I recently picked up a vintage Micro Seiki DD-35 from a local auction. I was very pleased to find that the previous (and original) owner had taken meticulous care of it. It was extremely clean with no scratches on the beautiful rosewood plinth. More importantly, mechanically, it was in perfect working order. The original MA-505 tonearm was in perfect shape and included the original H-303X headshell, mounted with a Micro Acoustic 2002e cartridge with a stylus in excellent condition.
After a good bit of cleaning, testing, adjusting and re-adjusting, it was time to hook it up. The sound was absolutely sublime. I ultimately ended up replacing the MA 2002e with the Audio-Technica VM540ML that was mounted on my current turntable. The improvement wasn’t huge, but enough for me to stick with the AT and store away the 2002e for future use.
Bottom line, I think this is one of the best sub $1000 DD turntables you can get, if you can find one. I couldn’t be happier with mine and hope to get many years of use out of it.
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After a good bit of cleaning, testing, adjusting and re-adjusting, it was time to hook it up. The sound was absolutely sublime. I ultimately ended up replacing the MA 2002e with the Audio-Technica VM540ML that was mounted on my current turntable. The improvement wasn’t huge, but enough for me to stick with the AT and store away the 2002e for future use.
Bottom line, I think this is one of the best sub $1000 DD turntables you can get, if you can find one. I couldn’t be happier with mine and hope to get many years of use out of it.
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