What makes this tonearm so special? "The tonearm employs lightweight magnesium which has a high damping effect, with cold drawing improving the characteristics of the material and …

The tonearm employs lightweight magnesium which has a high damping effect, with cold drawing improving the characteristics of the material and achieving the high-precision required.

Mar 28, 2025 · The tonearm is made of lightweight magnesium, known for its excellent sound-damping characteristics, and uses Technics gimbal suspension construction at the bearing …

Apr 25, 2024 · To enable the tonearm to precisely track the record's rotation, Technics has traditionally used the static balance, S-type universal tonearm with a lightweight, high damping …

Oct 27, 2025 · The S-shaped magnesium tonearm features high-precision bearings. Technics describes this as “high initial motion sensitivity”—low friction that allows the stylus to respond …

Aug 2, 2021 · On a pure quality level, I would guess the 1200 G tonearm is probably at least on par with the Jelco, if not better. This is Jelco 850. Don’t know why you asking, but if you want to …

Nov 23, 2022 · The SL-1200's lamentable tonearm—easily the chintziest thing about that turntable—has been reimagined. The new armtube is made of cold-drawn magnesium, and the …

The tonearm employs lightweight magnesium which has a high damping effect, with cold drawing improving the characteristics of the material and achieving the high-precision required.

Oct 18, 2022 · To avoid confusion, this is the magnesium alloy arm on the new Technics 1200G that retails for $4000, not any other Technics TT's. The owner's manual is no help. It simply …

Jun 8, 2017 · On the plus side, the Technics tonearm is easy to set up, and its adjustments are completely stable. My experience is that the correct amount of anti-skating force was less than …