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Technics · Reference Class
$14,200
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
The Reference Class motor unit on its own: the double-coil twin-rotor coreless direct drive, 7.9 kg platter and separate control unit of the SL-1000RE, for installation in a plinth of the owner's choosing with the tonearm of their choice.
Motor unit and control unit only; no plinth, tonearm or cartridge. For the complete turntable see the SL-1000RE.
Authorized Technics dealer · Delivery and installation by Pearl Audio · Trade-ins welcome
The story
The SP-10RE continues the tradition of the original SP-10 of 1970, the first direct-drive turntable, which was sold as a motor unit for broadcasters and enthusiasts to build into their own plinths. The RE is the current version: a coreless direct-drive motor with two rotors, twelve poles and eighteen coils, the coils offset by 60 degrees on each side to stiffen the board and cancel fine vibration, developing 0.39 N·m of torque. The platter is brass and die-cast aluminum weighted with tungsten, 7.9 kg, on engineering-plastic thrust bearings, and the motor holds it to wow and flutter of 0.015%, which Technics describes as the limit of measurement.
The 365 mm square motor unit is supplied with its separate control unit, which houses the switching power supply and noise-reduction circuitry away from the cartridge and sets speed to two decimal places on an OLED display with ±16% adjustment at 33⅓, 45 and 78 rpm. The link between the two units is designed to resist external noise. Everything else, the plinth, the arm, the arm board and the cartridge, is the owner's to choose, which is the point: the SP-10RE is the deck for someone who wants a twelve-inch arm, a slate or hardwood plinth, or two arms.
The SL-1000RE is the same motor and control unit in Technics' own plinth with its ten-inch arm, and is the simpler route to the same performance. Pearl Audio can advise on plinths, arms and cartridges to suit.
| Type | Direct-drive turntable motor unit 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 | Not supplied |
| Power | AC 110 – 240 V, 50/60 Hz; 10 W; approx. 0.05 W standby |
| Motor unit (W × H × D) | 365 × 109 × 365 mm (14.4 × 4.3 × 14.4 in); approx. 18.2 kg (40.2 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, screw set, detachable handle, hex wrench, power lead |
The Reference Class motor unit, for custom plinths.
Plan your Technics system with Pearl Audio
Pearl Audio is an authorized Technics dealer. We can advise on plinths, tonearms and cartridges for a custom installation, and arrange a visit to 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 Technics Direct Drive Turntable SP-10RE-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.
