Buying Used Technics 1200.. What should I know?

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Posted by CarlosM on Nov-11-2002 03:31:

Buying Used Technics 1200.. What should I know?

Hi Guys, Well.. maybe ill be buying a pair of TTs mk2 1200 tomorrow, but I dont know how to check thems.. i mean.. i can see the paint, if the pitch works, the lights, the start/stop... but are there other stuffs that should I know?.. like the years of the TTS?.. and.. how can I know the year that the TT was made in the MK2 1200?

Thanks in Advance.

Posted by prestige on Nov-11-2002 05:59:

just check the strobe indicator, and see if the table is spinin right yo.

Posted by hey cheggy on Nov-11-2002 13:14:

I don't think it is possible to tell how old an mkII is. Obviously, if its an mk3, its easy, but mine has no marking of when it was made.

Obviously, check to make sure the pitches work right, but have a look at the tone arm and check to make sure it isn't loose. Make sure both the 33 and 45 buttons work, that the platter is flat and isn't warped at all, and put on a record and aply a little pressure down on it. See how powerful the motor is. Make sure that it hasn't warn out. It should slow down very breifly when you apply the pressure but after that, while you're still pushing down, the speed should remain relatively constant. Just check the strobe lights. Also, plug it into an amp and make sure that the cables are all working, especially the rca's. Check that you are getting stereo sound.

Posted by 531.am on Nov-11-2002 16:19:

make sure that you have no dents in the tonearm either...can't say how many times I've seen tonearms with dents in them and makes the quality suck ass!! But everything else listed above is standerd procedure

Posted by DJ Ezzian on Dec-02-2002 15:44:

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Originally posted by DJ Cubano
make sure that you have no dents in the tonearm either...can't say how many times I've seen tonearms with dents in them and makes the quality suck ass!! But everything else listed above is standerd procedure

What do you mean by "dents"?

Posted by Silky Silk on Dec-02-2002 19:41:

I shudder to think of the abuse that would be needed to actually dent or kink the tonearm... ugh

Posted by 531.am on Dec-02-2002 21:02:

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Originally posted by Silky Silk
I shudder to think of the abuse that would be needed to actually dent or kink the tonearm... ugh

you would be surprised at how abused I've seen tables. Almost makes me want to cry . They should creat a Technics rescue service world wide

Posted by CarlosM on Dec-09-2002 19:45:

http://ch.its.tudelft.nl/~kallen/sl1200/buying.html

Some tips there, before buy an Used technics.