Vibration Torturing the Technics SL-1200G and SL1500C

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[jazzkatt]

I’ve become a fan of Sky-fi Audio over the last several months because of the great videos!!😊

[DanielHog]

Fernando, absolutely LOVE any fair & illustrative test videos such as these! Have been a fan of you guys for a few years, have called up there a few times, etc. Your YT videos historically are commonsensensical & informative & "come from a good place" IMO; why I subscribe. I'm an engineer in the room building, A/V technology field & equally appreciate your product breakdown / disassembly vids.

Keep up the good work, regardless of where you're laying your head at night! 😉.

[acme.videos]

Excellent demonstration of the S-1200G, it's a beautifully engineered piece of gear (built like a tank) I'm glad I purchased my SL-1200G through SkyFi Audio, I am having a great time with mine!

[edroskott]

Good video! Impressive turntable, the 1200g!

[QoraxAudio]

Nice comparison.
This is really appreciated and helps me explain the benefits of a more expensive turntable to my peers that tend to think I'm crazy lol

[asaprocky]

A great comparison... pushing me over the edge for an SL-1200G.
Question: Wouldn't the addition of a sound/vibration absorbing mat under the feet of the player help significantly? I never see them mentioned or shown in videos dealing with audio equipment. Why so? Wouldn't that make for an interesting YouTube video presentation of your own using the same testing layout used in this Torture test of yours? Looking forward to the followup!

[white.lodge.dale.cooper]

Thanks so much for doing this; I appreciate the lengths SkyFi goes to just to please their clients, and even their subscribers. I sure wish you had a Chicago location; your 12-point cartridge setup would be worth it for piece of mind.

[gaborozorai]

No matter how well reviewed the SL1200 is I wonder how many audiophiles just cannot get over the DJ deck looks. Technics should make a purist version. Like the 1500 but retaining the 1200's materials and structure.

[mcgjohn]

pretty interesting test. table or room vibrations are part of the noise component. The other part is how well the chassis damps the vibrations coming down the arm from the cartridge. Have owned some high dollar belt drive tables and the 1200G and 1000R are quite a bit better sonically. they both get you closer to the sound of high speed tape.

[gnd]

The SL-1200G is a tank, the core parts running up to... and including the platter are far better.
Technics shows the difference in parts on some websites, they seem very honest about the price to parts difference.
Thank-you for doing this test.

[crazyprayingmantis]

This is way better than just having some goose claim what they can hear.

This type of video demonstrates it instead of simply making a claim.

[GBGOLC]

A really good simple test, I can see this working the same way in testing speaker isolation feet and furniture.

[Stelios.Posantzis]

13:30 They just have a different approach. It's not true that they don't put effort into minimizing the effect of external noise and vibration. Rega's approach is on the opposite side to the one Technics use: they're objective is to minimize mass and maximize rigidity. These two properties often oppose each other in the case of turntables. Rega doesn't care if the whole table is vibrating. What they care about is whether the stylus of the cartridge is vibrating with respect to the record surface when there is an external source of vibration. The relative motion of the stylus with respect to the record surface is what you hear and Rega wants that to be solely caused by what's on the record's grooves. A lot of effort goes into ensuring this is the case.

[johnparks]

Wow. This is great. I'm researching vibration absorption tweaks to reduce the noise floor of my turntable from the platform, the platter, the plinth, the record and the tonearm. This includes some DIY ideas. One of my DIY ideas is to put brass weights on the plinth to reduce vibrations to the tonearm. You phone app would be an excellent measuring tool to use for this. I have Denon DP-52F and a JVC QL-Y55F TTs.

[grey]

Pretty groovy demonstration. I'm still a little bitter that my sister's husband took the SL-1200MK2 my dad had from a failed restaurant. Yet, I am grateful I have a pair of SL-1200MK4s as well as some other decent skratch deejay friendly Reloop RP-8000MK2s and such. I don't have the budget for SL-1200G(AE)s but maybe someday! Regardless, Technics are considered a good choice for decades, for good reasons.

[nicola]

That’s really interesting, thanks! What would also be interesting is a comparison between the G and the GR2.

[madcrabber]

Would love a video specifically targeting "rumble" or woofer flutter etc. using speakers and subs.

[CREATINELUSTER]

Considering the price of a like new 1200mk2 is close to a 1500c, i wonder how they compare.

[robertasbenediktavicius]

Very interesting: I want will see same compramision with Tecnics and old icon turntable: Thorens 124, Garrard 301/401. 🙂

[jedi-mic]

You said you were going to leave a link about the app no link what's the name of the app?