Perhaps there was something wrong already with the TT-101 and the power outage finished it off? This could account for the difference in sound.
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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Perhaps you would be better off with one of these halcro? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/493608538/love-the-worlds-first-intelligent-turntable |
I read in the TT101 service manual that it do not need maintenance and engine lubrication but I believe little. All turntables and those who have many many years of life need cleaning pin and lubrication with oil and perhaps thrust pad as for Technics SP 10 MK None of you have ever done this to her TT 101? |
Halcro, I am not sure what you are reporting. Do you perceive that your TT81 outperforms the TT101, compared even to how the TT101 sounded before the power outage? Or are you saying that this observation is in relation to how the TT101 performed AFTER the power outage? Were you able to ascertain the cause of the momentary loss of power on your street? Assuming this was not the moment when Trump hung up on your Prime Minister (a moment of which I am thoroughly ashamed and disgusted), perhaps it was a lightning strike. Lightning is at millions of volts and can, for a brief instant, get by just about any power conditioner or filter. Perhaps, if the TT101 power supply was thus damaged, this could account for your perception. You may want to check or have someone else check the rectifiers and the filter capacitors in the TT101 Power Supply. For that matter, damage may also have been done to the downstream circuitry. Have you ever changed the bearing lube in your TT101 (or TT81)? Yes, Victor wrote that the bearing never needs service, but as we've said before, "never" has a new definition at the 35-year mark in age. I changed my lube to Redball 0W20 motor oil, and I like the result. I suppose a given TT81 could outperform (in terms of human perception) a TT101, but in principle a coreless motor is just better for turntables, in my opinion. |
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