Technics SL-DL1 - Review & Test!

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Direct drive and linear tracking fully automatic stereo turntable from Technics? Is this the coolest turntable ever? Check out this video to find out! The Technics Sl-DL1!
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@pcallas66 Год назад

That would probably be one of the best turntables you'll ever own. The tonearm is basically servo controlled as well. I'm so happy for you!!!

@StevenS757 Год назад

I'm also a big Technics fanboy. I was able to score a Technics SL-1900 and it's an amazing turntable. Needed minor repairs, but I got it working like a charm. Direct drive, strobe, adjustable counterweight, pitch adjust, quick-change headshell. Definitely better than most stuff on the market these days.

@stephenjerome4135 Год назад

These linear tracking turntables are so cool. I've got the Technics SL-3 belt drive TT and it sound awesome. I really love it.

@jmacdermott8871 Год назад

My main turntable hooked up to my big living room stereo is a Technics SL-5 which is very similar to this, although it uses mechanical switches to determine the size of the album as opposed to optics. It has an even smaller footprint than yours (barely larger than a record sleeve!). It has a "twist up" integrated 45 adapter, so the platter mat's hole is as big as a 45 adapter! It performs great and sounds great. I love these Technics linear machines.

@mistermac56 8 месяцев назад

I own a SL-DL1 that I bought new back in 1981. A family friend worked at a now closed Panasonic service center in our town for 20 years. He knows the Technics/Panasonic linear tracking turntables inside and out and he did a complete overhaul on mine two years ago.

@richardwhite2344 Год назад

Congratulations!!!! I am so happy and excited for you. In my opinion, I would not buy anything but Technics. I have a Direct Drive Quartz Technics Turntable, not linear tracking and it is 35 years old and working perfect, just like the rest of my Technics Audio equipment. They are very underrated and I have always felt the Technics name has never really received from people the recognition they deserve. I am sure you will have many years of joy with this beauty. Take care

@astroworfcraig9164 Год назад

It's easy to fall in love with a Technics turntable.

@jamesqueener4150 Год назад

I've had the same SL-DL1 since September of 1982. I've replaced three belts for the liner tracking and that is all in 40 years of use. I initially used Audio-Technica cartridges and then switched to the Ortofon 320 cartridge. I love the turntable and have consistently recommend it throughout the years.

@garretts91 Год назад

FYI that is the original Technics ground cable!

@neverknowit11 7 месяцев назад

There are coil under the circuit board for the motor. (there are the four soldered pads connecting the coils) The traces on the PC board are there to help govern the speed because it isn’t a quartz lock model.

@ronaldweed6103 Год назад

I love everything about this fine tt. Enjoy!! I totally understand why you love this tt,it's just Beautiful

@michellevey9608 3 месяца назад

I own a bunch. Traditional and linear. This gets the most play time. Simply perfect!

@SRX2004 Год назад

I love this turntable. Great review with lots of interesting information.

@stevesstuff1450 Год назад

Lovely turntable! These early '80s decks, and the linear-tracking, from Technics were brilliantly made and are super-reliable.....they sound pretty good as well..!! 😂 That direct-drive system used by Technics was very elegant; make the platter a part of the motor system, rather than riding on top of the motor. It made for very accurate speed stability, with very low (virtually inaudible) rumble. Great turntable; I hope it brings much pleasure to you many more years! 👍

@user-zx8de8op9l Год назад

My community college has one of this turntables, they forgot they needed speakers. Someone donated a massive record collection all of it jazz or big band.

@JD-lk7im Год назад

I like it a lot! Very nice spinner. A fabulous gesture indeed. Thanks for sharing it with us.Enjoy.

@nigelallwright194 Год назад

I have The Linear Technics SL - QL1 which I love

@stephenpritti2280 Год назад

Have 3

@george.mathieson2 Год назад

The quality of that turntable is perfect.

@batmandestroys1978 Год назад

Great Video!

@Recordology Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@retlaw7448 Год назад

Have FUN 🤘 with your new turntable!!! Happy Spinning from IOWA!!😁

@Recordology Год назад

Thanks! Will do!

@davidtoups4684 Год назад

I have an SL-DL5 that I bought back in the 80's when I was in high school. I tried several cartridges, but the one I liked the best was an Ortofon OMP10. I still have this setup, but haven't used it in 20+ years. Unfortunately no one seems to make new P-mount cartridges and I'm not sure I can get a replacement stylus for the Ortofon.

@nickmartinez7674 Год назад

I had a Technics SL-7 linear tracking turntable but had to sell it 12 years ago when I lost my job. 😭

@Taspens 2 месяца назад

What an amazing community

@Recordology 2 месяца назад

Indeed!

@patrickmurawski400 Год назад

Still have my Technics SL-210 belt drive manual! New belt and cartridge entry level but still works nice! Still mint about 1980! Love that strobe pitch!

@DAVIDGREGORYKERR Год назад

You have to have the lid down in order to play a record as the tonearm is part of the lid.

@chrisblackburn1872 Год назад

Great show I have been interested those type of turntables for a while just haven't the right one yet. 😎👍

@mileshigh1321 Год назад

I have seen Linear tracking turntables with a row of buttons on the front, so you can select individual tracks. But its a feature that is barely used and generally not missed!

@lostplanetradio Год назад

These are nice little linear turntables. Technics did not use the quartz lock, as you mention, so that pitch control is very useful. As these get older, you may need to "master adjust" the 33 and 45 speeds with the pitch adjustment "in the middle". Under the platter on the lower right side (and accessible through one of the big holes) there are 2 holes next to each other. Those holes drop down to potentiometers to adjust 33 (down left hole) and 45 (down right hole). Shine a light down to see where you can drop down a small flat head screwdriver - or plastic adjustment tool to carefully adjust the speed. You want to get the 33 rpm speed "locked" with the pitch "in the middle". You have to do this in tiny adjustments, since you have to spin up the turntable after adjusting. Once you get it "locked", then switch speed to 45 and without turning the pitch control, use the right pot to adjust 45 rpm like 33. Then when you switch speeds, you shouldn't have to adjust pitch too much.

@dmcintosh1967 Год назад

Audio Technica now makes a new models of a P- Mount cartridge as I bought a new one for my 80s liner tracking Sony. As the original one was replaced with an aftermarket cartridge. The cartridge that was on there required very expensive stylus of over $100.

@stephenpritti2280 Год назад

Have the Technics liner tracking Quarts SL-QL5 RCA cable's can come out great set

@creeder44 Год назад

Thanks for playing Laura's LP. It was cool to hear it on a linear turntable. BTW, it was pressed by Hand Drawn Press in Addison, Texas, which does great pressings, on 180 gram virgin vinyl. They put the "Welcome to 1979" on their records. I don't know the provenance of it. I remember when those turntables were around and being sold as the ultimate audiophile experience because they remained at a 90-degree angle to the groove all across the record. But I always wondered, if the master was cut with a pivoting tonearm, would that really be the most accurate tracking, especially when you were closer to the center?

@Recordology Год назад

That’s interesting! “Welcome to 1979” is actually a pressing/plating/mastering firm in Nashville. I wonder if the pressing plant outsourced the work to them? Anyway, very cool as always… And I fully agree with you about the cutting lathe, The more I’ve researched it seems that almost all records were cut in a linear fashion. More so than I thought. Thank you as always, for the wonderful record!

@creeder44 Год назад

@@Recordology Hand Drawn Press has their own pressing plant with all-new equipment, not leftover '80s presses, which is one reason why we went with them, and it was definitely pressed in Texas. But I don't know the significance of the "Welcome to 1979." In fact, until you pointed it out on a video, I'd never even noticed it was there, and it's our album!

@mescko 8 месяцев назад

@@Recordology The lathes that cut the acetate from which they make the metal stampers that press the LP do indeed travel linearly.

@johnclementi4224 Год назад

My vote for new colors are black and silver. They're classic Star Trek tricorder colors.

@patientdog1651 Год назад

I have a Revox B 795 which doesn't use a p-mount cartridge - this offers greater variety but cartridge replacement is very finicky.

@johnclementi4224 Год назад

Pretty neat turntable. And I agree I wish my Fluance had one of those slide pitch controls but so far mine has been keeping a constant speed. I also have a Technics SL Q200. I have no idea which cartridge it has. Any recommendations? BTW I'm loving my purple Recordology 45 adapter!

@MuzikJunky Год назад

I always had a problem with owning a turntable in which the tonearm was attached to the lid because I always felt that it cheapened the unit. Technics did make a couple of models in which that didn’t occur, but they’re rare. And thanks for 25:24! Peace.

@Trance88 Год назад

What an awesome gift! I have the more up-level brother to this unit, the SL-QL1 with Quartz lock. I've never wanted any other turntable since I've gotten it about 5 years ago. I put an Ortofon OMP cartridge on it with a Shibata stylus from LP Gear. The sound is AMAZING.

@Recordology Год назад

Very cool

@adamdavies163 Год назад

No they weren't all T4P mount cartridges, some (certain Aiwa's as an example) had a fixed cartridge and i've seen others with a 1/2 inch mount (Pioneer PL-L800 as an example).

@arronhopsburg8532 11 месяцев назад

I have an SL DL-1 I bought new in 1981. A few weeks ago the cueing stopped working. Any help finding a repair tutorial or service manual/parts source would be greatly appreciated. This unit had given me many years of trouble free service and I am reluctant to let it go. Thanks in advance and thank you Record-ology for the video.

@b.j.thomas3264 11 месяцев назад

I may be able to get one of these! I was told that it will (or should) need "lubrication". I am a mechanical dummy so where would be he best places to lubricate this model? Great review! Makes me want to get it. I had a JVC L-600 that no longer rotates, etc. and this looks virtually identical to it!

@mescko 8 месяцев назад

The lubrication spoken of is the tonearm mechanism in the lid. After all this time you should clean out all the old grease and apply new grease. You will likely also need to replace the drive belt. Service manuals for most of the better brands of these tables (certainly the Technics) are available from multiple sources. And I'm willing to bet there's enough videos here that you could figure it out without difficulty.

@scottbennett3119 Год назад

That record sounds great even on my cellphone!

@ewthomp Год назад

Wow...RIP purple adaptor!!! Glad I was able to snag both of them!!!

@Greg-et2dp Год назад

Record ology your vintage Technics SL DL1 Direc drive stereo turntable from early 80s is awesome my friend 😅😅😊

@daveandreahoward8203 Год назад

Sidenote: if there's any Recordolgy stickers floating around, I wouldn't mind grabbing a couple for my Randy Travis Memorial sticker area.

@alanhoughton6166 11 месяцев назад

Nice Video and nice turntable. I have one of these running at my office. It's in good shape, but I need to probably replace the belt that runs the arm back and forth and regrease the arm. Otherwise, it runs beautifully. I have a Stanton L727 (essentially a 680) cartridge running on it

@mescko 6 месяцев назад

A great cart, I've got a couple, one with a new hyperelliptical and one with an NOS Stereohedron. Wonderful sound!

@batmandestroys1978 Год назад

Great Channel!

@Recordology Год назад

Thanks!

@veb6814 Год назад

All I can say is " National Lampoon's vacation "

@charlesc920 Год назад

Linear tracking decks are interesting, there are more expensive ones, but these are on the decent priced end. I have a Sony PS-FL7II that found in a thrift store and use it in the living room. It's a drawer loading one, so it can be stacked too since it has no lid. Sounds great, but only drawback to these, especially if you have a sub in your sound system, is you hear the arm motor occasionally advancing the arm and then move faster in the runout before lifting. The extremely higher end ones try to avoid this by using bearings in the arm, even try to use air to make it float on the bearing. But those are way too expensive.

@scottbennett3119 Год назад

Thanks for making this thoroughly Informative video! I still have this table, and it is still working great. However, the rubber mat has begun to shed its oils and had gotten stiff. Wish I knew where to find a fresh replacement mat.

@alanhoughton6166 11 месяцев назад

I saw a seller on ebay from Britain selling them a while back. May be worth looking for them there. I didn't try them out, but they did have the holes for the sensors to work. Alternatively, could use a regular mat and just set the size manually on the bottom.

@derby378 Год назад

23:17 GREAT choice of music. More Laura Ainsworth, please!

@Greg-et2dp Год назад

Record ology I learn a lot from you about bying a used turntable 😅😅😅😊

@UncleDansVintageVinyl Год назад

I like linear-tracking turntables. I have a Technics, a Hitachi, and a Luxman. The Luxman is particularly sweet---but I think that it's in fact a Technics.

@mescko 6 месяцев назад

If you are referring the the Luxman PX-101 it was made by NEC. There was another Luxman linear that I believe was made by CEC.

@jasejj Год назад

Unfortunately no, not all linear trackers are p-mount, as I found to my cost when I bought a Kenwood - this has a proprietary cartridge with a stylus that's either completely unobtanium or, when there is one for sale is $70...

@turnmebackwards 7 месяцев назад

I have this turntable and it admits a lukewarm feeling on the turntable mat. Once played a Vinyl Record it feels slightly warm. Is this normal? I have used this player for 5+ years and replayed many of the same vinyl records and it hasn't warped them. Just something I have noticed with this turntable.

@Rebel9668 Год назад

I've always thought those linear tracking turntables were pretty neat but I was always afraid if I ever got one myself I'd have it torn up in no time and not have a clue of how to fix it so I've always shied away from them. I once had a boombox that all the buttons were servo controlled and I loved it while it lasted, but the servos stopped working in a couple years and then it just became frustrating as other, older cassette decks I had had normal buttons and still worked.

@DAVIDGREGORYKERR Год назад

It is strange that there is no multi-way ribbon cable to allow control of the cassette deck.

@DAVIDGREGORYKERR Год назад

ORTAPHON T4P cartridges will work with that unit.

@arnoldtolker3505 Год назад

Cooler Player! :-)

@AG-bp3ll Год назад

I ran across a restored one of these but have heard nothing but horror stories from the two people I know that had these back in the 80's. When they work they are amazing but they are finicky. Both people got rid of them after needing repairs over and over and went back to the standard record players of the day. They may have just had bad units though. Something like this was far out of my budget in the 80's and 90's. The one detail I remember is the horror when the record would finish and the linear stylus would not raise up properly and would put a huge scratch across the record when returning.

@scottbennett3119 Год назад

Mine still works great.

@greatvocals Год назад

I have an SLQL5. Unfortunately it no longer tracks correctly. Do you know of a source to fix these turntables?

@jacknjill3000 Год назад

Is there an older technics from this era that’s all metal or aluminum and even more compact. I’m looking at the Sony pS-q7 for its cool factor and I remember checking on a TT like the one I described about 5 years ago and completely forgot. Anyone know that model?

@mescko 6 месяцев назад

You are thinking of either the SL-7 or SL-10. There was a track-programmable version of the SL-10, the SL-15.

@DAVIDGREGORYKERR Год назад

That is like the MARANTZ TT143 Turntable.

@samuelnason8585 Год назад

I had a Mitushi table like that one, hated it, it was fully automatic , but whenit was playing a arecord, its tracking got about halfway into the it, it started sounding terrible, dont quite know what was wrong with it. its tracking of the groove was off or something. it had no pitch control, so i think it was the problem.

@fredrickhaemker8434 6 месяцев назад

How do you adjust the stylus weight? I see the markings are an arrow and then some straight white lines.

@mescko 6 месяцев назад

These turntables use a standard called T4P which was pioneered by Matsushita (Panasonic/Technics). The goal was to, well, standardize the entire cartridge system. The T4P standard specifies a cartridge weight of 6 grams and a tracking force of 1.25 grams, as well as a set distance to the stylus tip. The cartridge has four pins that plug into the end of the tonearm. A screw going through the tonearm and cartridge secures it. No alignment is necessary, truly plug-and-play. It lends itself perfectly to a linear-tracking system as the cartridge mounts on the tonearm centerline. There were some pivot-arm tables made by Matsushita that used them, the SL-MA1 being a notable example. Makes cartridge rolling actually fun - unplug one, plug in another, go. There were a number of excellent T4P carts made using the bodies/generators of standard 1/2" mount carts including the Shure V15 family, the Stanton 680 and 880-series along with Pickering counterparts, ADC, Ortofon OM series (called OMP), several Empire model lines and even high- and low-output moving coil carts (the original Sumiko Blue Point was available as a 'P-mount'). They were supplied with an adaptor that allowed them to be mounted to a 1/2" tonearm. The 'arrow' is an LED that you use with the lines to move the tonearm to a desired point on the record.

@davidrlogana5964 Год назад

Cartridge on it a&p mount

@henryhealy Год назад

I’m considering buying a Technics SL-D2 for €100. The seller says it only needs a new stylus. Worth the pickup? My father has an SL-D2 also but he hasn’t used it for years unfortunately.