Bought a mint Technics 1200 Mk2 !
08-23-2012, 12:42 AM
#1
Bought a mint Technics 1200 Mk2 !
Well, I've been looking for the longest time for a mint Technics 1200 MK2 in silver.
Finally someone emailed me last week and said they just got one for sale.
The story goes, the guy who sold it to me works for a local electronics store.
He got the turntable from a local Church, which they didnt need any longer.
The table hasnt been hardly used - I guess they only used it for special occasions or on any given Sunday.. LoL.
Anyways, from the serial number, it looks to be made in 1986.
Like I said this thing is near mint ! I would rank it a 9/10. It has some very minot scratches on the dust cover probably from wiping dust off of it. The table has no nicks anywhere !
It came with an old skool Stanton 500 MKII cartridge.
Anyways, on to some pics. ;-)
Finally someone emailed me last week and said they just got one for sale.
The story goes, the guy who sold it to me works for a local electronics store.
He got the turntable from a local Church, which they didnt need any longer.
The table hasnt been hardly used - I guess they only used it for special occasions or on any given Sunday.. LoL.
Anyways, from the serial number, it looks to be made in 1986.
Like I said this thing is near mint ! I would rank it a 9/10. It has some very minot scratches on the dust cover probably from wiping dust off of it. The table has no nicks anywhere !
It came with an old skool Stanton 500 MKII cartridge.
Anyways, on to some pics. ;-)
09-21-2012, 08:16 PM
#3
I just bought 3 rare NOS Stanton D50e MKII styli for my Stanton 500 MKII cartridge.
I read that these are the best ellipticals for Stanton 500 MKII carts and extremely rare nowadays.
I was looking to replace my Stanton 500 MKII cartridge with something newer, but I've read that these old skool Stanton 500 carts are pretty nice sounding as they are ! Replacing the spherical stylus it has with an elliptical will make my 500 near 'audiophile' quality.
Specs look decent on these stylus as well.
Stanton 500 E MK II Cartridges Reviews
Product Description:
Frequency Response: 10 to 22kHz
Output @ 1kHz: 3.0mV
Channel Separation @ 1 kHz: 35dB
Channel Balance @ 1 kHz: within 2dB
Tracking Force: 1 to 2 grams
Stylus Tip: Elliptical 0.4 x 0.7 mil
DC Resistance: 535 ohms
Inductance: 400 mH. Nom.
Cartridge Weight: 5.5 grams
Recommended Load: 47 kOhms, 275 pF
Replacement Stylus: D50E MkII
I read that these are the best ellipticals for Stanton 500 MKII carts and extremely rare nowadays.
I was looking to replace my Stanton 500 MKII cartridge with something newer, but I've read that these old skool Stanton 500 carts are pretty nice sounding as they are ! Replacing the spherical stylus it has with an elliptical will make my 500 near 'audiophile' quality.
Specs look decent on these stylus as well.
Stanton 500 E MK II Cartridges Reviews
Product Description:
Frequency Response: 10 to 22kHz
Output @ 1kHz: 3.0mV
Channel Separation @ 1 kHz: 35dB
Channel Balance @ 1 kHz: within 2dB
Tracking Force: 1 to 2 grams
Stylus Tip: Elliptical 0.4 x 0.7 mil
DC Resistance: 535 ohms
Inductance: 400 mH. Nom.
Cartridge Weight: 5.5 grams
Recommended Load: 47 kOhms, 275 pF
Replacement Stylus: D50E MkII
