{"id":23927,"date":"2020-09-08T18:59:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T18:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intek-hifi.com\/?p=23927"},"modified":"2020-09-20T16:48:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T16:48:13","slug":"technics-sl-1000r-turntable-superlative-accomplishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intek-hifi.com\/en\/technics-sl-1000r-turntable-superlative-accomplishment\/","title":{"rendered":"TECHNICS SL-1000R Turntable Superlative Accomplishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One company that has returned to the fray, after several decades of quiescence on the vinyl front, is Technics, the Japanese firm that was once an omnipresent force in turntable design and widely viewed as the progenitor of direct drive. Now, under the stewardship of its parent company Panasonic, it\u2019s once more offering a number of turntables at different price points, with the direct-drive SL-1000R at the top of its lineup, what Technics calls its \u201cReference Class.\u201d The \u2019table features a separate motor controller, and can be customized to accept up to three tonearms.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<br \/>\nI asked him, for example, whether noise transmission from the motor wasn\u2019t an insuperable problem. He was having none of it. According to Itani, \u201cthe transmission of noise is not a problem with direct drive. It\u2019s only a false rumor from the unreasoned negative campaign of the \u2018belt lovers.\u2019 The electro-magnetics from the circuit are very low and attenuated in the plinth. There is no effect upon the cartridge or phono cables. If you have some doubt about the transmission of the motor, please show me the proof.\u201d For good measure, he added that there is no way to match the rotational precision of direct drive: \u201cNo one in the industry has ever achieved such a sophisticated servo system for a turntable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013<br \/>\nThe only caveat I would offer is that the Technics errs on the pristine side, which is to say that it is very uncolored and precise. Careful cartridge matching is a must with a \u2019table of this quality. Some listeners may gravitate to a fuller-sounding cartridge like a Koetsu with the SL-1000R. But the overall performance of the Technics is so compelling, particularly at its price point, that it represents a superlative accomplishment. As Itani put it in his concluding remarks to my questions, \u201cPlease check the sound quality of the SL-1000R. You will find it has very high S\/N and produces every micro-dynamic of the music, without any hint of `transmission noise.\u2019\u201d How right he was.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Jacob Heilbrunn | Jun 19th, 2020 | The Absolute Sound<\/p>\n<p>Link to product: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technics.com\/us\/products\/reference-class\/direct-drive-turntable-system-sl-1000R.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Technics SL-1000R<\/a><br \/>\nLint to review: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theabsolutesound.com\/articles\/technics-sl-1000r-turntable-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Absolute Sound<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One company that has returned to the fray, after several decades of quiescence on the&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[171,172,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.6 - 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