I own three Dual idler drive turntables.
I will start with the 1219. I got it off the auction site several years ago and using available guides at the time was able to restore it and run it several years. Over the Summer, I began to have all kinds of problems with the audio signal and found I had developed a short or break in one of the tone arm wires at the pc chip in the head shell. The repair soon got beyond my skill level and I sent it to Klaus Adlhoch (Dualcan) from Vinyl Engine fame.
He made it like new! Literally. I now have a table that is absolutely dead quiet in the passages between songs. I can turn the volume up wicked high and hear nothing!
This table is outfitted with a Shure V15 series 2 cart and a Jico non SAS stylus.
My favorite is my 1229. I got it over the Summer from a friend I met on Vinyl Engine. My father got one for Christmas back in the early 70's when I was in high school. I came to love that model after the first authoritative click of the start switch. Dad was a market manager for Ampex then and had all their consumer stereo products including two reel to reel decks. He needed a turntable to form a complete stereo system.
When I sent the 1219 to Klaus I included several idler wheels and sleds needs repair. I installed one of these reworked idlers in the 1229 and it too is very quiet!
Last is a 1228. I got it from the auction site over ten years ago and it was the first one I worked on myself. It ran many years problem free, I will send it to Klaus this Spring for his total restoration. This will go to my daughter who will graduate from MTSU's aerospace program in Dec. 2017. I will put a Shure M93ed on it for her.
I will start with the 1219. I got it off the auction site several years ago and using available guides at the time was able to restore it and run it several years. Over the Summer, I began to have all kinds of problems with the audio signal and found I had developed a short or break in one of the tone arm wires at the pc chip in the head shell. The repair soon got beyond my skill level and I sent it to Klaus Adlhoch (Dualcan) from Vinyl Engine fame.
He made it like new! Literally. I now have a table that is absolutely dead quiet in the passages between songs. I can turn the volume up wicked high and hear nothing!
This table is outfitted with a Shure V15 series 2 cart and a Jico non SAS stylus.
My favorite is my 1229. I got it over the Summer from a friend I met on Vinyl Engine. My father got one for Christmas back in the early 70's when I was in high school. I came to love that model after the first authoritative click of the start switch. Dad was a market manager for Ampex then and had all their consumer stereo products including two reel to reel decks. He needed a turntable to form a complete stereo system.
When I sent the 1219 to Klaus I included several idler wheels and sleds needs repair. I installed one of these reworked idlers in the 1229 and it too is very quiet!
Last is a 1228. I got it from the auction site over ten years ago and it was the first one I worked on myself. It ran many years problem free, I will send it to Klaus this Spring for his total restoration. This will go to my daughter who will graduate from MTSU's aerospace program in Dec. 2017. I will put a Shure M93ed on it for her.