NORDMENDE RP 1200 Linear

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Nordmende
• Model: RP 1200 linear
• Type: Record player
• Years of manufacture: 1978 - 1980
• Made in: Japan
• Color: Silver and black
• Power consumption: 4 W
• Dimensions (WxHxD): 450 x 150 x 364 mm
• Weight: 8 kg
• Original price approx.: 528 DM

Connections

• Outputs: 1 x DIN, 1 x ground
• Inputs:

Technical data

• Drive: Transmission-free direct drive
• Motor: 120-pole linear synchronous motor
• Speed: 33,33/min, 45/min +/-2,5%
• Synchronous speed fluctuation: < 0.05
• Rumble noise ratio: 63 dB
• Frequency response: 20 Hz - 25 kHz
• Turntable: 312 mm; aluminium alloy; 1 kg
• Operating mode: Semi-automatic
• Pitch: yes
• Tonearm: S-shaped, statically balanced, effective length 222 mm
• Cartridge:

Special Features

• Viscose-damped tonearm lift
• Adjustable antiskating
• The special feature of this unit is the drive: here there are neither belts nor direct drive in the conventional sense: the turntable itself is the rotor of the drive, similar to magnetic levitation (see picture 6).
• Also rare: separate speed control for 33.33/min and 45/min (see picture 6).

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
• Nordmende RP 1050
• Nordmende RP 1100
• NORDMENDE RP 1200 linear

• Device was also manufactured in parallel for FISHER and sold under the model name Fisher MT-6225.

Pictures

• Picture: Nordmende RP 1200 linear

• Image: Nordmende RP 1200 linear

• Image: Nordmende RP 1200 linear

• Image: Nordmende RP 1200 linear

• Image: Nordmende RP 1200 linear

• Image: Nordmende RP 1200 linear