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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.
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lewm
13,035 posts
 
Golly; I was really typing fast.  Should be "affixed", not "a fixed".  Should also be "Kenwood", not Kewood.
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aigenga
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pbnaudio,

Sorry for the delay in responding - I check this thread less often than I used to.  Yes, adjusting the bearing cap does change the height and your instructions are probably right.  I diddled with that for quite a while but then I changed the washers that the motor unit is mounted to the frame through. Here is a response I posted on the the nude turntable thread three years or so ago where I discuss that change.  It made adjusting the motor height much easier if nothing else.

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/nude-turntable-project/post?postid=388553#388553
aigenga
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pbnaudio,

As you are working on setting up a TT-101 I have a question:  can you consider what it would require to pull the power board and transformer out of the tin can and mount them in a separate box?  I would love to do this as it is a source of both vibrations and rf emissions.

Thanks.
aigenga
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While I am posting to this thread I wonder if others in our situation are keeping an eye on the latest Technics coreless dd turntable.  I hate that they chose the SL1200 model to follow and hope that they will consider the SP10 model for a new even higher end offering.  I see this tt as a suitable replacement if my TT-101 pulls the plug.
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