Technics SP-10MK2
Technics SL-1000MK2
(1975 - 1982)

This is the turntable which turned Matsushita's Technics division into a success and stole the broadcast market outside Japan from under Sony and Denon along the way.

The SP-10MK2 and SL-1000MK2 relly are the same turntable : one is sans base or tonearm (SP), the other has everything (SL) ; both have the same outboard SH-10E power-supply.
Upgraded from the original 1969 SP-10 mainly was the controlling of the speed : the old tachymeter made way for a full-tilt Quartz Lock PLL system. Even if not Victor's bi-directional servo found in the TT-101 series, Technics pushed the limit by using a supplementary Quartz-control for... the stroboscope ! The braking system also became fully electronic, alongwith minor mechanical refinements and the addition of said beefy SH-E10. As can be seen here, from Matsushita's own IC manufacturing and auto-implementation machines, the electronics integration naturally had advance a lot between 1969 and 1975 !

Speed deviation tops at ±0,002% - a figure which equates to ±0,0036 second of an LP's side - you won't hear it. Start and stop time are of 0,25s and 0,3s respectively and 78rpm is also at hand.
The signal-to-noise ratio reaches 73db - not as much as an Exclusive P3 but respectable just the same and in sync with the 1975 origins. The recommended tonearm and base until the ultimate SP-10MK3 was finally launched (late) were the EPA-100 and SH-10B3 shown below.

See here on TVK how an SL-1000MK2 fared when compared to other big league turntables in 1980.

Everything you wanted to know (but were afraid to ask) about the SP-10 family here at soundfountain.