Technics Turntables Owners Thread

[andyr]

36 minutes ago, stevoz said:

Purchased from Japan, it's 100V but my Tortech 100V step down transformer has two outlets, so all good there.

 

Just a caution:

• what's the VA rating (ie. watts) of your 100v step-down traffo?
• and how many watts of power will your SL1200GR2 and the other device plugged into it ... consume?

 

[stevoz]

21 minutes ago, andyr said:

 

Just a caution:

• what's the VA rating (ie. watts) of your 100v step-down traffo?
• and how many watts of power will your SL1200GR2 and the other device plugged into it ... consume?

 

 

The Tortech is a 1010w model.....Luxman amp 270w + Technics TT 11w = 281 watts in total.

 

I think I'll be ok.

[andyr]

7 minutes ago, stevoz said:

The Tortech is a 1010w model.....Luxman amp 270w + Technics TT 11w = 281 watts in total.

 

A kilowatt step down - very nice!  

 

Not that it will affect your power draw headroom ... but I'm surprised your Technics only draws 11w?  Being a. dd and b. relatively massive ... I would've thought it consumed more than that.  (Just as a matter of interest, I plugged my 'SkeletaLinn' motor speed controller into my "WattsClever" - and it read 14w when the platter was spinning.  And it's only driving two wimpy 24v Rega AC motors.   )

 

7 minutes ago, stevoz said:

I think I'll be ok.

 

Absoloootely.  

 

[Warren Jones]

13 hours ago, andyr said:

Not that it will affect your power draw headroom ... but I'm surprised your Technics only draws 11w?  Being a. dd and b. relatively massive ... I would've thought it consumed more than that.  (Just as a matter of interest, I plugged my 'SkeletaLinn' motor speed controller into my "WattsClever" - and it read 14w when the platter was spinning.  And it's only driving two wimpy 24v Rega AC motors.   )

 

 

 

The SP10mk2 PSU is 20w and it's motor has nearly 3 times more torque

[maxspl]

 

Steve Guttenberg review of the new SL1300G and comparing it to his own Technics SL1200G.

[stevoz]

Arrived today......more later.

 

[stevoz]

Will complete set up tomorrow after work.....got tired tonight and off to bed now.

 

Love the 'green' packaging. Not a molecule of polystyrene in sight!

 

[Herbs]

On 04/08/2024 at 10:57 PM, RankStranger said:

currently running an AT VM540 on the 1200

I'm using the same cart on a stock 1200.

I reckon it sounds pretty good.

I've also been thinking about a service/upgrades for my 1200. Probably due for an oil up. Been going strong for 20 years. 

[stevoz]

Seeking a word of advice.....I have set up my new Japan sourced 100V Technics TT and am about to plug the supplied power lead into the step down transformer but have noticed that there is a small, I assume, ground wire coming out of the 'plug in' end (similar to the example in the photo below) and was wondering if I have to attach that to anything (likely on the transformer) before powering up the TT or if it can be just left as is?

 

NB: The connector on the end of the wire on my plug has a removable protective plastic cover on it.

 

Also NB: I also can't see anything on the transformer that I could connect this wire to.....so I am assuming it can be just left as is.

 

Edited October 9, 2024 by stevoz

[stevoz]

Here's the 'end game' music system now complete (analogue chain at least, the CD player may well change, I have something in mind).

 

The new TT was so easy to set up.....but not firing it up until I get the advice requested above, just to be sure....to be sure!

 

[andyr]

58 minutes ago, stevoz said:

Seeking a word of advice.....I have set up my new Japan sourced 100V Technics TT and am about to plug the supplied power lead into the step down transformer but have noticed that there is a small, I assume, ground wire coming out of the 'plug in' end (similar to the example in the photo below) and was wondering if I have to attach that to anything (likely on the transformer) before powering up the TT or if it can be just left as is?

 

NB: The connector on the end of the wire on my plug has a removable protective plastic cover on it.

 

Also NB: I also can't see anything on the transformer that I could connect this wire to.....so I am assuming it can be just left as is.

 

 

Given that's a 2-pin US mains plug ... it's hard to imagine what that green wire can be connected to, inside the plug!!  

 

[stevoz]

22 minutes ago, andyr said:

 

Given that's a 2-pin US mains plug ... it's hard to imagine what that green wire can be connected to, inside the plug!!  

 

 

Well, imagine that it's a Japanese two pin mains plug (which looks totally similar) as is on my new TT, with that wire.....can said ground/earth wire just be left unattached to anything. I'm just not a power expert.

 

Also, my 100V Luxman amps power lead doesn't have one of these wires, I just plugged it straight into the transformer and away I went, so I am assuming that this earth wire can just be left 'dormant'., ie: that the new TT doesn't need to be earthed.

Edited October 9, 2024 by stevoz

[andyr]

18 minutes ago, stevoz said:

Well, imagine that it's a Japanese two pin mains plug (which looks totally similar) as is on my new TT, with that wire.....can said ground/earth wire just be left unattached to anything. I'm just not a power expert.

 

It's hard to say!  Being a wire poking out of the plug ... it really shouldn't be connected to either of the prongs - as you could electrocute yourself!

 

18 minutes ago, stevoz said:

Also, my 100V Luxman amps power lead doesn't have one of these wires, I just plugged it straight into the transformer and away I went, so I am assuming that this earth wire can just be left 'dormant'., ie: that the new TT doesn't need to be earthed.

 

Your new TT may well need to be earthed - but that green cable won't perfom that task!  

 

Just part of the joy of using US/Japanese gear in Oz!  

 

[cafe latte]

1 hour ago, stevoz said:

Seeking a word of advice.....I have set up my new Japan sourced 100V Technics TT and am about to plug the supplied power lead into the step down transformer but have noticed that there is a small, I assume, ground wire coming out of the 'plug in' end (similar to the example in the photo below) and was wondering if I have to attach that to anything (likely on the transformer) before powering up the TT or if it can be just left as is?

 

NB: The connector on the end of the wire on my plug has a removable protective plastic cover on it.

 

Also NB: I also can't see anything on the transformer that I could connect this wire to.....so I am assuming it can be just left as is.

 

Read the instructions the GR and the G have a switch mode power supply it says,so in the instructions so you don't need a step down transformer as thry work 100v or 240v 50 or 60 Hz.

Chris

[cafe latte]

47 minutes ago, andyr said:

 

Given that's a 2-pin US mains plug ... it's hard to imagine what that green wire can be connected to, inside the plug!!  

 

 

[April Snow]

1 hour ago, stevoz said:

Here's the 'end game' music system now complete (analogue chain at least, the CD player may well change, I have something in mind).

 

The new TT was so easy to set up.....but not firing it up until I get the advice requested above, just to be sure....to be sure!

 

 

Congratulations  it looks beautiful sitting there, hope you get hours of love out of it just as I do my Technics 

[andyr]

1 hour ago, cafe latte said:

 

 

And so?

 

[stevoz]

1 hour ago, cafe latte said:

Read the instructions the GR and the G have a switch mode power supply it says,so in the instructions so you don't need a step down transformer as thry work 100v or 240v 50 or 60 Hz.

Chris

 

But I bought it from Japan, so it's a 100V only model....I see no switch.

 

All I need to know is do I have to use that green earthing lead for anything?

 

Japan has plug outlets that look similar to this (see below.....ignore the 125V rating on it), where the green wire is attached to the bottom bit to ground it, otherwise most of their appliances have two pin plugs and no green earth wire. I have read that because Japan's voltage is so low at 100V.....most things do not need to be earthed?

 

Edited October 9, 2024 by stevoz

[andyr]

16 minutes ago, stevoz said:

All I need to know is do I have to use that green earthing lead for anything?

 

Yes - that is the million $$$ question!   (Or should I say ... the life or death question!   )

 

16 minutes ago, stevoz said:

I have read that because Japan's voltage is so low at 100V.....most things do not need to be earthed?

 

You can prove - or disprove - this by grabbing the end of that green wire, when the TT is plugged into your step-down traffo!  Are you a man ... or a mouse!  

 

[cafe latte]

25 minutes ago, stevoz said:

 

But I bought it from Japan, so it's a 100V only model....I see no switch.

 

All I need to know is do I have to use that green earthing lead for anything?

 

Japan has plug outlets that look similar to this (see below.....ignore the 125V rating on it), where the green wire is attached to the bottom bit to ground it, otherwise most of their appliances have two pin plugs and no green earth wire. I have read that because Japan's voltage is so low at 100V.....most things do not need to be earthed?

 

The turntable does not have a transformer psu it is a switch mode psu. There is no switch you can plug it in to 100v or 240v 50 or 60 Hz the psu deals with it no actual switch.

Google switch mode psus it is automatic.

Chris

[cafe latte]

46 minutes ago, andyr said:

 

And so?

 

Google switch mode power supplies.

They deal with 100 to 240 automatically.

Chris

[andyr]

15 minutes ago, cafe latte said:

Google switch mode power supplies.

They deal with 100 to 240 automatically.

Chris

 

Aah, OK!  

 

[stevoz]

39 minutes ago, cafe latte said:

The turntable does not have a transformer psu it is a switch mode psu. There is no switch you can plug it in to 100v or 240v 50 or 60 Hz the psu deals with it no actual switch.

Google switch mode psus it is automatic.

Chris

 

The sticker on the back of the unit only mentions 100V, not 240V so I think I'll use the transformer @ 100V to be safe.....so I just not worry about the green wire then? That's still the crux of my inquiry.

Edited October 9, 2024 by stevoz

[Herbs]

Only one way to find out.

[Fenda]

The green wire probably goes to the centre terminal of the IEC connector on the power lead, you can test it for continuity with a multimeter set to ohms with the power lead not connected to anything