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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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fleib
1,124 posts
 
Halcro,
How thick is your pigskin mat?
Do tell, your formula for success. How heavy is the weight?

How can someone duplicate your results if the methodology is unknown?
Is a weight more affective than a clamp, and is Mike Tyson your hero?

Regards,
lewm
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Henry, Your point is well taken in general, but in this case I believe Fleib wrote only a few posts above your last one that he did purchase a leather mat and did try it, albeit his was made of deer hyde.
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halcro OP
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Fleib,
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1317949815&openflup&355&4#355
I have a number of record weights ranging from 450Gm to 600Gm.
They all perform their task adequately....
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halcro OP
2,664 posts
 
Lew,
I appreciate that Fleib has a deerskin mat....
It was the lack of a record weight and his doubt about its benefit that I was referring to...
fleib
1,124 posts
 
Halcro,
You assume too much. My Sota reflex clamp is > 200g, but more importantly, I can use as much down force as I like and easily clamp onto the spindle putting 600g pressure on the label.

I think you missed my point about applying pressure more evenly across the surface. I also think your results are due to the thinness of the mat, < 0.5mm.
Regards,
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