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Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

I have just acquired a 32 year old JVC/Victor TT-101 DD turntable after having its lesser brother, the TT-81 for the last year.
TT-101
This is one of the great DD designs made at a time when the giant Japanese electronics companies like Technics, Denon, JVC/Victor and Pioneer could pour millions of dollars into 'flagship' models to 'enhance' their lower range models which often sold in the millions.
Because of their complexity however.......if they malfunction.....parts are 'unobtanium'....and they often cannot be repaired.
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in_shore
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Dear Halcro
I have bought a few items from Top Class in the past and I don't ever remember not seeing any various brands of direct drive tables that weren't up for sale.

The poster from Audiokarma is certainly correct about one thing that Tommy usually has in stock at any given time a collection of ultra rare tables.

To ease your paranoia, if your 101 proves to be a stellar performer above what you currently have, buy a second one.
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Banquo,
Lewm is 100 % correct, also TopClass currently has more then one Victor 101 up for sale along with Pioneer Exclusive including other DDs.

The story at Audiokarma is just that, a story.
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Radicalsteve congratulations on acquiring the Kenwood LO7D, I think a spectacular direct drive and by far the best performing dd that I have owned so far.

Just a friendly suggestion, the top portion of the platter on the LO7D is stainless steel and you may find using just a good centre weight, like a TTM oil damping weight, could be more to your liking then the MS cu180.
Besides thats a lot of extra weight I think not really intended for the table design.



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