Nakamichi TX 1000 turntable

Thanks for the link, Chris. Maybe the coffee hasn't kicked in yet, but somehow, when the stylus hit the groove, that was not the music I expected to hear come out of an awesome machine like that. Even more awesome tonearm.

Frogman

yes - Youtube especially some older videos can be hit and miss on sound if the TT/ or any source and the portable camera/microphone recording are located away from the best angle for the type of speakers being used. It can sound pretty bad. I have tried this.

taken from here.

http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue33/tx1000.htm

Both the TX-1000 and the Dragon CT have a glass top platter on top of a metal sub-platter. A sensor arm is used by both turntables to measure the off-centeredness of the LP. The top platter is then automatically moved relative to the sub-platter to correct for the off-centeredness of the LP. The two turntables make the correction in different ways.

So you have a glass top platter on top of another one. I own three tables with very different platters. The platter types based on my hearing matter - big time. Even the reviewer said the glass platter required a mat.

As a primary vinyl user, I admire Nak for attempting this. imo - the record is the Achilles heel. the Elephant in the room.

All these super expensive new tables coming out - with the technology available these days (25 years later) Do any of them address the records biggest problem (imo) - the off centered hole ? It affects stability and pitch.

If I am spending serious cash on a table today - I want and am demanding from the manufacturer something that corrects for the hole; since I don't see them coming up with a new way of making records any time soon?

Although the 3d Printed Record is interesting. google it.

Interesting comment

Spare parts seem to have still been available in Japan as late as 1997 but with prices bordering on the crazy (1200$ for one foot !) and none of the truly vital spares available such as PCBs or the fatal commanding IC.

Between the TX-1000, the subsequent Dragon CT, the OMS-1000 and the now demolished Sound Research Center and concert hall, Nakamichi probably buried a fair chunk of its financial reserves and energy.

taken from here

http://www.thevintageknob.org/nakamichi-TX-1000.html

Pictures of the parts involved are seen in the above link as well if you scroll down.

Cheers

Hi Clint501 - as the OP of this thread I want to say that I
apologize for my rant in the previous post.
Hopefully those links are helpful.
Good luck in your quest.

Told you the coffee hadn't kicked in. Sorry I wasn't clear. I was not referring to the quality of the sound (can't have high expectations of Youtube); I was expecting music a little more, well.... serious, to come out of such a serious looking machine. Regards.

Snob-ism.