Victor TT 801

Hi all.
Anyone own it?
Has it ever been necessary to carry out a recap or suffered a failure and carry out the calibration or repair without a service manual available in the world?

best-groove03-22-2020 1:41pm

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best-groove OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 831 posts 03-22-2020 at 08:23pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete just curious, do you have one, or thinking about buying one? working? not working? I own it, as I own a freshly restored TT-71 and a TT-101 which I have not yet managed to make it work as originally. The TT-801 works (I don’t own the TS1 pump) but I’m a crazy perfectionist and before starting to use it I wanted to exclude any kind of problem starting from the recap and then replacing the 4558 chips because in case of failure they make disasters to the whole turntable .
best-groove OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 831 posts 03-23-2020 at 11:51pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @elliott wise decision and buying your car must have been a beautiful adventure.
best-groove OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 831 posts 03-22-2020 at 03:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @elliot many thanks for your information, I will try to contact your seller and also Foxtan but I have doubts they may have a service manual.I tried to contact a couple of times 6 months ago also a repairman who recapped and calibrated a TT 801 but never replied and this creates great displeasure to me .... yet it is said that the Japanese people are friendly!! http://amp8.com/amp-etc/record/victor/tt-801.htm Usually a recap necessarily implies a calibration but without service manual you cannot proceed casually. @lewn @chackster I doubt it's like TT81 but I will check
best-groove OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 831 posts 03-22-2020 at 04:20pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @chakster Thanks but the TT101 manual I already own it is not a problem for me this; the repairman in the U.K. I mentioned it in the past in the thread "Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously? Do you remember? The electronic components in the TT101 are different VS TT801.
best-groove OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 831 posts 04-04-2020 at 10:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete but the original vacuum mat does not work. Looking for one the rubber mat for TT801 is very rare to find sold individually; moreover, it is known that the rubber of the mat breaks over time, making the mat unusable. It is best to abandon the original carpet and pump and use the Audio Technica AT 666 / AT 666 EX system with a dedicated pump.
best-groove OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 831 posts 04-07-2020 at 02:20pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @chakster first of all the TT801 is much more simplified as components and less chaotic for assistance than the TT-101, then it does not have oil inside the spindle but grease. If it sounds better it will be difficult to prove, but it is so fascinating. @dickson it seems incredible that in the world there is no service manual for this damned turntable.
best-groove OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 831 posts 04-07-2020 at 07:51pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Replacing the electrolytics in the PS should not necessitate a recalibration. it is not entirely correct, due to aging the condensers can increase their value by up to 50% and the variation can be significant, compared to a new condenser. By this I mean that an check must be made because the parameters are not the same before and after the recap. @dickson the two of us must continue searching for a service manual in the world and obtain it to be able to duplicate it and keep one for both of us. As reliable information, I knew that wanting to do maintenance on the pin by cleaning everything well from old grease, an excellent grease compatible with the original is the grease produced by the Italian company Saeco for coffee machines and is easily found on Amazon.
best-groove OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 831 posts 04-09-2020 at 09:42am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @lewm I have to deny you, small electrolytic capacitors for example from 1 - 2.2 - 10 uF at the measurements, they showed me not only an increase in the ESR or in some cases also identical to new capacitors, but rather values in uF increased by 40/50 % and this factor together with other negative aspects (inflated condenser, loss of electrolyte) determines the old age of these components.
best-groove OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 831 posts 10-09-2020 at 01:20am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete bad news....TT 801 service manual to get paid copy I have not yet found in the world. :(
best-groove OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 831 posts 06-09-2022 at 03:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @lohanimal I can try since I have been looking for it for a long time; but I am pessimistic because not even in Japan since the 801 was intended for the domestic market only is available. I've scoured the world.
best-groove OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 831 posts 06-12-2022 at 06:37pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @lewm No dear Lewn... the lab supports English too language.
best-groove OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 831 posts 06-12-2022 at 05:58pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @dover I am not interested to amp repair in Japan to do a turntable repair or maintenance ..... by my ability I know how to do it myself. I am surprised that after having written to Amp Repair numerous times a request for find a photocopy of the service manual for a fee if luckily he had it available, he never replied even an "I’m sorry". I was obviously wrong in believing that all Japanese people had the gift of education towards others; at that point for me he can quietly go to hell.
best-groove OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 831 posts 06-12-2022 at 07:07pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @pindac Japan /home shipping costs have increased significantly in recent months; now everything has become anti-economic.
best-groove OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 831 posts 06-13-2022 at 08:02am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Obviously you don’t, otherwise you wouldn’t spend all this time on audio forums asking the same question. without a service manual or a schematic diagram no good technician wastes time to rebuild the diagram ...... time is money all over the world. Best you bin the TT801 and then all your troubles will be over. ha ha haa...shure!! For me the discussion was already closed 2 years ago .... I have not resurrected the 3ad.

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