Technics SL-40

Data

General

• Manufacturer: National Panasonic Technics
• Model: SL-40
• Type: Record player
• Years of manufacture: 1969 - 1973
• Made in: Japan
• Color: Black, Housing wood
• Power consumption: 12 W
• Dimensions: 485 x 175 x 375 mm (WxHxD)
• Weight: 8 kg
• Original price approx.: 39'800 Yen (Japan, 1972), 700 DM
  • Replacement needle: EPS-52STDD (55 DM)

Connections

• Outputs:
  • Line-Out: MM EPC-86SM (Technics 280C), 3 mV

Technical Data

• Drive: Belt drive
• Motor: 4-pole hysteresis AC motor.
• Speed: 33 1/3, 45 UPM
• Speed fine adjustment:
• Synchronous speed: < 0,07 %
• Geräuschspannungsabstand: >50 dB
• Rumble noise ratio: >
• Turntable:
  • Diameter: 300 mm
  • Weight: 1,7 kg
• Operating mode: Semi-automatic
• Tonearm: S-shaped, statically balanced

Effective length: 220 mm

• • Overhang: 14 mm
• Pickup:
  • Contact pressure: 0.25 - 3 g
  • Weight: 3 - 22 g
• Pickup:
  • Type: MM EPC-86SM Technics 280C
  • Frequency response: 20 - 25'000 Hz
  • Channel separation: > 25 dB at 1'000 Hz
  • Replacement needle: EPS-52STDD

Special Features

• tonearm oil damped

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
• Technics SL-30
• Technics SL-31
• Technics SL-40
• Technics SL-41
• Technics SL-1000
• Technics SL-1100

Pictures

• Excerpt from Japan brochure: Technics SL-30, SL-40

Links

https://audio-database.com/TechnicsPanasonic/player/sl-40.html