![]() Let’s dig into my audio toy box!īefore I could do any of that, however, I had to get to the bottom of the 1200 vs. Not so much to review it, but to utilize it as an effective A/B tool for many of the analog products I have in my arsenal, everything from phono preamplifiers to cartridges to headshells to grounding wires to isolation devices to record clamps to record mats. Once those words were uttered into the universe, I realized that I did want to spend time with the Technics SL-1210GAE turntable. I don’t know if it was Scot who said it, or me, or some rando voice in my head. What am I gonna say, that this turntable is exactly like the turntable I’ve been using every day for the last two years, but in black? “The differences are supposed to be cosmetic only,” I reasoned with Scot. Mohammed Samji wanted to review it, and he got first dibs, but I was asked if I wanted a turn. Why Do I Need to Review the Technics SL-1210GAE and 1200G?Īt least that’s what I thought when Scot Hull first asked me if I wanted to spend some time with the 1210GAE. While the Technics SL-1210GAE costs exactly the same as the 1200G, $4000, one day it will be worth a lot more money. The older 1210s were made in smaller quantities than the 1200, which made them a “special edition.” Technics isn’t even being coy about that this time around-the GAE designation stands, of course, for Grand Anniversary Edition, which is what they did with the first run of 1200GAEs. The press info implies, however, that this is a new feature they may add to all future 1200s.īut here’s the real reason, at least in my opinion, why the Technics SL-1210GAE is possibly the “better” turntable. There’s one difference-there’s a new feature on the 1210GAE that turns off the strobe. ![]() That’s the difference between these two current record players from the Japanese electronics giant, the Technics SL-1210GAE and SL-1200G, the latter being the ‘table I’ve used as my reference for the last couple of years. Goes really well with all those Patrick Nagel prints you got hanging on the walls in your listening room, right? Back when the first 1210 showed up, black and gold was cool. The main difference between the old Technics SL-1210 and the Technics SL-1200 was that the 1210 came in black, with gold accents and markings and badges. But there was something in his answer that suggested, more or less, that the 1210 is the better ‘table, don’t really know why, but it’s widely accepted as true. You know, I don’t want to put words into this gentleman’s mouth fifteen or twenty years after the fact. ![]() “What’s the difference between it and the 1200?” I asked. Many years ago I visited the home of one of my fellow audio reviewers-he invited me over to hear a Technics that had a few mods but a very expensive cartridge on it-and he quickly corrected me the first time I muttered the number “1200.” I used to hear that argument all of the time, that the 1210 was the model the generals of the 1200 Army used, and then they’d get it all after-marketed out with Jelco arms and outboard power supplies and very, very special rubber feet and then they’d go onto the internet forums and challenge belt-drive TT enthusiasts to an A/B comparison. ![]() Why? Well, the classic Technics SL-1210 turntable was always better than the classic SL-1200, right? So it just stands to reason. ![]() Why do a comparison between the Technics SL-1210GAE and SL-1200G? Everybody “knows” the Technics SL-1210GAE Anniversary turntable, which was just released last year, is better than the Technics SL-1200G. ![]()
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