G and SL-1200GR. The two new models are the SP-10R, which has an outboard power supply with no tonearm and will retail for $10K. Panasonic claims the SP-10R has the highest S/N ratio in the world against any belt drive or direct drive tables on the market. 
The other model is the all in one unit including tonearm, the SL-1000R which will retail for $20K. Only one word comes to mind looking at the pics this morning of the SL-1000R, DROOL! They upgraded and improved the coreless motor thats in the SL-1200G and SL-1200GR models. SME and SOTA, eat your heart's out!
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I see the arm as a weak spot too. All my comments on the SL1200G are based on a Triplanar being installed, IOW they are about the platter and drive only.
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I have not tried the 1200G with a modern SME tonearm, so who knows what that could bring...
I've set the 1200G up with a Triplanar, and the results were spectacular.
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We've been using the Oracle mat but it is a bit thick if you want to also use a clamp.
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Even though the spectral frequency plots looked slightly better on the charts from the Caliburn which has slightly more opened detail, the Sl-1200G sounded fuller in the midrange and more relaxed.
The platter pad is part of the sound and the Technics does not have a very good pad. That can really affect the plots!
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Ralph, it seems needledrops were plenty good enough for *everyone* to decide that the new Technics 1200 "trashed" MF's "big rig"! ;) :D
The new 1200 has to have a lot of people making turntables worried!

The problem with a needledrop is you can't really know what it is. What if its been doctored? You might never know. But in the case you mentioned, I'm not surprised :)
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@moonglum needle drops on YT aren't really going to tell you much. There are too many variables!
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