Technics SL-5

 Technics new linear-tracking SL-5. with plug-in cartridge capability made affordable. Just place the record on the platter, close the cover and press start. Everything else is automatic, including the pleasure.

 Utilizing the same linear-tracking concept featured in the renowned Technics SL-10 and SL-15. technics now introduces both the album-sized SL-5 and the compact SL-DL5. each of these two new models offers you the same incredible performance and uncanny accuracy of technics linear-tracking at prices equal to many of today's conventional turntables.

 Both feature Technics plug-in cartridge system, so installation is always easy, exact and precise. Best of all, the music won't be distorted by improper mounting.

This model also offers technics direct-drive motor. Dynamically balanced tonearm with gimbal suspension. Aluminum die-cast platter. Tonearm position indicator LED and scale to show the precise location of the tonearm on the record. Abuilt-in muting circuit to eliminate "cliks" and "pops" when the stylus makes contact with the record surface. Plus convenient front panel controls.

 Technics Linear Tracking and How it Differs

The best testimony for the linear tracking concept is its use in mastering lathes. Record manufactures use linear tracking to meke records, so it's obvious that it is the best method available to play them back. The point is simple, linear tracking tonearms play the records ezactly as they were originally cut. Therefore, tracking error is completely non-existent, and distortion becomes a notion with meaning only on the test bench. So if linear tracking arms share  these attributes, why should you choose technics?

One reason is the dynamic balance system - it makes certain that tracking force is always precise and accurate. Plus, Technics incorporates a very sophisticated optoelectronic deflection angle detection system, governed by microcomputer and constantly monitored.  You can therefore be sure that the stylus is always at the precisely correct angle to the grooves. A potential source of inaccuracy and distortion is thus removed. And we designed the tonearm system with painstaking attention to detail - a gimbal suspension system increases sensitivity, and a low-friction slide bearing reduces vibration and assures precise tonearm transport.

 Other Valuable Features.

Small details can make a big difference in reliability, convenience, and reproduced sound quality. That's why we've equipped the SL-6 with these valuable additional features:

30 cm 912"0 diameter aluminum die-cast platter

Full cycle detection FG servo mechanism

Built-in 45 rpm adaptor

Tonearm position indicator LED and scale

All front panel  controls with electronic soft-touch switch

Isolator feet

Manual speed selection possible for playing nonstandard discs

Turntable/tape deck synchronized play capability.

Specifications

Turntable Section

Type:  Direct Drive Automatic Turntable

Functions:  Auto start/ Auto lead-in; Auto stop and Auto return; programmable band selection; Repeat play; Auto speed select (manual speed selection possible); Auto size select and record presence detection.

Drive Method:  Direct Drive

Motor:  Brushless Dc Motor

Drive Control method:  F G servo control

Turntable Platter:  Aluminum die-cast

Diameter:  300 mm (12")

Speeds:  33 ⅓ and 45 rpm

Wow and Flutter:  0,012% WRMS, ±0,035% peak

Rumble:

Unweighted :  -56 dB

Weighted :  -78 dB

Tonearm Section

Type:  Dynamic balanced Linear tracking, 4-pivot gimbal suspension

Effective length:  105 mm (4-1/8")

Tracking Error Angle: Within ±0,1°

Effective Mass:  9 g (including cartridge)

Resonance Frequency:  12 Hz

Tonearm Drive Motor:  DC motor

Phono Cable Capacitance:  150 pF

Cartridge Section

Model No.:  EPC-P24S

Type: Moving magnet stereo cartridge. One point suspension system

Magnetic Circuit:  All laminated core

Frequency Response:  10 Hz - 40 kHz;  20 Hz - 10 kHz ±1 dB

Output Voltage:  2,5 mV at 1 kHz, 5 cm/s, zero to peak lateral velocity (7 mV at 1 kHz, 10 cm/s, zero to 45°velocity (DIN 45500)

Channel Separation:  More than 22 dB at 1 kHz

Channel balance:  Within 1,8 dB at 1 kHz

Recommended Load Impedance:  47 k Ω - 100 k Ω

Compliance (Dynamic):  12 x 10¯⁶ cm/dyne at 100 Hz

Stylus Pressure Range:  1,25 ±0,25 g (1,25 ±2,5 mN)

Weight:  6 g (cartridge only)

Replacement Stylus:  EPS-24CS (elliptical stsylus)

General Section

Power Mains:  240 V AC, 50/60 Hz

Power Consumption:  11 W

Dimensions (W x H x D):  315 x 88 x 315 mm (12½ x 3½ x 12½ inches)

Maximum Height (when top is open):  390 mm (15-23/64")

Weight:  4,4 kg (9,7 lb)