I am a Vintage DD follower.
I have a DP-80/DK300 with SME 3010 arm and AT ART9 cartridge the cartridge only has a few hours on it but it is very sweet. I also have a DP-6000/FR64s.
To contribute some DD info I had a Micro Seiki DDL-120 w MA505. It was an interesting turntable, the platter was 3.2kg of zinc and also had lead in the plinth. I am not sure whether its motor was coreless or not but it had very low torque.
In terms of sound quality I would rate my Denon DP-80 and DP-6000 above the DDL-120.
Much of the problem of getting accurate information is that most of these TOTL DD decks were Japan only releases.
So in the absence of good info on these turntables I look on Hifido and the prices the turntables sell/sold for. I assume there is a correlation between current price and its sound quality/ reliability.(desirability?)
I am bit confused re this assumption though because Victors/JVC including the TT-101 sell at the cheapest end of the market. In this thread it its very highly rated and on TVK its stated to be one of the best turntables ever.
I am looking to add another turntable possibly a Kenwood KP-9010 which has a coreless motor and can be nuded very easily, it seems you just need to take the plinth off and you can mount upto 4 tonearms on it. Alternatively I could secure a Yamaha GT2000L or TT-101.
There are certainly more Kenwoods & Yamahas available than a TT-101.
If anyone has any thoughts about these
I have a DP-80/DK300 with SME 3010 arm and AT ART9 cartridge the cartridge only has a few hours on it but it is very sweet. I also have a DP-6000/FR64s.
To contribute some DD info I had a Micro Seiki DDL-120 w MA505. It was an interesting turntable, the platter was 3.2kg of zinc and also had lead in the plinth. I am not sure whether its motor was coreless or not but it had very low torque.
In terms of sound quality I would rate my Denon DP-80 and DP-6000 above the DDL-120.
Much of the problem of getting accurate information is that most of these TOTL DD decks were Japan only releases.
So in the absence of good info on these turntables I look on Hifido and the prices the turntables sell/sold for. I assume there is a correlation between current price and its sound quality/ reliability.(desirability?)
I am bit confused re this assumption though because Victors/JVC including the TT-101 sell at the cheapest end of the market. In this thread it its very highly rated and on TVK its stated to be one of the best turntables ever.
I am looking to add another turntable possibly a Kenwood KP-9010 which has a coreless motor and can be nuded very easily, it seems you just need to take the plinth off and you can mount upto 4 tonearms on it. Alternatively I could secure a Yamaha GT2000L or TT-101.
There are certainly more Kenwoods & Yamahas available than a TT-101.
If anyone has any thoughts about these