Nice turntables. Attached picture is an absolute requirement.

[AdrianusG]

Also don't want to know how large the angular error for typical non-tangential tonearms will be (unless someone readjusts them just for those), if of course the turntable isn't (semi-)automatic and has stopped this tragic playback before it begins.

Oh not to worry,

I'm sure they will soon release new " state of the art" tiny record players for this

 

[EJ3]

Oh not to worry,

I'm sure they will soon release new " state of the art" tiny record players for this

The whole thing looks like it will be all I(nner) G(roove) D(istortion), unless it uses tangential tracking!

4 minutes? Not worth the laugh track, I think.

 

[dr0ss]

The fully automatic function is a complete revelation, put the record on press one button and your done until side two

The old Technics SL-Q300 we have in our vacation house is far more pleasant to use than the ostensibly much better Thorens TD-160 we have at home for exactly this reason. (Though the Q-up I put on the latter helps a lot, I strongly recommend it for anyone with a manual tt.) The Technics also allows auto-replay, which I suppose would be useful if you only owned one record or had very bad short-term memory.

 

[Soandso]

Gives new meaning to "Dig out the old turntable".

 

[Westsounds]

Gives new meaning to "Dig out the old turntable".

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The thing is that Technics deck will, still function as good as the day it was fossilized

 

[dr0ss]

that Technics deck

TechnAIcs deck.

 

[Palmer]

UNITRA came out with the, cough,

GSH-630 FRYDERYK​

Not bad, good looking- unfortunately I believe the price is a little high, for the features it offers. 2999.- Euro... Still, I keep an eye on that company.

GSH-630 FRYDERYK | Unitra

Fryderyk is a direct-drive turntable based on Unitra’s proprietary motor with a sophisticated speed control system.

unitra.com

 

[Robin L]

 

[winylnet]

30 kg of interesting junk from Japan. I wonder what condition it will be in when it's delivered?

 

[Gibsonian]

 

[EJ3]

30 kg of interesting junk from Japan. I wonder what condition it will be in when it's delivered?
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I shipped my over 40 LB Technics SL-M3 that I bought from an estate sale in Germany to Charleston, SC several years ago. The only issue was it coming through customs, which took a few days to clear up.
That was way better than when I shipped my 1212 Lexus ES 350 from Guam to Chas. several years ago. It was led in LA customs for 30 days (I discovered later that they had disassembled it, broke some things (repairing them with non-Lexus authorized pats) & reassembled it when a headlight bulb quite working (with only 19,000 miles on the car) & it turned out that it had been replaced with a Chinese clone part (the other headlight bulb was the correct Lexus headlight bulb. Later, I was in a bad accident & the airbags did not function (the had been replaced in Guam (due to a recall), at the Lexus dealership there). It seems that customs did not correctly re-install them. I have been compensated but 3 years later, I still cannot even walk (or do anything else) for more than 10-15 minutes at a time. I can do most anything for 10 or 15 minutes but then can't (due to extreme pain setting in). I sit, relax & after 10-15 minutes, I can function again for 10-15 minutes.
Knowing my limits, I plan well & get a lot done. But, I had planed on working more years & even today, 3 years later, keep getting high paying job offers in my area of expertise (which I quit enjoyed doing but can no longer do).

 

[dr0ss]

30 kg of interesting junk from Japan. I wonder what condition it will be in when it's delivered?

Are the dual tonearms standard on that model?

 

[winylnet]

Are the dual tonearms standard on that model?

The DK-2300 turntable housing allowed for the installation of two different tonearms

 

[dr0ss]

The DK-2300 turntable housing allowed for the installation of two different tonearms

It's a very cool idea. Nuts, but cool.

 

[JiiPee]

It's a very cool idea. Nuts, but cool.

Not nuts, but pure genius. It just needs further development. What this world desperately needs is four channel vinyl players and corresponding recordings!

A traditional LP record needs to be divided in two areas: The outer groove containing the front channels information, and the inner groove containing corresponding rear channels information. Total playing time is unfortunately reduced to half of what it used to be, but hey - progress comes with a price.

The player with two arms needs to have a precise mechanism to synchronize the needle positions accurately, but that is surely something that is doable with modern engineering.

Then a four channel phono preamp, four power amplifiers plus four speakers. There it is. I want it.

 

[dr0ss]

My old man used to sell quadrophonic systems, but not quadrophonographic ones.

 

[EJ3]

My old man used to sell quadrophonic systems, but not quadrophonographic ones.

Still have a fair amount of quad stuff, proof that a very good phono stylus can do some very high frequency stuff fairly accurately.
My current quad preamp set up

A pair of these:
Quadraphonic Synthesis

With two Holman Preamplifiers, you can synthesis and control four output channels from just two input channels.

Apply all your inputs to the first Holman Preamplifier. Use it for all your tone controls, filters and source and tape selections. Leave its Stereo Mode in Stereo.

Connect the first Holman Preamplifier's MAIN 1 output to one power amplifier and your two front speakers.

Connect the first Holman Preamplifier's MAIN 2 output to any line-level input of the second Holman Preamplifier.

Connect the second Holman Preamplifier's MAIN 1 output to the power amplifier for your two rear speakers.

Rotate the second Holman Preamplifier's stereo mode control to L-R, and start by setting it to about unity gain or a bit less, and keep its tone controls flat. The tone and filter settings of the first Holman Preamplifier are fed automatically to the second Holman Preamplifier.

Set balance on the first preamp. Set front-rear balance on the Volume control of the second preamp.

Leave the power switch of the second preamp ON, and plug its power cord into a switched outlet of the first Holman Preamplifier. Now the power is controlled by the first Holman Preamplifier, too.
The Audio gear world can be too much time consuming crazy fun, sometimes.

 

[kendall]

1961 TD-124 in Jim Campbell CLD plinth with two tonearms teed up: Schick which will get Ortofon SPU and Apparition 12” for various Denon DL-103 variants.

Just out of storage after a decade. And a lot of vinyl to get through.

 

[Ropeburn]

1961 TD-124 in Jim Campbell CLD plinth with two tonearms teed up: Schick which will get Ortofon SPU and Apparition 12” for various Denon DL-103 variants.

Just out of storage after a decade. And a lot of vinyl to get through.

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That poor second tonearm...

 

[Palmer]

My first Linn LP 12 - gets a Micro Seiki MA101mk2. Older fellow, but I am looking forward to it being back in business. Had a failing Grace 707 on it. Needs a new arm board...