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Vintage DD turntables. Are we living dangerously?

I have just acquired a 32 year old JVC/Victor TT-101 DD turntable after having its lesser brother, the TT-81 for the last year.
TT-101
This is one of the great DD designs made at a time when the giant Japanese electronics companies like Technics, Denon, JVC/Victor and Pioneer could pour millions of dollars into 'flagship' models to 'enhance' their lower range models which often sold in the millions.
Because of their complexity however.......if they malfunction.....parts are 'unobtanium'....and they often cannot be repaired.
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Absolutely, I would do that.

Not only would new caps improve performance and reliability, it might avoid a failure that kills a hard to find part.
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Downunder,

Great post, pleased you got that classic up and running. Perhaps your tech should make his substitute IC available to others.
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Looks nice Peter and I must say, very original.

At one time you experimented with a similar plinth and VPI DD motor. Do you offer both or find this restored Denon to be a better performer?
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Atma-Sphere (alias Ralph)
I knew this guy that used a pigskin platter pad... he would buy *raw* pigskin at the local slaughterhouse, cut it out and kept the thing in a jar in the 'fridge when not in use, until the bacteria got to it... the LPs tended to get greasy and smelled like bacon.

The idea is that it was 'natural'- natural sound, get it? The slaughterhouse stopped selling to him when they found out what he was up to...

I do that too but only use the special "bacon mat" when playing Pink Floyd, "Pigs On The Wing."

Otherwise it goes back in the frig...
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