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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
harold-not-the-barrel
895 posts
 
Dave, could you show your slider w/ banded bearing cups ? 
dgarretson
2,625 posts
 
It's a bit more complicated than that.  Each slider is matched to its air manifold at factory.  To update a slider to banded cups you need to break off the alum bearing cradles glued to your existing slider, then glue on replacement cradles that accommodate the bands.  I'll post a photo after finishing this (delicate!) operation.  
harold-not-the-barrel
895 posts
 
I didn´t know this. I very much appreciate your info.
totem395
390 posts
 
For those that had expressed an interest in obtaining a revised chip set for
for their SP10 MKIII,s and other Technics tables JP is now shipping.
 

http://fidelisanalog.com/product/mn6042/

 
lewm
13,820 posts
 
One of us (in the US) has to buy a Pioneer Exclusive P3.  That's the only one missing from our collective ownership. (I know that a few Aussies, like Downunder, have got them.)  God knows what surprises may be in store in terms of how a P3 can malfunction, and there is no service back-up at all outside of Japan.  That's "living dangerously" for sure. Up to at least a few years ago, Pioneer would and could service them inside Japan.

I just ordered my replacement feaux MN6042 from JP.  Since my Mk3 is working perfectly, Bill Thalmann advised me to just keep it for a spare, but it's tempting to wonder whether the Mk3 could perform even better with JP's PCB replacing the stock MN6042.
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