Brand new Technics SL-1210GR platter wobble ... disappointed!

Why not switch to a turntable from a specialist manufacturer. Project are well known, Rega less so.

I don't think Rega is less well known than ANY turntable manufacturer out there. They are the Vandersteen of the analog world.

Oz

@mijostyn,

I’m only guessing that Technics uses only billet high grade aluminum for the tables?

Heck, my use to be daily driver is the ’lowly’ 1980 Technic SL-D2 and I love this thing!
Reliable as all get out and every now and again all I have to do is drop some clipper oil down the shaft, that’s it. Not only is it perfectly flat but is a perfect circle also.

I'm with lewn too. You maybe able to get an uber inspected/gone through table, at a discount - for all your trouble. Doesn't hurt to ask.

Why not switch to a turntable from a specialist manufacturer. Project are well known, Rega less so.

The situation described in this post in unique while we have tons of post about many problems with cheap junk belt-dive like Rega and Pro-Ject every week.

Unless there will be clear evidence that it’s a factory defect we can even talk about it, because no one else have such problem with Technics platter.

watch this video:
Mastering the Craftsmanship — Making of New SL-1200

"because no one else have such problem with Technics platter."

Did my post from above disappear (reproduced below)?  Or it didn't count for some reason?

"I returned an SL-1200G with a platter wobble.  My SL1200MkII wobbled considerably less."

Larry, I am empathetic with you regarding your wobble.  The G series have been on sale now for about 4-5 years, in their various versions.  If Yogiboy's reference to Youtube is to your turntable, then we have two reports of this same problem occurring.  (If Yogi's cited video refers to someone else, then we have three.)  Still, I would venture that Technics sells many times more turntables than do Rega et al, probably tens of thousands total around the world.  End users tend to be audiophiles who are pretty fussy as a group and would tend to notice such an obvious problem.  Given the relative paucity of complaints about wobble, I therefore assume that the problem is very rare.  Maybe less rare than a Rega turntable that runs too fast and has no speed adjustment. (I realize that higher end Rega's do employ a motor controller that eliminates this problem.)