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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.
halcro
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pbnaudio
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I have a TT101 partially restored - still have a few quirks in the electronics, cosmetically however it is fully restored.  Must get this done soon so I can hear what this can do compared to the other "heavies"  SP10MK2 , 3 and the Higher End Denon's DP80, DP100 and the mighty DN308 - which I consider to be at the very top of the heap :-)

http://pbnaudio.com/audio-turntables/vintage-direct-professional/dn308

http://pbnaudio.com/audio-turntables/vintage-direct-professional/dp80

https://systems.audiogon.com/systems/4909

Good Listening


Peter
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nandric
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A grandkid who told the story about this '''hero'' who combat against

all kinds of adversory for 7 years in order to get his  beloved 

 Esmeralda to his granddad was confronted with this question by his

granddad: ''why deed he not chose some other women?''

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nandric
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A grandkid who told this story about the prins who endured all

kinds of hardship  for 7 years in order to get his beloved Esmeralda

to his granddad was confronted with this question by his granddad:

''why deed he not took some other women?''

totem395
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Just put a few pictures of my plinth for the Victor TT-101 
on my system page Rosewood CLD construction.
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chakster
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@halcro @lewm 

Thanks for detailed information regarding the restoration of this deck.
I'm in the middle of this thread, but i see other users turns on their tt-101 to work continuously for 1 month. That's the way to check the operation condition for those decks that are not described as junk or non-working? 
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