Sheet 05 · Head to head
GLD vs 1210GAE
Different machines that share a silhouette. 8 of 8 published figures differ. One classic-line, one revival. These share a silhouette and almost nothing else.
GLD
Three million sold, in black gloss and gold; 3,000 units on an M5G heart.
2004
1210GAE
55 years of Technics in black: 1,210 numbered units, with a strobe you can switch off.
2020
05.1Where they differ
- Years
- 2004
- 2020
- Motor
- Quartz-locked DC direct drive
- Coreless twin-rotor direct drive
- Starting torque
- 1.5 kg·cm
- 3.3 kg·cm
- Wow & flutter
- 0.025% WRMS
- 0.025%
- Pitch
- Digital ±8% / ±16%
- ±8% / ±16%
- Speeds
- 33⅓ / 45
- 33⅓ / 45 / 78
- Weight
- 12.5 kg
- ~18 kg
- At launch
- Limited edition
- ~€4,499
05.3What each one changed
GLD
vs M5G: commemorative gold-hardware finish; otherwise an M5G.
Used market: Collector piece; trades well above M5G money
Full model sheet →1210GAE
vs G: black finish, numbered plaque, strobe on/off switch.
Used market: Limited-run collector pricing above launch
Full model sheet →Figures from the same sources as each model sheet. A dash means the figure is not published in our sources; we do not invent specs.[1] Wikipedia[2] Crossfader