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Technics SL-1400

Semi-Automatic Direct Drive Turntable - mkI Servo control (1976) - mkII Quartz locked (1977-78)

Technics SL-1400

Description

Equipped with the same smooth, silent auto-return tonearm control mechanism and output muting circuit as the SL-1300, the semi-automatic SL-1400 meets most audiophiles needs.

Automatic output muting cuts off irritating noise caused when the stylus is set down or lifted off the disc and is most effective when the tonearm is being manually operated with the cueing lever.

Specifications

Type: semi-automatic turntable

Drive method: direct drive

Motor: ultra low speed brushless DC motor

Control type: servo control (mk1), quartz locked (mk2)

Platter: 330mm, 2.5kg, aluminium alloy diecast

Speeds: 33 and 45rpm

Pitch control: 10% (mk1), 20% (mk2)

Wow and flutter: 0.03% WRMS (mk1), 0.025% WRMS (mk2)

Rumble: -70dB (mk1), -73dB (mk2)

Tonearm: universal, s-shaped, tubular

Effective length: 230mm

Overhang: 15mm

Offset angle: 21.5 degrees

Dimensions: 139 x 366 x 453mm (mk1), 145 x 384 x 453mm (mk2)

Weight: 8.1kg (mk1), 11.8kg (mk2)

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mkII service manual (en)

mkII instruction/owners manual (en)


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Comments

te chnics sl 1400 mk2

the platter is not coming off and the whole unit is on a floating system and sometimes when i try to move it slightly the floating system goes off balance now there are 4 screws on the bottom with springs on them i tightened them up all the way up now it turns now without rubbing but its so sensitive to any movement i guess my question is is that how i ajust the floating system it seems so easy to get out of balance i am afraid to move it anymore does anyone have any suggestions about this floating system like i said its fine now but in the manual it says nothing about this ajustment also any ideas about why the platter will not lift off the base i pulled on the platter and it lifts the whole unit up jeff here

Wrong Manual

I have a Technics Sl-1400 and it looks different from the one in the picture and the screw hole configuration is different on the bottom.

SL-1400

There are two versions of the SL-1400 - the picture is of the SL-1400 mk2 variant