Quote Originally Posted by BRANDONH
I'll take you don't or have not owned a 1200.
And yes the 1200 will track at 1 gram I have the Shure V15VxMR which tracks at 1 gram perfectly although it is not my primary cartridge.
well I want to add Kevins at http://www.kab.usa.com comments because I just dont have all the ammo to argue all the technical aspects I went to him with this and here is his reply.

Good Lord! Kevin's comments make as little sense as some of yours, but at least I now see where you get your mis-information from.

I DID own an SL-1200, and thought it was fine at the time, but I've since moved on to better units. I'm sure that the person I sold it to loves it, and that his great grandchildren will be able to love it too, as it will probably outlast all of them.

I'm sorry but all of the comments about no other turntable able to sustain various ultra-low, or ultra-high frequencies, and their suffering from a non-existent defect called "stylus drag" are sheer baloney, as is any statement that the SL-1200 was designed primarily for "discrete" quad records. And, Technics made a lot of money on it, and their other models when records were king, but today, it's a very costly product for them to produce, especially considering the amount of raw materials it takes to produce one, and the much, much lower rate of sales.

I have to ask you two questions: first, were you even alive during the quad era? And, second, do you have over 30 years working experience in the audio industry as I do?