Timestep unveils modified Technics SL-1210GR

Improving the world’s most talked-about turntable.

Timestep, the Devon-based audio company and master of the modified Technics, has unveiled a newly minted upgrade on the Technics SL-1210GR.

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A (slightly) more affordable iteration of Technics’ flagship relaunch last year, Timestep have fitted the Technics SL-1210GR with a Michell TecnoArm, whose low-resonance drilled armtube and under-slung counterweight give it all the markings of audiophile quality. While you can add you own cartridge, Timestep typically goes for a Denon DL-110 high output moving coil cartridge.

Named the Evo GR, in reference to the company’s ongoing Technics Evo series, the black SL-1210 has also been given its own power supply, removing the ‘haze’ which designer Dave Cawley has long believed responsible for undermining the original.

“The standard Technics SL-1210 GR, while excellent, cuts costs in two areas: the tonearm and the power supply,” he says “The arm is derived from the original SL-1200 and it’s not what I’d call an audiophile arm.”

See the breakdown of the modification below and find our more from the Timestep website. [via The Audiophile Man]

Technics SL-1210 GR turntable (black): £1,299.00

Michell TecnoArm (black): £677.00

Tonearm mounting plate : £90.00

Timestep HE III PSU: £450.00

Fitting/customisation: £200.00

Total cost of turntable & tonearm package: £2,716.00

Additional options:

Denon DL-110 high output moving coil cartridge: £179.00

Oyaide BR-12 mat: £89.99

Oyaide STB-MS weight: £225.00