Straight Line Tracking Turntable SLT-12U

Marantz (Sound United LLC); Vista, CA

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  • Year
  • 1968 ?
  • Category
  • Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 323355

 Technical Specifications

  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Record Player (not changer); Hi-Fi equipment
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 120 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • - For headphones or amp.
  • Material
  • Wooden case
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Straight Line Tracking Turntable SLT-12U - Marantz Sound United LLC;
  • Shape
  • Book-shelf unit.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 18 x 6.5 x 14 inch / 457 x 165 x 356 mm
  • Notes

  • A hi-fi stereo belt-drive two speed Straight Line Tracking record player housed in a walnut plinth with optional dust cover. Mechanically controlled tangential tonearm with a universal pickup head which can accomodate a wide range of cartridges up to 10 grams in weight.     12 lb platter, cueing control.

    Specification  
    Speeds 33⅓ and 45rpm
    Wow and Flutter Better than 0.04%
    Tracking Error Non-existent (0 degrees/inch)
    Skating Force Non-existent when turntable is properly levelled
    Drive Principle Hysteresis synchronous motor belt (uscothane belt)
    driving the platter's outer rim.
    Rumble Virtually non-existent
    Levelling Precision bubble-level adjustment

    Power Requirements
    120V 60Hz (50Hz available)

    See also the earlier Marantz SLT-12 Straight Line Tracking Turntable with a different tonearm and pick-up head.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 27 lb 0 oz (27 lb) / 12.258 kg
  • Price in first year of sale
  • 295.00 $
  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original prospect or advert (Marantz SLT-12U brochure and 1968 Advertisement)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Howard Craven. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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