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Chakster-Excuse me for this thread. I didn't realize till moments ago that you mentioned in your thread last September of the upcoming SP-10R.
But the SL-1000R may have been announced later.

psag-In 1980 I owned a Dual 701 direct drive turntable. At the time, my older brother owned a Technics SL-1200. He lived two miles from me in north Seattle. From time to time I would listen to vinyl at his apartment. The Dual was noisy compared to the Technics which was dead quiet. A Technics fan boy? Your damn right I am! "but so what?"..you just don't get it. The Technics SP-10 motor's from years ago weigh a ton and are constantly in demand on the used market. Technics makes the only direct drive motor's on the planet that have the same low noise level's of the best belt drives which is why they never stop selling and are always in demand by the most die hard vinyl fans. "thousands of great turntables currently available" ..where? on the planet Zerton?

cleeds-I checked out the VPI Direct Drive classic model on their site. It has a rumble/noise measurement of -80 db. The Technics SL-1200G is rated at -78 db. Not much difference. The Technics wow and flutter measures better than the VPI. The VPI weighs 75.5 lbs and cost $30K.
At $4K, the Technics is a wiser choice.

Heck, if I were to spend $20K or more on a turntable I wouldn't waste my time with any brand and buy one of Artisan Fidelity's tables which are at the very pinnacle of analog playback. The current Technics SP-10MK3 that Chris is selling on Audiogon for $38,895.00, in my opinion is currently the most beautiful turntable on planet earth. And only weighs 350 pounds shipped! Phew!

If anyone has info on a direct turntable from Germany I came across last fall and regret not bookmarking the web page, its a stunning direct motor design that turns the platter on a floating bearing system. the cut-away pics of the motor looked very innovative. Sure like to check it out but have a hard time locating it online. 

 randyk-Thanks for checking. Went on the puresound website and checked out the STST. Not the one. The table I saw had a minimalist clover shaped wood plinth.  

Back in 1990 I put a Denon DP-59L table on layaway for thirty days. Just bought a Carver system at the time. Sound City in New Jersey was discounting them since they were going out of production. The table was even quiter than the Technics tables at the time. The Denon had a S/N of -82 db's. Three weeks later I went to purchase and Sound City sold the last unit and refunded my deposit. Should have gone elsewhere due to Sound City's reputation. This was during the golden days of Denon. Their best years were through the mid-eighties through the late nineties. They have always been neck and neck with Sony and Technics. And don't forget Denon built the world's first CD player in 1980, a pro model for studio's in Japan. Sony came out with the CDP-101 in late 1982. 

Ortofon 2M Black. Since I'm moving ahead putting together my final system, including the SL-1200 GR, I have my heart set on the 2M black and was curious if any Technics owners using the newer G or GR are using the cartridges from the 2M series. I watched and listened to a couple of nights ago on Youtube through my Altec Lansing processor and my KOSS headphones of Michael Fremers' (as mmakshak mentions above in his post) test between the Caliburn, $146K, Phew! and the SL-1200G. 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. No wonder post on this thread mentioned the new Technics models have belt drive companies very nervous, probably to the point where their wearing adult diapers to catch sudden discharges from panic attacks. I just may change at the last minute and go for the G. There are complaints online that the Technics units are priced to high. Baloney! For what the G does after hearing the table, at $4K its a steal. Goodbye belt drive.

invvictus005-Going for the SME? Interesting. The new Technics SP-10R weighs a ton. The motor weighs around 50 lbs. It uses stator coils on both sides of the rotor which are not used in the new GR or G models. There are videos on Youtube how stator coils work with magnets to vastly improve AC current resulting in a more powerful motor drive. The SP-10R
has a S/N level of -92 db's. That figure is just crazy for a direct drive motor. Heck, if I were to spend that amount of funds, I would go for the Technics SP-10R with an SME tonearm. I use to drool over SME in the 80's. As many are aware, they invented the world's first lift tone arm in 1958 which truly was the year that high end started, since it was the same year that 2-channel 33 1/3 stereo vinyl records hit the market. Thanks for the tip on the 2M Black. Curious how it would compare to the classic 
Shure V-15 VxMr. Ten years ago people were paying up to $2K for the Shure on Ebay and they sold fast. Always wanted that cartridge but haven't had a turntable since '94.