Technics SL-120 Thread

[mr_rye89]

Well the Rek O Kut ended up having wayyyy too much rumble, so I revisited this thing. It originally was an SL-1200mk1 sold without a tonearm, or optioned with an SME 3009 (don't ask me which one!). I put an SL-1200mk2 tonearm on it cuz cheap and easy.

I have a fetish for 78s, so my turntable must be a 3 speed. This early direct drive turntable isn't quartz locked and has a pretty simple frequency generator servo motor control system with fully discrete electronics. EZ to mod for 78 rpms

 

[mr_rye89]

Yeah the 78 mod is a 1k resistor in parallel with R27 (6.2k) and a spst switch. Close switch, put 'table in 33, fine tune speed with the 33 pot under the platter and the normally accessible pitch control pot and a stroboscope.

Switch on the side

1000 hrs in ms paint

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

Looks like quite the stack of stuff, is that the platter or is it several layers of?????

 

[mr_rye89]

Looks like quite the stack of stuff, is that the platter or is it several layers of?????

Just the platter itself and the extra thicc Technics rubber mat that came with it, damn thing is 1/4 inch thick.

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

I guess as long as you can get the arm level all is good.

 

[mr_rye89]

I also got a package from KAB today.......1200 fluid damper with some thick ass silly-cone oil

Note the paddle on the rest thingy in the trough (filled with silly-cone)

This is a great mod for this arm, lives up to the hype! Be sure you're sitting down when you give it the first listen

 

[mr_rye89]

I guess as long as you can get the arm level all is good.

Yep VTA is fully adjustable with a wide range

 

[laatsch55]

The Black Widow had that trough too...

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

I use the trough to keep my nickels in for tone arm weights.

 

[mr_rye89]

I use the trough to keep my nickels in for tone arm weights.

That's how you balance Gray/Micro-Trak tonearms lol

I still have that Ortofon Concorde with an OM10 stylus on it, I may grab a 20 or 30 stylus for it, and there's also the new Concorde Music Bronze that looks cool.....

 

[Gepetto]

Is that the anti-skate mechanism for the arm? Isn't it a dust collector over time?

 

[mr_rye89]

Is that the anti-skate mechanism for the arm? Isn't it a dust collector over time?

No just an aftermarket oil dampening system, it does something beneficial with the tonearm resonance, also makes tracking bad warps a breeze. And I gotta buy a dust cover now.....

 

[J!m]

I have one for the MA-505 arm but they always break from lifting the arm too fast. Mine’s still empty.