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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Chakster, Mark seems to have a "no-speed" problem, not an "off-speed" problem.  His PD444 is dead.  To paraphrase the Monte Python description of a dead parrot, it's an "un-turntable".
JP hangs out here once in a while. Or else I think I have his email address. Or failing even that, he may have a website under Fidelis Analog.  He's a very straightforward guy, so go for it.

Found it: JP@fidelisanalog.com
PS.  No need to do the Jonathan Cleese imitation. But do bring the parrot with you.