Technics - SL-Q202 - Semi-Automatic Quartz Phase Locked Direct Drive Turntable

Technics SL-Q202 Semi-Automatic Quartz Phase Locked Direct Drive Turntable. Cleaned and tested in excellent operating condition. Graded NM (Near Mint) for only light signs of age and wear. The SL-Q202 offers excellent sound reproduction, clean torque, smooth controls and killer vintage Hi-Fi good-looks!
Specifications Year: 1981 Country: Japan
Platter: 312mm aluminum die-cast Motor: ultra low speed brush-less DC Wow and flutter: 0.025% WRMS Rumble: -78dB Tonearm type: S-shaped, Static Balanced Tube Effective length: 230mm Overhang: 15mm Dimensions: 430 x 106 x 375mm Weight: 6.5kg

Still rocks the S shaped tone arm as later incarnations of this go to a less complext mechanism and straight arm into the mid 80s.

The platter is much lighter than the 1200 (no heavy damping under it) and the circuit board that holds the Direct drive mechanism is like the 'lite' version of the 1200 series - when platter is removed it is a neat and tidy work of electronic art. There is much less mass to this turntable than the more expensive models such as the 1200. The tone arm does not have height adjustment. There is no fine adjustment of the speed but sports Quartz lock . 33 and 45 no 78. A real sleeper turntable looks unassuming but it's high art / high economy value from Technics and does the job excellent. Sports the same headshell tech as the best Technics turntables , cartridge options sky is the limit.