Marantz SLT-12U (ca. 1968)
The archive's record on the Marantz SLT-12U is thin. Surviving documentation is mostly a 1968 advertising campaign. No service manual, no measured review and no confirmed production dates have surfaced. The ads do make two things clear: the SLT-12U was a straight-line tracking turntable, and Marantz priced it at $295, a serious sum for a turntable in 1968.
Marantz's own advertising in Audio (June 1968, p.25) built the campaign on the idea that Marantz components weren't built for the mass market, and that this was exactly what made them good. The SLT-12U was named in the same ad as the 7T preamp console ($325) and the Model 15 power amplifier. The ad described them as among the finest-performing stereo components available anywhere. High Fidelity (November 1968, p.75) ran the same campaign later that year.
That helps with dating and positioning the model, but it says nothing about the technical side. No drive system details, no tonearm specs and no measured performance figures have been documented. A manual or a proper period review would fill the biggest hole in this page.
- Straight-line tracking turntable ("SLT")
- Advertised at $295 in 1968
- Appeared in Marantz ads in Audio and High Fidelity, June–December 1968
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