Technics SL-1200GME/SL-1210GME turntable $6599 Review

August 15, 2026 § Leave a comment

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I spent an afternoon playing a handful of familiar tracks with a variety of cartridges, including the relatively new Nagaoka MP-700 (review coming soon). As is the case with my other Technics turntables, swapping cartridges is easy: Just set the antiskate to 0, adjust the counterweight to 0 (meaning the cartridge is floating with the tonearm parallel to the platter), then dial in the recommended tracking weight and set the antiskate accordingly (footnote 7). (The tonearm height may need to be adjusted so that the arm is parallel to the record surface while playing a disc; this process is clearly explained in the user manual.) I confirmed the accuracy of the Technics counterweight dial with my digital scale.

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