AV Forums, Michell TecnoDec Turntable Review

The Michell TecnoDec is an unsuspended belt drive turntable and it represents the entry point to Michell ownership. Generally speaking, reviews on AVForums tend towards looking at new or nearly new products and at first glance, the TecnoDec fails this criteria spectacularly. It has in fact, been twenty years since the TecnoDec entered production and while we’ve looked at even longer lived turntables in the form of the Linn LP12 and Roksan Xerxes, both of those have changed very significantly in the time they’ve been in production. The TecnoDec.. hasn’t; it is essentially the same it has always been. What gives?

The first is that the while the basic turntable is the same as it was, this TecnoDec is different. Responding to the requirements of the market, Michell is offering the option of having your TecnoDec delivered from the factory with an arm and cartridge attached and this gives us the chance to review it as a device that stands comparison to other packaged decks we’ve looked at recently. The second is that, if you don’t choose the TecnoDec in ready to roll mode, it is now realistically the most affordable deck left standing where you can build your turntable in the classic style; choosing both a cartridge and tonearm to create exactly the deck you need……