Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

RW, Isn't that a sort of oxymoron: "lifetime warranty if you could get it to Japan"?  I knew a guy who lived in Tokyo and owned two P3s, but he would hand carry his P3 to the service center and pick it up after work was done.  I am not aware that they would be willing to accept shipments from other parts of the world, and then be responsible to pack and ship in return.  (On the other hand, I don't know that they wouldn't do that, either.) The fellow in question has since moved to Hong Kong and curtailed his vintage buying habits. (He had two Denon M100s, too. (Not sure that's the correct alphanumeric designation, but I refer to the BIG Denon.)

My thoughts were if the P3'a are still under warranty there must still be parts for them. But I could be wrong about that.
Japan does have a great postal system though. I once ordered a guitar from Japan and got it in three days in great shape.

lewm
02-16-2016 8:05pm
One of us...

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.

If your stock chip exhibits the same clock fluctuation as all the samples I've measured, it is an improvement.  

Japanese are usually very serious about what they are doing, both in business, technology & arts. They also are very polite and very honest in business IME. They have passion for perfection, for example HQ audio gear and records (both analog and digital). I have tens of used Japan pressings vinyl albums and they all are practically like new, nearly all ordered from Japan. Never had any kind of issues with Japanese sellers, they also ship very quick.

Thanks, JP, for your comment.  I guess the question is whether the superior performance of your chip would be audible, compared to the OEM MN6042 in my MK3.  I doubt we can ever know that, if the difference would be subtle, as I imagine it would be. Because one's aural memory is not trustworthy in matters such as this, where my Mk3 would be out of use for weeks until Bill would find time to make the change.  On the other hand, this means I need two of your PCBs, one to install now and one for that rainy day.