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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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halcro OP
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Yes Griff,
I have a really good Tech.
I don't think you have so much to worry about with the TT-81s as they are so simple compared to the TT-101.
But you're right....if ever you DO have a problem.....look at the solder joints first...😜
czarivey
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Ebm style answer: No we're not.
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banquo363
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Whoa. Congratulations, Halcro. Did your tech miss a joint on the first go around? Or did an already resoldered one break anew?

When my tech redid mine, he said he had to very carefully inspect each joint with a magnifying glass.

Get your magnifying glass out, Lewm.
lewm
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Banquo, Between me and Bill Thalmann, I daresay about 70% of the solder joints on my TT101 have been re-done. And the ones that have not been re-done are OK by inspection, not that that means they actually are OK. Every time I fiddle with the TT101 I re-do a few perfectly good looking solder points. Eventually they all will have been re-done. Will the damned thing work then? I doubt it.
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halcro OP
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Thanks Banquo,
My Tech originally redid every solder joint as per your specific instructions which I had passed on...😃
So this was obviously a recent break in one of these new joints.
As your Tech wisely knew.....inspecting with a magnifying glass is a wise precaution.....
I think it would benefit Lew to send his TT-101 to your Tech. He sounds like he 'knows his onions'....🔎🔍
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