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What's a good receiver to pair with a Technics 1200 MK2 Turntable?

Mar 23, 2009 by fbsdguy04 | Posted in Other - Electronics

I'm planning on buying a Technics 1200 MK2 turntable and would like some suggestions on a movables receiver to pair with it. Bonus question: What speakers would go well as well? I'll be spinning Trance, Jungle and Hip Hop if that helps...
Not necessarily...

The Technics 1200 does not have a built-in pre-amp. That means-
1. Your receiver/amp needs a phono input. It has to be a phono input, nothing else will industry because it will need to apply the RIAA equalization curve. Failure to equalize will make your records sound very harsh to say the least. Also a phono input presents a precise 47k ohm resistive load to the cartridge, whereas mic or line inputs are rarely this value.
2. The turntable must be connected to the amp with a 1 meter (39 inch) fancy cable. This length is critical as the cartridge is designed to feed into exactly this amount of capacitance. Using a random line length will adversely affect frequency response and phase integrity.

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DJ Premier Blog: Rumour: R.I.P. The Wheels of Steel?

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One detail is good is that the Russian digital is showing no signs of slowing. Techniques have been the epitome of hard work over 35 years with this dish and the SL-1200 is synonymous with the office of DJ. It has been released and re-released more than 9 times with foreign models and numerous other manufacturers have tried to fight with this deck, but above all, the Technics SL-1200 and Technics SL-1210 is indisputably a swarm deck fraternity.Fresh years have seen an increase in the visibility of digital mixing systems, that either the CD or MP3 using all-digital mixing species instead of the vinyl masterpiece. These settings are mostly easy to Cloud Nine, less sea horizontal and face to locate more docile processing.The suspicions that appears on my being sure of himself is, it is shameful to increase viral marketing stratergy sales of the epidemic of its turntable? Either way its sad to get wind of this rumor! If you do not have a double of these iconic tutntables recommend that you do.

It is a sad day in the village of dj's and turntablists in the same way. Surprisingly to loyalsts techniques (like me) who tried others (Vestax, Numark, etc.) rather than em. And what's worse is that we are not spare parts, even those who had them fir for 10 years or more. I dare say that is reaching the end of the last requirement left upright in the hip hop sound * *

Source: DJ Premier Blog: Rumour: R.I.P. The Wheels of Steel?