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Micro Seiki ddx-1500

What are the sonic qualities of the Micro Seiki ddx-1500 turntable?

Neutral, Warm, Cool? Prat?

Is it lively like many direct drive turntables? I own a Lenco, which I enjoy and was thinking of trying other vintage tables, such as the ddx-1500 or a technics sp10 mk2.

Thanks for your thoughts. Jeff
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stanwal
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I had the DDX 1000 and Technics 15 and 25 in the days I was a dealer for those companies. I still believe they are very good tables but it would be speculation to say how they would sound based on my memory of them with long gone systems.
hifidaddy
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I had the big EMT/Thorens DD tables at home, as well as Technics SP10/2. One day I tried a DDX-1500. The sample that was playing had less PRAT and less bass than a SP10/2, so I rejected it. The big EMT/Thorens DD machines are even better. String driven Micros are in another class, though.

best regards, Hartmut
jj2468 OP
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Harmut,
Thanks. I read in some blog that the DDX-1500 started as a belt drive design. If true, it would seem consistent with being a better string drive than direct drive.

Do you prefer the Micro string drive to the sp10 mk2?
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