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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.
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banquo363
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The specs are for both the tt 81 and tt 71, the latter's specs being in brackets. So, he doesn't say anything about the tt 71's motor, since that is blank.

The only way to settle this is for Halcro to take his tt81 apart ;).
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banquo363
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hiho,

The english flyer for the jvc ql8 has a small black and white pic of the tt81 motor. Take a look and see if you can tell whether it's a coreless motor or not.
hiho
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More observations I made earlier in the other thread.

Here's the major clue from the vintageknobs page.

Halcro did post some innards pictures of his TT81 but short of the inside of the motor. That TT81 looks awfully close to the TT71 motor.

Yes, Halcro needs to take apart his TT81 to settle the score! :-D

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omsed
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Living in the past and in denial, not dangerously.
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timeltel
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Regards. Hiho is correct. For a description of JVC technology in the above TTs:

http://www.vinylengine.com/library/jvc/turntable-technology.shtml

A later catalogue states ALL TTs are equipped with coreless motors.

Peace,
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