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What’s a good receiver to pair with a Technics 1200 MK2 Turntable?

October 18th, 2009 by admin

I’m planning on buying a Technics 1200 MK2 turntable and would like some suggestions on a good receiver to pair with it. Bonus question: What speakers would go well as well? I’ll be spinning Trance, Jungle and Hip Hop if that helps…
Not necessarily…

The Technics 1200 does not have a built-in pre-amp. That means-
1. Your receiver/amp needs a phono input. It has to be a phono input, nothing else will work because it will need to apply the RIAA equalization curve. Failure to equalize will make your records sound very tinny to say the least. Also a phono input presents a precise 47k ohm resistive load to the cartridge, whereas mic or line inputs are rarely this value.
2. The turntable must be connected to the amp with a 1 meter (39 inch) long cable. This length is critical as the cartridge is designed to feed into exactly this amount of capacitance. Using a random cable length will adversely affect frequency response and phase integrity.

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2 Responses to “What’s a good receiver to pair with a Technics 1200 MK2 Turntable?”

  1. #1
    ROBERT P
    October 19th, 2009 12:57 am

    Does it have to be a Receiver? A Stereo Integrated Amplifier will give you a much better sound from your records.
    References :

  2. #2
    lare
    October 19th, 2009 1:47 am

    The Technics 1200 does not have a built-in pre-amp. That means-
    1. Your receiver/amp needs a phono input. It has to be a phono input, nothing else will work because it will need to apply the RIAA equalization curve. Failure to equalize will make your records sound very tinny to say the least. Also a phono input presents a precise 47k ohm resistive load to the cartridge, whereas mic or line inputs are rarely this value.
    2. The turntable must be connected to the amp with a 1 meter (39 inch) long cable. This length is critical as the cartridge is designed to feed into exactly this amount of capacitance. Using a random cable length will adversely affect frequency response and phase integrity.
    References :

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