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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.
halcro
dgarretson
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Hello Harold, Congratulations on your PD444.  I haven't yet tried the Terminator arm on my PD444, as it would be too crowded for three tonearms-- which was one of my reasons for the Luxman purchase.  I tried Resomat on top of the stock Luxman rubber mat, but found that combination weak in the presence region.   So what do you make of the Luxman as compared to the Salvation?

Have you tried the redesigned Terminator slider with banded bearing cups?  I have one that I need to test soon. 

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halcro OP
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Hi Harold,
Congrats on joining the "Living Dangerously" Club..🎉😜
We await your reports with excitement and trepidation...🤔

Regards
harold-not-the-barrel
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Thanks Halcro, it´s my pleasure :)

First impression: the speed is always spot on no matter the music´s quantity, from weakest whisper (of flute) to most furious (jazz-rock) fusion and heaviest symphony orchestra passages. Its speed is rock solid - technically faultless. Impressive.
harold-not-the-barrel
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Hi Dave, this is all your fault ;) 
My PD444 has a hard "Relief" mat (a Goldmund Relief Mat copy?) glued on platter. With Reso-Mat on it this old Japanese monster is, in every meaning of the word, a terrific performer. I have waken up my good old Ultra from hibernation and now is back in service. This inquiry needs the best tracker available to determine the real sound quality. Already at this starting point everything sounds just fine. I will give my full report soon...

I have the latest saddle design with smoother underside. What do mean by the "slider with banded bearing cups" ?

audio_d
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definitely living dangerously...
a good friend has a technics sp10 mk2 that has needed to be repaired twice at $500 a time.
he still uses it
;)
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