Denon - DP-1200 Record player

Beautiful direct drive turntable by Denon from the golden era. Both technically and visually in excellent condition. The turntable has been mechanically fully checked, with no malfunctions whatsoever.

Complete with original.

Type: direct drive player system
Phono Motor Section
Drive system: direct drive by AC servo motor.
AC torque motor
Number of revolutions 33 1/3 rpm, 45 rpm
Speed adjustment range: +/- 3% or more
Signal-to-noise ratio 75 dB or more (DIN-B)
Wow and flutter 0.018% wrms or less
Start-up characteristic: constant speed within half a revolution.
Turntable 30 cm aluminum die-cast, 1.1 kg
Inertial mass 160 kg / cm2
Speed control system; servo system by frequency detection.
Tone Arm Section
Type: Static balance type
Effective length 244mm
Overhang 14mm
Tracking error: 2.5 degrees or less
Needle pressure variable range 0 to 2.5g per 1 rotation.
1 scale 0.1g, direct reading system
Applicable cartridge dead weight range: 5g to 11g.
Shell dead weight 9g (excluding mounting screws and nuts)
Arm height adjustment range: 38 to 43 mm (from cabinet surface to arm pipe center).
Head connector EIA standard 4P connector
Arm lifter
Oil dump type
Output code Low capacity cord
Cartridge Section
Type MM Type Stereo Cartridge
DL-8A
Output voltage: 3 mV (1 kHz, 50 mm/s, horizontal)
Lateral sensitivity difference within 2 dB (1 kHz)
Left-right separation 20 dB or more (1 kHz)
Compliance 8x10^-6 cm/dyne
Needle tip 16.5 micron (0.65 mil) round diamond needle
Needle pressure 2 ± 0.3g
Playback frequency range 20 Hz to 30 kHz
Dead weight about 5.7g
Applicable load resistance: about 50kΩ
Applicable Load Capacity About 100 pF
Exchange needle DSN-42 (0.65 mil Round Diamond Needle)

Power 100 V AC, 50Hz/60Hz
Power consumption 9W
External dimensions: Width 485 x Height 163 x Depth 375 mm (with dust cover closed)
Weight approximately 10 kg

A record player equipped with an auto lift mechanism for ease of use without compromising the basic performance of a direct drive player.

A direct drive system is adopted as the drive system.
Since there are no rotational flutter mechanisms such as belts and idlers, there is no wow transmission or rumble caused by them, and no parts that cause abrasion or deformation, so initial performance can be maintained for a long time.

DENON's proprietary high-precision magnetic recording detection method is used to detect rotational speed.
DENON's unique method records 1,000 high-precision pulse signals on a magnetic material coated inside the turntable rim and detects them with a magnetic head to control the rotational speed. Thus, even if load conditions such as needle pressure or arm position change, or even if external conditions such as power supply voltage, frequency fluctuation, or humidity change, the rotational speed hardly varies.

An AC servo motor is used as the drive motor.
In principle, AC motors rotate more smoothly than DC motors, and they are superior in terms of rumble and wow flutter.