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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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macdadtexas
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I just got into another Japanese DD table you haven't mentioned the Yamaha PX-2, which seems a cross between an SP-10 MKII and a Bang and Olufsen 8002. It sounds great, but with the linear tracking arm, on top of the direct drive, it is the very definition of complicated.

sounds great, but getting it serviced, or upgraded, is going to be difficult.
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