Hi-Fi World – September 2019

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VINYL SECTION

Technics bring their Direct Drive tech

to a budget plug–'n–play package.

Noel Keywood spins vinyl to check it

out.

A

s the idea of listening to

music in an original for-

mat – meaning LP here,

not tape – gains ground,

Technics are pushing hard

to make sure their his-

torical influence isn’t forgotten. Not

difficult you might think when their

SL-1200 Direct Drive turntable intro-

duced in 1972 reached into millions

of homes worldwide to become a

legend. But today they face a market

teeming with competitors at cut

down prices. The new SL-1500C I’m

reviewing here is a starter package

aimed at getting those legendary

qualities into an affordable and com-

petitive product.

Technics Tech