Technics 1210 mk2 vs. 1210 mk5 + Pickup question

azair · Post by **azair** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:51 pm

Hi all.

I see there's a markedly price difference between the Technics 1210 mk2 and 1210 mk5 and also with the 1210 m5g, what do you get for the extra money?

I have a pickup question too. I'm probably going to start out playing some House with "easy" beats to begin with, then I want to move to oldschool hiphop / funky soul and rnb and I'm probably going to be trying out scratching too. So what pickup(s) do you recommend me?

caeraphym · Post by **caeraphym** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:58 pm

Pickups?

Styli/cartridges you mean.

Shure do some nice solid cartridges, Stanton's are OK for starting out, but aren't all that, and Ortofon's are over priced.

If not try some hand wound '59 PAF Humbuckers...

ELLFIVEDEE · Post by **ELLFIVEDEE** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:01 pm

The MK5's have quartz lock, sunken power on/off switch (this is handy) and better wiring in the tone arm I do believe, but don't quote me on that!

If you can afford them, buy them, but if not MK2's are still beautiful turntables and the differences aren't massive.

As for pickups, do you mean needles? If so these are very nice all round cartridges:

http://www.shure.com/ProAudio/Products/ ... 4G_content

Hope this helps!

EDIT:

Depone wrote:...also a guarded power switch (to stop you brushing against it and turning it off. I have done this in mid set in blue mountain, Bristol )

Classic

d+ · Post by d+ » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:54 pm

shure whitelabels.

all day.

all night.

late at night.

ELLFIVEDEE · Post by **ELLFIVEDEE** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:21 pm

D+ wrote:shure whitelabels.

all day.

all night.

late at night.

If you have the money, then this. +10.

fattyknuckles · Post by **fattyknuckles** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:47 pm

use 447s or 44gs for acutual records and torq, if you're going to use serato/tractor use the ortifons made for digital djing.

hd4000 · Post by **hd4000** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:19 pm

1210m5g's have these few things that the others dont:

sunken power knob
+/- 16 pitch (although you can just hit one button and go back to

the pitch is digital and i personally feel it holds pitch better than any other turntable i have used.
another anti-skating adjustment for scratch dj's (the most important improvement in my book)
and of course they look awesome.

here is what the panasonic site says directly.

http://www.panasonic.com/consumer_elect ... 210m5g.asp

azair · Post by **azair** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:13 am

Thanks for all the replies, I'm very glad you all took your time to recommend me different things and comment on each others advices.

If I'm going to purchase new turntables from the store, I have to go for the 1210 mk2, but otherwise I'll keep an eye out for good 1210m5g deals. The problem is that I also need Traktor, so I want the turntables to be as cheap as possiple.

I want to spent 1000$ tops, I'll borrow a mixer from a friend of mine and I've got some nice speakers with a good amplifier. I have lots of nice tunes at my computer so that's good. The Technics has to be very cheap you see. hehe

FSTZ1 · Post by **FSTZ1** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 2:37 pm

D+ wrote:shure whitelabels.

all day.

all night.

late at night.

I totally agree

but if he's going to scratch, I reccomend the shure 447's

the fidelity isn't there but they are durable as fuck

and the MK5's have an expanded range of pitch as well

like +/- 16% or something like that whereas the 1210's are +/- 8 % <----Fixed

caeraphym · Post by **caeraphym** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:16 pm

FSTZ wrote:and the 1215's have an expanded range of pitch as well

like +/- 16% or something like that whereas the 1210's are +/- 12%

Confused?

1215s?

1210s with +/-12%, are you modding them, tweak the internal timing pots, or just mental?

FSTZ1 · Post by **FSTZ1** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:19 pm

Depone wrote:
Caeraphym wrote:
FSTZ wrote:and the 1215's have an expanded range of pitch as well

like +/- 16% or something like that whereas the 1210's are +/- 12%
Confused?

1215s?

1210s with +/-12%, are you modding them, tweak the internal timing pots, or just mental?

Yeah i was gonna say. They are +/-8%

haha

I'm mental!

I'm at work and I'm on some meds

I meant +/- 8 LOL

FSTZ1 · Post by **FSTZ1** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:24 pm

you've heard of drunk posting, that was a robotussin post

ninjadog · Post by **ninjadog** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:47 pm

1210 = black
1200 = silver

azair · Post by **azair** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:10 am

I saw a deal of some 1210 MK3, what is the difference between that and the MK2 and MK5? I don't see it on any websites.

ninjadog · Post by **ninjadog** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:34 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SL-1200

That ill do it.

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