Technics SL-2000
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hi*ball
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Here is a link to all of the Technics turntables for reference:
http://www.vintagetechnics.co.uk/turntables.php
http://www.vintagetechnics.co.uk/turntables.php
Decent turntable, oddball since it does not belong to any line in any way.
- First, it is not the SL-1x00 line for obvious reasons, the 2.
And it does not belong to any other series either.
- The arm unlike any other Technics arms is black and shorter than usual (look up the specs in the manual)
- The cabinet and bottom material is different: no die cast alu and TNRC but plastic on wood
- The motor is different: no rotor on platter config but a regular all-in direct drive motor like the other brands have
- Usually with Technics a x0xx means silver, and a x1xx means black. Here it is 2000 and still black (same with the 1900, which for the rest is a Technics technically).
Hey guess what: it probably isn't made by Technics at all, but very likely by someone like CEC...
Still a very decent turntable that used to go for a low price.
- First, it is not the SL-1x00 line for obvious reasons, the 2.
And it does not belong to any other series either.- The arm unlike any other Technics arms is black and shorter than usual (look up the specs in the manual)
- The cabinet and bottom material is different: no die cast alu and TNRC but plastic on wood
- The motor is different: no rotor on platter config but a regular all-in direct drive motor like the other brands have
- Usually with Technics a x0xx means silver, and a x1xx means black. Here it is 2000 and still black (same with the 1900, which for the rest is a Technics technically).
Hey guess what: it probably isn't made by Technics at all, but very likely by someone like CEC...
Still a very decent turntable that used to go for a low price.
Eric Lloyd
Well-Known Member
Yea, this should be in Dollars and Sense but, assuming it is in good working condition, I might look for someone to ask one and a half for it. It looks like it might be a very good starter deck.
ETI_5000
Super Member
It was actually Technics’ cheapest direct drive turntable from the late-1970’s, so the current price should reflect that it was a lower level model. You can get a good idea by comparing its 6.1kg weight with the 12.5kg weight of the SL-1200MkII of the relative qualities of the two. Although it’s only half the weight, it’s somewhat better than that in performance, but you get what you pay for, and it cost around half the price when new, so don’t expect it to be in the same performance league.
From some turntable reviews by the same independent lab that I've catalogued, it came equal 47th best of 66 turntables tested using the same method for wow and flutter, equal 49th best of 81 turntables for unweighted rumble (very quiet – the SL-1200MkII only beat it by 2dB, and it was significantly quieter than most turntables of a similar price *), and was equal 43rd heaviest of 62.
So it wasn’t near the top in any category, but wasn’t embarrassed, and like many Technics models, was actually a leader for performance at its price point. You’d do far worse than to have chosen that as your first turntable when it was new.
* I suspect the former owner is confusing acoustic feedback, which he was probably experiencing, with rumble (mechanical noise picked up by the cartridge), unless he had a poor example which was faulty, as both the specifications (-70dB), and independent testing, showed it was rather quiet.
From some turntable reviews by the same independent lab that I've catalogued, it came equal 47th best of 66 turntables tested using the same method for wow and flutter, equal 49th best of 81 turntables for unweighted rumble (very quiet – the SL-1200MkII only beat it by 2dB, and it was significantly quieter than most turntables of a similar price *), and was equal 43rd heaviest of 62.
So it wasn’t near the top in any category, but wasn’t embarrassed, and like many Technics models, was actually a leader for performance at its price point. You’d do far worse than to have chosen that as your first turntable when it was new.
* I suspect the former owner is confusing acoustic feedback, which he was probably experiencing, with rumble (mechanical noise picked up by the cartridge), unless he had a poor example which was faulty, as both the specifications (-70dB), and independent testing, showed it was rather quiet.
best-groove
Active Member
Hi, I have owned this turntable.
When it was produced has detected a best-buy best sellers around the world, unfortunately, it is poor in materials and construction, and has big problems of acoustic feedback, after a couple of years I sold.
The friend who bought from me uses it even after 38 years of life.
When it was produced has detected a best-buy best sellers around the world, unfortunately, it is poor in materials and construction, and has big problems of acoustic feedback, after a couple of years I sold.
The friend who bought from me uses it even after 38 years of life.
Ken Winkler
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I bought My SL-2000 new in 1977 and it's still mint with no issues. Capable of running high compliance carts. I know it was one of the first to bring black turntables to N.America and they even called it the Black Beauty. I bought a spare but it is Dark Gray and noticeably different then the common black. Not painted as I have also seen others in the Dark Gray but I have been unable to determine why or when in the run, Panasonic changed the colour from Black to Gray. Anyone?
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best-groove
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@Ken Winkler
In my country and I assume throughout Europe it was only seen in black; never seen a gray one, I discover it only now.
Probable that in the world it was distributed only in one of the two colors according to the continent.
In my country and I assume throughout Europe it was only seen in black; never seen a gray one, I discover it only now.
Probable that in the world it was distributed only in one of the two colors according to the continent.
Ken Winkler
New Member
I agree, I think it must have been a country thing but I can find no information on it at all. All the ones here in Canada were black. I actually like the gray a lot and see them listed from time to time. Just strange no one seems to have picked up on this color change that Technics did on the SL-2000.
