Will a record weight harm the motor in a direct drive turntable?


I've considered buying a record weight for my Denon DP-59L turntable, but I'm concerned that adding the weight would put added strain on the direct drive motor.  Does anyone have experience or advice with this?

aggie88

Showing 1 response by joysjane

How much weight exactly are you wanting to add?

I have a Kenwood KP-9010 and Kenwood sold quite a few accessories one could purchase to enhance the performance of these DD tables.

All the accessories that were sold for the L07 Kenwood's would work on the KP-9010, KP-1100 and maybe others.

Pretty sure the DD motor on your 59L is a high torque model. I'm not gonna say "no problems" as I have no idea how much weight you're talking about....

Has your table been restored? Caps, resistors, brought back to spec?

If not, and you're running all original electronic parts inside the TT I'd probably not try at all. If you're thinking of adding weight I'd have the TT internals restored/upgraded first.

 

Aldo