Raul, I disagree with you on the relative merits of the TT101, once it is working up to maximum level. I place it slightly above the SP10 Mk2 and the Denon DP80 (where I prefer the DP80 to the Mk2). I haven't compared my TT101 "head to head" with my L07D or my SP10 Mk3 (the TT101 is in my Beveridge system; the other two are in my Sound Labs system), but I would assume it would be a notch below both. But this is not a point worth arguing about. Keep in mind that the new SP10R or the 1000R are not exactly low cost machines. Even an Exclusive P3 can be had for far less money.
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.
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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