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What's the oldest piece of tech you still have running? (suppo.fi)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I mean, Rega turntables are pretty highly regarded but I doubt they're better than my Technics (direct drive vs. belt drive pretty much). Rega doesn't list specifications like wow & flutter or rumble on their page as far as I know which makes them kinda hard to compare, though.

Edit: Just had a look at a Pro-Ject deck (the classic evo, which is $1,999) and both the wow & flutter (0.11%) and the rumble (-70db) are worse than my Technics (0.03% and -73db).

They're still really good specs but on paper they're worse than those of the SL-1900.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

My friend has two of the current 1200 series (1210mk5?) and they are very nice. Not sure how they compare but it would be interesting if you know how to find the specs?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

1210mk5

The 1210MK5G ran from 2002 to 2010 I think. Yeah, it's even a little bit better than mine actually, not by much, though.

It's got the quartz lock, which is really nice. I'd love to have a 1210MK2 but, as you can probably imagine, their status among DJs has made them pretty much unaffordable for more casual listeners like me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Ah, mk5 was a guess so I don't know but he bought them new last year. They have the extra wide speed control switch and were indeed very expensive.