Has anyone ditched their belt drive deck for a SL1200G?

Inspired by this photo on another forum.

 

Never mind that Nic how does she sound?

 

Saw a 1200g in the flesh for the first time today- it oozed quality. A thing of beauty.

 

This is actually my 1200G (w/ Jelco TK-850S and Koetsu Urushi Sky Blue). The only thing I've changed is the mat, which is now an Auditorium 23 Hommage mat. Infinitely better sounding than the stock rubber and best of all, no more static.

Here it is with the A23 mat in place:

 

How much are these Jelco arms and will any of them match a 1200G or GR ?

What about the standard arm ? Guess it has no re- sale value and nice having the day a deck resale is needed (if ever)

 

Well they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder .....

 

Yeah, I must admit I've never found these decks particularly stylish. In fact they look like pretty much any middle of the road Japanese turntable from the seventies.

 

My Jelco TK-850S was around $1,200. Not sure what you mean when asking if they match the 1200G, as there is a picture above showing the Jelco on the 1200G.

As for the stock arm, I’ll hold onto it in case I ever sell the 1200G. It has no value to anyone because it can only be used on a 1200G due to the way it’s attached to the RCA outputs and is removed as one piece.

 

Thanks for reply
I meant is there room for cable, bits, hole in armboard etc ?
Is it sort of fit and forget - anything to be aware of, arm-size etc.? (seen a good priced 9" Jelco at a dealer nearby)
Does above vote for 1200G only or GR too ?

 

I used the Ammonite Audio armboard, which is so fantastic and basically looks stock. There is plenty of room there for the Jelco and outside of taking out screws and putting them back, there's not much to do to put the new arm on. I do know that if you tried using an SME 309, IV or V, you'd have some difficulty fitting a tonearm cable, because of SME's weird, right angle DIN connector. But with the Jelco have a DIN connector that goes straight down, there's no issues at all.

I can't say if the the above pertains to the 1200GR, as I only know that it works on the 1200G.

 

Looks superb, hope you didn't, mind me sharing.

 

No, don’t mind at all. Glad it inspired you!

 

That does look stunning!

 

It's interesting that you mention CD. It's not just turntables but speakers and Hi-Fi in general is getting more clinical. Designers are using computermebobs and other tech wizardry to refine and sanitise products. Technically, they are better. Technically, they have less distortion so are more accurate but something is being lost.

The RP10 is a better turntable than the LP12, well mine anyway, and I don't want to go back but there is an element of what I might describe as 'organic fluidity' which has been lost. At the moment anyway, I've not yet found a way to get it back without compromising other things too much.

Older products had more 'soul', and it wasn't always a bad thing. I the early days, classical listeners jumped on CD with giddy delight while I hated the damned things.

 

are we? And the rega sound signature is quite different to the Technics. It's a free choice to find what suits your music and your system?