Tim Jones
pfm Member
Looks like I have now entered the slightly weird, if hallowed halls of the double deck owners, having picked up one of these from a fellow fishie yeterday:
www.thevintageknob.org
I had my heart set either on one of these, or on the Pioneer PL71D, but haven't seen one of those for a while. My reasons/pathetic self-justification for this are almost solely to run with MMs as a deck for pop and electronica. I am very happy with my P10/Apheta 3 for anything needing more refinement and fidelity. I can run both decks, using my spare DV P75 as an MM stage for the Sony.
This one seems to be in utterly mint condition, with the original lid completely unmarked. Sadly the (very good) AT 150mlx cart installed on the deck was totalled during packing, so I've had to put a spare VM95E on it, but have a VM740ML turning up tomorrow. That said, I'm pretty impressed so far. The arm is interesting - one of the first carbon fibre tubes in production I think, a couple of years before Kenwood put one on the L07. Other than that, it reminds me of the old Rega R200, though happily with a better anti-skate.
The common failure mode for these, AIUI, is that the Hall-effect drive requires the magnetised strip on the inside of the platter to be in good condition, otherwise it won't work - but all seems fine there. I can't quite work out if, other than that, the drive is Quartz-locked like the later Technics DDs. What I can work out is that DD bass seems all present and correct, although feels little unfair to judge it with a 95E on it.
Sony PS-6750 on thevintageknob.org
vintage Sony design turntable with barium-ferrite magnetic strip and two-tier base
I had my heart set either on one of these, or on the Pioneer PL71D, but haven't seen one of those for a while. My reasons/pathetic self-justification for this are almost solely to run with MMs as a deck for pop and electronica. I am very happy with my P10/Apheta 3 for anything needing more refinement and fidelity. I can run both decks, using my spare DV P75 as an MM stage for the Sony.
This one seems to be in utterly mint condition, with the original lid completely unmarked. Sadly the (very good) AT 150mlx cart installed on the deck was totalled during packing, so I've had to put a spare VM95E on it, but have a VM740ML turning up tomorrow. That said, I'm pretty impressed so far. The arm is interesting - one of the first carbon fibre tubes in production I think, a couple of years before Kenwood put one on the L07. Other than that, it reminds me of the old Rega R200, though happily with a better anti-skate.
The common failure mode for these, AIUI, is that the Hall-effect drive requires the magnetised strip on the inside of the platter to be in good condition, otherwise it won't work - but all seems fine there. I can't quite work out if, other than that, the drive is Quartz-locked like the later Technics DDs. What I can work out is that DD bass seems all present and correct, although feels little unfair to judge it with a 95E on it.