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 )
Remarks[edit]
- Other models of the same series:
- Technics EPA-100
- Technics EPA-100 MK 2
- Technics EPA-500
Pictures[edit]
- Image: Technics EPA-100
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]