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Upcoming Technics SP-10R (100th Anniversary Model)

Ok GAE owners, now you can sell your turntables, because upcoming Technics 100th Anniversary model will be a new version of the reference SP-10mk3 and they call it SP-10R. Finally!

http://www.technics.com/uk/about/press/releases/20170830-sp-10r/

"Berlin, Germany (30 August 2017) – Technics has today announced the launch of the Reference Class SP-10R, its most premium analogue, direct drive turntable to date, which is anticipated to hit the market in early summer 2018. The news comes as Technics unveils a prototype of the new, cutting-edge turntable with the world’s top-level* S/N (signal-to-noise) ratio and rotational stability for the first time at this year’s IFA."

"Reference Class Turntable Promising Outstanding Results

The SP-10R features a brand new, coreless direct drive motor which, in addition to the two-sided rotor drive system that was used in the SL-1200G, boasts stator coils on both sides of the rotor, for a more powerful and accurate sound."

"The heavy platter features a three-layer structure consisting of brass, aluminum die-cast and deadening rubber, just like the platter of the SL-1200G. By optimising the natural frequency of each layer, external vibrations are thoroughly suppressed resulting in a beautifully clear and crisp audio experience."

"The SP-10R also features a new ultra-low-noise switching power supply, which, compared to a power supply unit using a transformer, is better at suppressing unwanted humming sounds and vibrations. The power supply unit is separate from the main turntable, preventing unwelcome noise from being transmitted to the turntable unit, for a sharper and clearer sound."


FIRST VIDEO with SP-10R:

https://youtu.be/g0AjawoIqmg

https://youtu.be/DKuYVWl8TpY

https://youtu.be/dFXzMs-fb88

https://youtu.be/0U2xkWCiQZw


P.S. Should we expect $15 000 or more ? And the new plinth comin soon?

Power supply looks funny, but the design of the drive is great, i think we should wait for the new version of the EPA-100 soon. Good news the GAE was not the last turntable !!!






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chakster OP
6,144 posts
 
It depens on the musical taste, i like so called "black music", recorded and pressed in the USA in the 60s/70s, not in Europe. Shipping is $23-25 for 1 LP even if the record cost $10. Anyway, i pay for what i like. But taking shipping in count just prove that there are no more cheap records if they are not around the corner in the local recordshop or on the record fair, but they just don't have what i like. This is what my post is all about. Records that i like cost much less in the USA and prices for rare original pressings are getting higher every year on auctions (and they are not reissued). But this is just my situation with music that i like, can be different for those who're in the different music.     
inna
7,251 posts
 
The more expensive NM records are the better for me, to the point of course. Less competition. And since I need very few I won’t starve. Just today I bought from Japan a historical and groundbreaking record by McLaughlin/de Lucia/di Meola - Friday Night in San-Francisco-. Original Japanese pro. This is the best you can possibly get except master tape dub. Not NM but EX, should be very listenable, I bought from this man before. $80 including registered shipping from Japan. Big bargain. A few months ago I bought from the same man another great record by this trio - Passion Grace&Fire. Again, original Japanese pro in Mint condition, $90 including shipping. Big bargain. Digital recording and mastering but sounds so much better on Japanese vinyl. But I have $5 records too, not many though.
lewm
12,603 posts
 
My criterion for condition of a used LP is flawless surfaces on both sides, and they should reflect light pretty well, too.  Early on in my purchasing of used LPs, I would tolerate a scratch here and there or other signs of wear, but that proved to be a bad idea.

Inna, the term "original Japanese pro" is kind of an oxymoron.  The LP you describe was probably first issued in the USA and then re-issued by a Japanese company, albeit the Japanese re-issues are very often superior to the originals in sound quality.  Because one of our sons lives in Japan, I am fairly often there.  Prices on jazz are a bit higher than in the US, but on the other hand the condition of just about any used LP you pick up is usually mint.  The Japanese really take good care of their LPs, based on my experience purchases from audio stores in Tokyo.  Then too, such stores probably pre-screen the LPs before placing them on sale.  Anyway, I begin to understand what you guys are up against in buying used LPs.  On the other hand, we have Trump.  I'd rather pay $100 per LP and not have Trump.
inna
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Lewm, of course you are right. I meant Japanese first releases, often though not always there were Japanese reissues.
Friday Night was of course recorded in San-Francisco, but I have no idea where the master tape was and is. Passion Grace&Fire is a studio album that I think was recorded in Europe or mostly in Europe. Again, I don’t know the whereabouts of the master tape.
There are two first release Japanese pro records that I need badly but cannot find anywhere: Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inner Mounting Flame- and Al di Meola - Cielo e Terra-. There is supposedly one of the latter in Russia for $150. No thank you, I don’t know what I would get and return would be very problematic. Overpriced even for the NM copy too.
Trump is not for long, records last for at least over hundred years, and audiophile spirit will live forever, or close to it.
inna
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By the way, it should matter what kind of wood you use for the plinth. Since I belong to the school of tuners, it would be interesting to compare different woods and perhaps even different plinth shapes as well. And other details. Turntable is of course not a guitar or a violin but it is not a stone either. At this performance level experimentation is in order. I bet this Technics will not sound quite the same with Brazilian rosewood, African blackwood, ebony, kingwood etc. plinths. Not to mention the match with the arm. It's really a very complex sytem. Just give me that Studer and master tape dubs, vinyl is great for archive, though.
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