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Technics · Reference Class
$24,700
Not currently in our rooms. For a serious buyer we will often bring a piece in from the manufacturer for a private session — tell us about your system and what you are weighing it against, and we will advise.
Technics · Reference Class
Technics' reference turntable: the SP-10RE double-coil twin-rotor coreless motor driving a 7.9 kg brass and aluminum platter, with a ten-inch static-balance tonearm, a separate control unit and wow and flutter of 0.015%.
Complete turntable with tonearm and separate control unit. Also sold as the SP-10RE motor unit alone for custom plinths.
Authorized Technics dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
The SL-1000RE is the SP-10RE motor unit in Technics' own plinth with Technics' own tonearm, and it is the direct descendant of the SP-10 broadcast turntables of the 1970s. The motor is a coreless direct drive with two rotors and twelve poles driven by eighteen coils, the coils on each side offset by 60 degrees to stiffen the board and cancel fine vibration. It develops 0.39 N·m of torque and spins a 7.9 kg platter of brass and die-cast aluminum weighted with tungsten, running on engineering-plastic thrust bearings. Technics specifies wow and flutter at 0.015%, which it describes as the limit of measurement.
The control unit is a separate box, 110 mm wide, which keeps the switching power supply and its noise-reduction circuitry away from the pickup, with a noise-resistant link between the two. It sets speed to two decimal places on an OLED display, with ±16% adjustment, and handles 33⅓, 45 and 78 rpm. The tonearm is a ten-inch static-balance universal arm, 254 mm effective length with 21° offset, with 0 to 15 mm of height adjustment and three auxiliary weights that take cartridge-and-headshell combinations from 15.9 to 31 g. Output is a DIN socket that accepts straight phono cables.
The plinth is built against vibration, the feet are high-damping silicone insulators, and the main unit weighs 40.2 kg. The RE is the 2024 revision of the SL-1000R, which Michael Fremer reviewed for Stereophile in November 2018; listening through a stethoscope to the top deck with the platter spinning, he "heard no noise at all". Technics has since updated the motor for rigidity and reliability and renamed the deck.
For an owner who already has a plinth and arm in mind, the SP-10RE is the same motor and control unit without them. For a complete deck at a lower price, the SL-1200G offers the twin-rotor motor and a 3.6 kg platter in the Grand Class cabinet. Pearl Audio can supply the SL-1000RE with a cartridge and phono stage to match.
| Type | Direct-drive turntable with separate control unit; brushless DC coreless motor, double-coil twin-rotor, 12 poles / 18 coils |
| Speeds | 33⅓, 45 and 78 rpm; pitch ±16%, set to two decimal places |
| Starting torque | 0.39 N·m (4.0 kg·cm) |
| Wow and flutter | 0.015% W.R.M.S. |
| Platter | Brass and aluminum die-cast with tungsten weights, 323 mm diameter, approx. 7.9 kg including mat |
| Tonearm | Universal static-balance; 254 mm effective length (pivot to stylus); 15 mm overhang; 21° offset |
| Tracking error | Within 1° 48' (outer groove) to 0° 30' (inner groove) |
| Arm height / stylus pressure | 0 – 15 mm; 0 – 4 g direct reading |
| Cartridge weight range (with headshell) | 15.9 – 19.7 g; 18.8 – 23.6 g (small weight); 22.5 – 26.3 g (middle); 26.0 – 31.0 g (large) |
| Output | PHONO (DIN), straight-type cable |
| Power | AC 110 – 240 V, 50/60 Hz; 10 W; approx. 0.05 W standby |
| Main unit (W × H × D) | 531 × 188 × 399 mm (20.9 × 7.4 × 15.7 in); approx. 40.2 kg (88.7 lb) |
| Control unit (W × H × D) | 110 × 84 × 350 mm (4.3 × 3.3 × 13.8 in); approx. 2.1 kg (4.7 lb) |
| Finish | Silver |
| Supplied | Mat, EP adaptor, balance weight, three auxiliary weights, overhang gauge, screw set, detachable handle, hex wrench, insulator attachment, dust cover, power leads; no cartridge |
The top of the Technics turntable range.
Plan your Technics system with Pearl Audio
Pearl Audio is an authorized Technics dealer. We set up every turntable we sell, including cartridge alignment, and can arrange an audition in our Portland showroom. Call (503) 222-2599 or email sales@pearlaudio.com.
The Pearl Audio experience
A system at this level should be heard, thoughtfully matched, and properly set up. From the first audition to long-term ownership, you work with the same people, in person.
The SL-1000RE-S is not in our rooms at present. When it is the right piece for a client we arrange a demonstration unit from the manufacturer and set it up for a private session.
We deliver and install throughout the Portland area, taking care of placement, connections, ventilation and system configuration ourselves.
We support everything we sell for as long as you own it, whether the answer comes by phone, in your home, or through factory service.
Trade-in assistance and qualifying 100% Trade-Up options give you flexibility when your listening priorities or your system change.
