Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

Halcro, get yourself either a single purpose turntable wall shelf (like the Solid Steel that I use) and spike the turntable to it, or a good stand and an isolation pad like an SRA or Symposium. I would put my naked TT-101 against any plinthed DD and be sure of a favorable outcome.

I have experience with the JVC QL-A7 and QL-7, both using TT-71 motor unit. Great for the money. But the gems, as far as pure turntables are concerned, are actually in the integrated turntables such as QL-Y7, QL-Y66F, QL-70A, etc., all have coreless motor and smooth sonic. The QL-Y66F is the same as QL-70A, except one with electronic arm and the other is manual. Electronic arms are not reliable unfortunately but the motor unit is stable and reliable. It's high time for people to look into those and install your arm of choice. If all integrated DD turntables have an armless version, history could be rewritten. But audiophiles usually overlook them because they want to use their own arm and I don't blame them. But they're missing out on gems.

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Correction: the model should be QL_A70, not 70A. I have keep these model numbers straight in my head. :)

Sorry for the confusion.

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Correction of correction. Oops. The above should read:

"I should have kept these model numbers straight in my head."

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hi hiho,

It's high time for people to look into those and install your arm of choice.

I've actully been eyeballing the victor ql a95 (same motor as the tt 801 and can be used in conjunction with the ts1 vacuum stabillizer) for a year now, but the arm issue has kept me from pulling the trigger. I assume that one cannot just put whatever arm one wants (leaving aside geometry), due to the electronics in the table? Can you please elaborate on what might be involved in installing a different arm on one of these integrated tables?

thanks.