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A shift to Audio-Technica’s VM-750SH MM didn’t airbrush the SL-1200GR2’s core qualities. The film scores compiled for LateNightTales: At The Movies [ALNLP62] were rendered with excellent detail, again with that dark background and feeling of space. In particular, the deep chants in Philip Glass’s Powaqqatsi had an emotional impact surely true to what he intended, while the deck’s pacing and separation shone with the dancing typewriters and samba rhythms of Michael Kamen’s ‘The Office’, from Terry Gilliams’ Brazil.

Considering the price tag here, it’s hard to find fault with the SL1200GR2. Its low bass might come across as a touch too controlled for some, but this is one of the elements that make this turntable so rhythmically secure. And if you have become accustomed to a more ‘rumblesome’ deck, Technics’ latest shows how it can be done…

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