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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Hi  rwwear, Thankyou for your post, I am very pleased to see all the incredible kenwood turntable's here on this thread,  thankyou to all of you gentleman,  I feel like a high school kid all over again,  this is quite exciting to learn so much here, I will definitely be pursuing some kenwood deck's over time, would all of you gentleman agree that the Lo7D is the best preference out of all the kenwood deck's  listed here on this thread? 
Hi shadorne, That my friend is a buetiful pioneer pl-550 on your system page,  did you refinish the deck your self?, what cartridge and type of needle is your favorite preference for this turntable?, I would love to get my pl-550  done with this finish,  how would I go about doing the refinish? 
Gentlemen,  A few question's here,  I have seen video's of this funny looking cart on the technics sl-1600mk2, it looks like a concord plane, very long and angles down on the end,  ok,  everyone laugh again,  what's this cartridge called?, can all turntable's use this cartridge?, it seems to have great treble detail to the sound on these videos, also,  what is all of your opinion's for a cartridge and needle for the 1600mk2? I have some sort of collector adc cartridge that I was considering buying the best contact Japanese needle for,  quite expensive,  however,  I was told by a online shop that by doing so,  this would make this adc the flagship,  since that's all adc ever did was improve the needle's going up the cart food chain,  adc seems to be doing another industry now,  no longer making cartridge's.