Technics SL-1300G Turntable issues

@qwin You leave out of consideration that with each version of the 1200 series as well as the 1300 if you read Technic's litterateur each step in the model hierarchy has it's own variation of the direct drive motor that is exclusive to each. Which despite as you stated, "slightly better" they have yet to perfect their direct drive technology and the issues that have plagued it from the beginning still exist such as "cogging", that I'm sure with individuals who have sound systems resolving enough can still hear it. If you do the discovery, you will find this to be the case. Try as they might, they may never surpass the performance of belt drive which still remains the dominant choice and like direct drive, advancements in the technology continue to be developed.

"As for the modern Technics being substantially better, I would disagree. They are very slightly better, a little mass has been added to the platter and the bearing has been slightly improved, but that's about it."

The SL1200G is aproximately 6KG heavier than a 1200 MkII. The platter is nearly double the mass of the 1200Gs and the rest is the solid aluminum plinth and the BMC sub plinth. There are also differences in the arm's engineering.

BTW, I am not burning a particular torch for Technics, though I have previously owned a 1200G and was pleasantly surprised at its performance compared to the SME 20/12a that it replaced.

@faustuss
Cogging! please don’t make me laugh, if cogging was audible, they couldn’t get anywhere near those Wow and flutter figures. Read up on how they measure Wow and Flutter and consider this for yourself, it just doesn’t add up.
I’ve never seen anything written by Technics about cogging and would welcome a link to anything. All designs evolve for a verity of reasons, DD motors are no different, but the stability of these, as measured, has changed little.
Cogging was a term first coined by belt drive manufacturers, to put down DD technology in the early days. The wow and flutter figures of which, they couldn’t match by a factor of 10, at anywhere near the price point.
Belt drive TT’s use electric motors to, that would cog in a similar way, but I stick to my main issue with it, that if it were a real factor, it would destroy wow and flutter figures, which it doesn’t.

@yoyoyaya 
I still say the changes are small, so they bolted a brass plate on top of the platter to create extra mass, wow. The Plinth was always die cast and they had to do something with the arm, the early one used a plastic yoke.
I’m not criticizing, I’m a fan of the Technics tables, but realistic about how much they have improved, over what performed pretty good anyway, despite some dodgy engineering decisions back in the day. The build quality and improvement to parts design has undoubtedly got better, but what impact has any of this had on performance, in any significant way?  

My own Technics DD motor based turntable has more radical changes.
Including my own external power supply, internal regulator and inverted ceramic tipped bearing.

Hey Matt....back in 1973 I bought a Technics SL 1350 DD...with Shure V15 cart...from a store in Manhattan...it cost me $400 ....this waa 1973...it was high end at that time....it's 2025....48 years old and it Still works...

UNBELIEVABLE: In spite of the video I send, me repeated clarifying the concern not "wobble" but the quality of the machining of the platter edge. This is the response I got from Technics on an "escalated" complaint:

Thank you for contacting Technics Support.

Our engineers got back to us regarding the wobble shown in the video.

In this situation, they advised that you ensure sure the platter has been secured properly with 3 screws, 3 washers and 3 Bellville springs as described in the operating manual.

Thank you in advance.

Sincerely,

Technics Support for United States