Best vintage DD turntables from the 70's and 80's?


Howdy folks-

We’ll I’ve got the vinyl bug for sure. 6 months ago, I bought my first TT, a nice Technics 1200 GR along with some killer vintage MM carts like Audio-Technica, Stanton and a few Grace. I love my GR! I love that little silver bastard A LOT as a matter of fact. A couple weeks ago, my second table arrived, a minty fresh Luxman PD-444 from Japan. This is a Micro Seiki built TT and was the "tits" in the mid 70’s. I can mount 2 arms on the Luxman. I’ve got a nice Victor 7045 arm coming soon along with a Victor X-1IIe MM cart which work quite well together.

I’d like to add another Vintage TT from the 70’s or 80’s and probably phase out the GR. I like the look of the old Pioneer, Denon and Victor tables. I’d like to get a vintage table that can be serviced if needed, something I can add a sweet vintage arm too. 3 arms are better than two!

I’d like to hear suggestions and comments on some fantastic, cool as crap, vintage turntables that you think should sit next to the Luxman.

Thanks again for your help!

Brent




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Showing 8 responses by totem395

@lewm

If what you are getting is a 100 V model, as most of them were,

Just a reminder that the TT-101/QL10 are voltage convertible
at an internal electrical connection.
@best-groove

Easiest to place the picture of the wiring block "borrowed picture"
on the system page with my TT-101.

  are we speaking of a step down transformer? 



Nope, the internal table transformer and it voltage taps.
If it's in his care I would think so.
If your speaking with him say hello for me its been some time.
It’s a little more complicated than simply Micro made some of this brand or that brand’s tables/drives.
In fact some Micro drives were made by Victor albeit not the very
top models simply a matter of convience.

Its also known in the case of the GT-2000 that Victor’s speed control
engineer was brought in on the project don’t recall if the rest of
the drive was all Victor. There was the post by J. Carr way back and on a Japanese site.

So plenty of overlap all over the place more than we will ever
find documented.