Nothing worse than an intermittent problem, so it was good you made it permanent.
I'm in NYC. Nothing here yet.
I'm in NYC. Nothing here yet.
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.
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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Got my Victor TT101 today, which have some speed issues - knew this when I bought it, so no surprise there. My initial impression is that its overly complex, especially compared the the Technics SP10MK2 and MK3, which I both own too, and have refurbished. Also especially complex if compared to the Denon DD tables I'm usually working on (DP3000, 2000, 6000 and 80) The motor seems robust - however the SP10Mk3 and the Denon DP80 in my opinion have more solidly built motors. It'll be interesting to get this one up and running correctly, Ill give an update once it get it fully operational. Good Listening Peter |
PBN, FYI, you're looking at a coreless motor. They are built quite differently from the iron core motors used in both Denon and Technics DD turntables, in that you see no iron poles wrapped in coils of wire and in that iron core DD motors tend to be oriented vertically, shaped like a cylinder, whereas the TT101 motor and other coreless turntable motors are oriented in the horizontal plane. Further, "pound for pound", iron core motors will tend to have more torque than will coreless motors. Plus, the latter have more issues related to cooling. All that said, and given that you may know all of the above, IMO, coreless motors impart a certain effortless and very musical quality that is rather addictive. Of course, my opinion is based on the Kenwood L07D sound, since I have yet to hear my TT101. Whatever one may say about the Krebs mod, data or no data to support it, to my ear the Krebs mod makes the SP10 Mk3 sound more like the world's best coreless-motor-driven tt than like the world's most powerful iron-core-motor dd tt (which it also is). (I've got a DP80, too. I kept it over the SP10 Mk2, because I thought it sounded better.) |
I'm happy to say my recently purchased JVC QL-F6 works and sounds great. It's not the most beautiful turntable I've seen but could look nice in a custom cabinet. http://www.thevintageknob.org/jvc-QL-F6.html |
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