mhardy6647
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Indeed I learned the issue with the wavering speed pots on an SL-B2, in fact. The B2 is the belt drive, DC FG (I think) morph; but it, too, has both the fine speed adjustment (user-accessible) and the internal, coarser (if memory serves) speed adjustment pots. The latter are the ones that really need attention after -- oh -- a few decadesI had the earlier iteration of your Technics 'table, the SL D2. Very competent deck, sturdy. The SL D2 holds speed well. Note, however, that the speed control should be washed out with de-oxit periodically so the deck's speed doesn't wander. Worked well with a Shure 97e, worked better with a Shure M44-7. Mine had a damaged cover, got it at a thrift store for $50. SL Q2 has quartz control, the SL D2 has servo control. There's a fairly clean SL Q2 on fleabay for $200 + shipping right now.
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Two other things (and my apologies to the OP for the hijack/digression!)
1) Mrs. H had, at various times in her pre-Mrs-H days (in grad school), three, count 'em three SL-D2s! This was a reflection of the rather high crime area in which she (and a bunch of other grad students from JHU) lived at the time. She actually got two of 'em back when all was said and done (a long story in and of itself). I gave the last one she/we had away to a local hifi guru a few years back (for a friend of his looking for a starter tt). The SL-D2 is a bit plasticky, but it is a perfectly competent tt for a medium-compliance cartridge (which, of course, most are nowadays).
2) The SL-Q2 is 'quartz-locked' (PLL) and, as such, does not have user adjustable pitch (thus rendering its built in strobe as little more than eye candy). I do not know if it has internal speed adjustments or not, though -- now that you mention it.
As one (last!) off-topic aside: I am actually using the SL-Q2, with some old as-found ADC cartridge* even now to "rip" (as the cool kids say nowadays ) ever more of our much-enjoyed (and almost embarrassingly large) holiday music collection to listen to in our cars (e.g.) in the digital domain.
(note that no expenses spared phono preamp, too!)
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* The ADC cart, if memory serves, came to us on a cheap-ish Sony DD that I bought for our son years back via eBAY, and which was destroyed (the tt, that is) as a consequence of inept packaging (per my earlier comments...)! The cartridge was/is fine, tho'.