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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.
halcro

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cleeds
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lewm
When I purchased my DP80, it was not running correctly. It did "run" but there was a problem; at this point in time I've forgotten what it was. It's a 100VAC model, and the seller told me he ran it with 120VAC. No wonder it was problematic.
Yup, no wonder. I do not believe that the DP-80 was ever made in a 120VAC model. When I bought my DP-80 back in the late-70s - brand new from a Denon dealer -  it was delivered with a Denon-branded step-down transformer.
cleeds
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  downunder

All our tables in 20 years will be worthless as nobody will be buying any physical media or players.
Not likely. Television didn't render radio obsolete. The automobile didn't eliminate the horse industry. The ballpoint pen hasn't stopped production of fountain pens.
cleeds
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Whoa! That is a beautiful table!
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