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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@lewn, just took a peek at your SP10 Mk3 on your system profile, very nicely done.  I like it a lot. 
Very nice Lewm. Good to see you using it with a modern tonearm

Its your best sounding turntable now?    What does it bring sonically that the others don't?
The Mk3 is king of pace and rhythm, not at the expense of sounding too "tight", for want of a better word.  Originally, without the Krebs mod, I would say it did sound a little tight, compared to the L07D.  Someone else might prefer the more languid sound of the L07D, and I certainly like that, too.  I recently mounted a ZYX Universe cartridge on the Reed, purchased from one of our brethren here.  I was primed to love the Universe, based on hearing it at the home of my neighbor up the street, who has since moved on to a Universe Premium (or whatever they call the 3rd generation of the Uni). I thought then that it was the best MC I had ever heard.  (He was using a Galibier turntable with a Talea 2 tonearm back then, now uses a Telos.) I am loving the UNI on the Mk3, too. Yes, there are two crazy audiophiles within less than a quarter of a mile of each other on my block.

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