Maybe looks something like this?
Found Great Seller - Plinth for Technics 1200 GAE
In 2016, when I ran across a NOS Technics 1200 GAE (the anniversary edition) I had to buy it.
Aesthetics matter to me. While the original SL 1200 design was pretty amazing, I thought it had grown a bit tired by the 2010s/2020--especially for a $5k deck.
Getting a wood plinth for the G series seemed a little tricky as some of the tolerances, down the millimeter, did not match up.
I found a guy on Etsy who took the precise measures of the GAE and made me a beautiful wood plinth. You can see his listing/shop here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1145878005/last-units-av-zocalo-de-madera-mongoy?ref=yr_purchases
Surprisingly fast turnaround and shipping (got the plinth in 2 weeks from order, shipped from Madrid). Price was reasonable.
Highly recommended. Now, my table is more pleasing to my subjective eye and it’s easier to clean around since the plinth keeps dust out from the feet and undercarriage.
I have no affiliation with the seller/craftsman. Just a nice experience and I’m pleased.
File this under positive post, happy audiophile customer.
PS Little tweaks like this saved me from doing something silly like selling the GAE.
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fyi i had one of these, looked very nice but the mounting system was unstable imho. it used 4 thin plastic rectangles that were captured by the turntable feet. the peices were then pushed to the corners of the plinth shell where they would fit under a narrow step held in place by friction. adjusting the level of the table affected the position of the mounts and they had to be reseated. the wood and finish are very nice but the unstable mounting needs a design change to something more solid
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Mine fits nicely @avanti1960. I used an architect/engineer rule in metric and provided the craftsman a photo. He kept the tolerances down to about 2mm so you can remove or install the box at your leisure. Perfect! |
Hello everyone, I'm Jose from Plinthsforturntables >>> my online store on Etsy. First of all, thank you very much for your nice comments to Jbhiller, I'm very glad that you are satisfied with your Technics plinth :) On the other hand, I wanted to thank Avanti1960 for his comments, and in passing comment that he is referring to floating plinths, which need the use of the platter system to keep the plinth in its floating system. This is a subject that can give for many hours of talk, but that is constantly improving, and that at the moment enjoys an update in the fixation mechanics that has improved the stability issue notably.
I would like to point out that the socket model referred to by Jbhiller is the XL model. Keep in mind that every invention in this life, needs an idea, a design, its trial and error, and that we are talking about a very striking and particularly elegant product that can be loved by some and rejected by others, the work in these things is millimetric :) I would like to upload some photos of the XL plinth but I can't find the way at the moment! (help would be great in this point :) All the very best |
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