Technics SL-1000MKDP 2

Technics SL-1000MKDP 2
The SL-1000 was the flagship turntable from Technics, consisting of a professional direct-drive motor unit mounted in an obsidian plinth with state-of-the-art tonearm assembly.

Features include a quartz reference broadcast standard motor, high load and starting torque for instantaneous start, single row quartz controlled stroboscope, separate power supply unit..



Platter: 320mm, 2.9kg, aluminium diecast

Motor: brushless DC

Starting torque: 6kg-cm

Start-up time: 0.25s to 33rpm

Braking time: 0.3sec from 33rpm

Speed fluctuation by load s: 0% within 5kg-cm
Speed drift: within +-0.002%
Wow and flutter: 0.025% WRMS
Rumble: -78dB
Tonearm: variable damping universal tonearm
Effective length: 250mm
Overhang: 15mm
Weight: 12kg (base), 9.5kg (motor unit)

As one should expect at this price, the SL-1000 mk2 motor results proved to be on the threshold of measurement, and simply consists of a list of excellents for wow and flutter, rumble, stability, loading, over-shoot, start-up time and torque.

Top class studio record player.