I believe the 1210mk2 is capable of switchable voltage. I personally like the look of the 1210's and wish I hadn't sold mine.

Isn't it just the color difference?

As far as I know, the 1210s are European spec and black, so they have the switched voltage. 1200s can be bought in US or european versions (with or without switched voltage), the European version is only silver whereas the US version can also be bought in black.

This may have changed, in which case the only difference is the colour.

If you care what your decks look like, keep two 1210s. If you don't care then sell two 1210s as you will get more money/easier sale for a pair of matching decks.

good points nobspangle

thanks for the tips.

so, there are no motor or torque or platter differences?

somebody once told me that there is, but seems like that person is wrong, unless somebody knows something.

nobspangle was almost right, I think its the opposite, the 1200 (silvers) are available in the states as well as europe and the 1210 has been manufactured for the market outside the states, but as he said, this might has changed.

Besides, there is no motor or torque difference.

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there is no difference at all.

It just means one is silver (1200) and one is black (1210)

so its really the same table as far as performance goes.

Thanks all.

no difference between 1210 and 1200 other than the voltage selector and color on the former.

That's what I meant.

My arsenal contains a pair of the following ... ALL bought in the U.S

SL-1200 Silver
SL-1200 Black
SL-1210 Black (M5G)

As you can see there is a BLACK SL-1200.
As far as torque/platter I do not see any difference. It basically the same turntable. The M5G has a little extras like
-Changing the braking speed (resistor is under the platter)
-Pitch lock button
-Switchable +/-16 and +/-8 Pitch control
-etc etc

I dont care for these changes as the plain vanilla SL works for me. After a few party juices its all the same to me.

I've never bothered to check the voltages :)

yeh s4k there is a 1200 in black... if you check the back near the serial, it's technically the SL-1200MK2P-K

The black 1200 is US spec only (no voltage switch).

I've got a pair of black 1200s too :)

The 1210 is the same as the 1200, no difference in power supply or mechanics. Like what some here have said, the difference is just the color.

There are no difference in the decks as far as the specs go,silver is SL1200mk2 which i had in Australia (usually this was the case)which had dual voltage switch...
I know own SL 1210mk2 which is black and yet exact the same specs which are also dual voltage..
So basically apart from the color and dual voltage there a no differences what so ever

the 1210 mk2 has a slightly wider pitch range then the 1200.... Mine when to around 9.0 % +/-

read here for all the info:
en.wikipedia.org

Plus/minus eight percent stock. A certain mod can change that though.

Yea I they had a factory +/- 8.... I never realized till I hooked them up to Serato that they were reading slighting faster/slower at the extreme pitch ranges

This is a discussion I've been having with people for years. And I'm tired of people trying to tell me what I have. I have black 1200's. But people continuously tell me that they are 1210's until I show them. Then they don't know what to say. I've used both and the only difference that I've noticed is a slight difference in the the pitch control. I feel the 1200's are a bit tighter and more precise. But that could just be me.

I had a pair too. The difference for me that was noticeable immediately was that the black 1200s were USA and didn't need the plug adapter. My 12010s were EURO/Japan require the adapter and had the dual voltage option. Maybe the black 1200s did too but I never bothered to check.

The 1200mk2 is silver, international versions had the voltage switch.
The1210mk2 is satin black, has voltage switch.

(Pitch in 1210mk2 is the same, although it does have slightly different resistors and pots. Doesn't influence pitch behavior, same resistance just fewer parts).

There is also:
1200MK2PK(matte black) version.
1200MK3 (satin black, gold RCA's and decals)
1200MK4 (matte black, includes 78RPM button)

From 2000 onward came MK5, MK6 and MK7 models but don't know those specs.

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