Whats on your turntable tonight?

45s, because my DD TT starts spinning incredibly fast (and continues accelerating - it's really quite scary) when I push 'Start' on 33. Aaaaaargh!!!

So it's been a bit o' Miles, a bit o' Bill Evans, and my only George Benson record, which is a 45. Once I forget about the indignity of the machine trying to create tornado vortices in my living room using a small spiral vinyl groove, they sound quite nice.

T_bone, which DD table is accelerating? I looked at the lineup in your system thread and you have quite a collection.

Thanks Albert, the lineup just seems to accumulate as I find pieces to try out. Gotta start tossing some back. I have not re-plinthed anything like you have done with your Technics (though the DP80 is not an original plinth).

The P3 is the one accelerating. I pulled it off the shelf a few days ago in order to listen to it again and imagine my surprise. I tried again just now and I am scared to let it go for more than a few seconds - I don't think I have seen a consumer product that heavy spin that fast - I have new respect for the power of the motor.... :^) In any case, I'm taking it into the local Pioneer Service Center tomorrow morning.

Any thoughts? Ever heard of that happening to a DD motor?

That same thing happens to Technics DD tables when one of the antique electrolytic caps fail. The good news is new caps are inexpensive, you should probably replace all of them when you go into the unit.

I did that to my MK2 and I'm having it done to my MK3. I suspect your P3 is suffering from the same problem.

"Kalenda Maya - Songs & Dances 1200 to 1550" - Simax PS 1017 - one of those LPs that demonstrates that digital recordings on vinyl can sound great.

J.S. Bach "Fantasies" for Harpsichord, played by Alfred Gross in a superb LP from Das Ohr.
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