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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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@audiolabyrinth 

I had the veneer done and serviced at the same time. New caps and new damper oil and a few parts. The main components like the direct drive are super reliable. Being a manual table there is not much that can go wrong. 

I use a Denon DL 110

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Shadorne,  please post the complete information of where I can do all this to my pl-550, with phone number to the business, and contact name,  question,  why do you have the denon dl 110 on your turntable?, what's wrong with the pioneer arm?
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Hi lewm, I suppose I should forget the Concord deal,  I highly respect you and value your opinion,  have you ever had experience with the technics sl-1600mk2?, if so,  what was your preference for a good moving magnet cart and top needle?, I will move on to a out standing phono amp later and get a good moving coil cart,  however,  my buddy claims that moving magnet has better body to the sound, where the moving coil is resolution? 
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@audiolabyrinth your technics 1600mk2 comes with standard tonearm, same arm supplied with SL-1200/1210mk2. Avoid the cartridges with very high compliance (over 30cu) or add kab fluid damper to the tonearm. Also avoid low compliance heavy cartridges! Look for mid compliance MM/MI near 20 - 25 cu @ 10Hz (not at 100hz, if your cartridge made in Japan then multiply 100hz compliance from the manual on 1.7 to get the compliance at 10Hz).


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