Technics SL-PG460 (c. 1994)
The SL-PG460 is a mid-1990s Technics CD player, and it survives mainly through Japanese database listings. Exact production years weren't found. The only date attached to the record is "around 1994," when it was listed at ¥32,800. Everything on this page traces to a single source, so treat the details as gathered but unverified.
Technics described this as a "super 1-chip LSI" design. One chip handles the optical servo (focus, tracking, spindle), the signal processing and the D/A conversion, which shortens the signal path and reduces noise. The converter is a MASH 1-bit DAC, which Technics said inherently avoids zero-cross distortion. A digital servo adjusts the drive according to each disc's condition. The feature list leans heavily toward cassette dubbing. Time edit splits a tape into A and B sides by length. Peak search sets recording levels on a cassette deck. Synchroedit gives one-button recording with a compatible deck. A disc-link function edits multiple discs. A wireless remote was included.
Known specs:
- Frequency response: 2 Hz–20 kHz ±1 dB
- Dynamic range: 92 dB or more (EIAJ)
- Signal-to-noise ratio: 100 dB or more (EIAJ)
- Total harmonic distortion: 0.007% or less (EIAJ)
- Channel separation: 115 dB or more (EIAJ)
- Headphone output: max 15 mW/32 Ω (variable)
- Power: 100 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 10 W
- Dimensions: 430 × 103 × 287 mm; 3.4 kg
One wrinkle: the only second mention found was an "SL-PG460A" service manual listed on eBay, not the SL-PG460 itself. Whether the "A" means a variant, a later revision or a listing typo is unknown.
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