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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Dear Lohanimal, I am very sorry for your predicament with UPS.  Apparently the same snot nose kid who waited on me in Bethesda, Maryland, before eventually telling me that UPS was not going to admit responsibility for destroying a piece of slate I sent to the West Coast, has now left the USA in order to mistreat citizens in other countries.  It's what they do.  By the way, I showed him photos of the slate as it was packed in wood crate when it was presented to UPS for shipping, and then as it arrived in California, in several pieces.  Like your guy, he was unimpressed.
Hi M8 - I think I wrote about them in my first post on this sorry subject. I may start a general thread as to who gives the best postal service - many people post things on Audiogon, and I am sure people want things to arrive in good condition.