Technics EPA-100

Data[edit]

General

  • Manufacturer: Technics
  • Model: EPA-100
  • Years of manufacture: 1976 - 1983
  • Made in: Japan
  • Color: Silver
  • Original price approx.: 60'000 Yen (Japan, 1976), 900 DM


Technical Data

  • Material: Titanium Nitride (TiN)
  • Total length: 320 - 350 mm
  • Length pivot point - tip: 250 mm (10")
  • Offset angle: 21º
  • Overhang pickup: 15 mm
  • Counterweight overhang:
  • allowable pickup weights: 5 to 10 g / 11 to 20.5 g (including headshell).
  • inertial mass of the arm: 15.5 g
  • Adjustment range for counterweight:
  • height adjustment range: 0 - 6 mm
  • Cable capacity:


Special Features

  • Damping system in the counterweight ( Variable Dynamic Damping )


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Pictures[edit]

  • Image: Technics EPA-100

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Reports[edit]

  • Medium weight 10" tonearm with gimbal suspension and S-shaped tube. Headshell detachable with SME standard connector.
  • A modified version (EPA-100 MK II) with changed geometry and without damping system is used on the Technics SL-12x0 MKx / M5G


Links[edit]

  • External link to website "The Vintage Knob": [1]
  • External link on website "Audio Heritage, Japan": [2]