Technics SL-1210GR2 vs. SL-1210GR: What’s The Difference?

[@timoleary5815]

Your title is wrong, those are SL-1200's, not 1210's. I wanted to see the changes side by side of the black additions as they've changed from the 1210GR to the 1210GR2

[@marklaurint7492]

When are they going to upgrade the cheap plastic tonearm lift system? The 40+ year old SL 1100A lift was light years ahead.

[@robertendsley8312]

AGREED!!! Worst tonearm lift around. Love my brand new SL-100 C but that tonearm lift!! Hoping maybe it will "loosen up" a bit. Even the tonearm lift on the Pioneer PLX 500 / 1000 are light years ahead of the Technics. All that trickle down engineering and they cannot develop a better solution.

[@TemujinScott80]

Wow! What a pleasant surprise review. I have both tables and love them both!

[@billpeel181]

I paused the video at the 5:57 mark and studied the graph. It compares speed fluctuations at the platter"s edge at 33 1/3 rpm. Of interest is the vertical scale. Max fluctuation occurs around 2 Hz (for both units) with magnitude of 2.0E-4 m/s. That's 0.00002 m/s. I'm fairly confident I wouldn't be able to hear the difference.

[@Mike-lp2th]

Strang, B&H photo in NYC has the GR on sale for $1499 with a struck thru $1799 and a put list for the GR2 of $2199. Looks like I got chumped into believing I was saving $300 when in actuality the list price for GR is $1499.😤

[@meganoid_9001]

Hi, thanks for your video. I just have two questions for you. First, you mentioned that Technics has made a considerable investment to improve the performance of the GR and develop the GR2. Can you please provide a figure for that investment? $100k, $1M, $5M, etc.? Second, is the noise that the GR2 eliminates, which the GR cannot, audible to the human ear? If so, could you provide evidence of this? Thank you in advance.

[@MartinLeigh-y9t]

Sounds very could you please send me a send me catalogue thank you

[@duczmal]

1200 mk2 - 3 Layer - alu, bcm, real Heavy rubber 1200 m7 - 2 Layer - alu, cheep light plastic (with Steel Plate inside for more weight 🤣 1200 gr gr2 - 2 Layer - alu, bcm very Heavy plastic bottom 1200 G - 4 Layer - Alu, Alu, bcm, real Heavy rubber + very Heavy plattter with brass insert + Magnesium tonearm + Motor is a twin rotor design with a very high torque - weight 18kG So the G Model is the real sukcessor of the mk2 Model kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaenipV4n892g9ksi=l5cV2tCLRnGIH0hw

[@QoraxAudio]

Yes that's correct and the tonearm of the 1200G is also much more like the MK2. The tonearm on the MK7 and GR/GR2 looks the same from the outside, but the insides are significantly simplified, resulting in a tonearmlift that feels much more flimsy. I've owned an MK2 and MK4 in the past and now own a 1200G and 1200M7L (white MK7) - I opened all of them to check the insides.

[@JumbleTasteSpinning]

1200GR and 1200G same bottom rubber layer, NOT plastic.

[@QoraxAudio]

@@JumbleTasteSpinning 1200G has rubber, 1200GR has BMC.

[@duczmal]

@@JumbleTasteSpinning no True i got g and GR2

[@QoraxAudio]

@@duczmal Nice, I have the 1200G and 1200M7L, which is a white MK7. How's the GR2? Are the improvements really what they're cracked up to be? I've found a nice deal on a GR2, so I've been considering to add it to my collection, but the difference between the GR2 and GR seem so small...