Top rated Japanese turntable from 70’s ideas please
- Thread starter Amber Audio
- Start date
HarryCrumb
pfm Member
Here's my SP 10 MK2 to give you some inspiration. You've maybe already seen it, if so then sorry, I'm just so chuffed with it
...what?!! Is that real...? Does that thing of beauty actually exist or have you photoshopped it to torment us?
mikeyb
pfm Member
nope, 'tis all real, here's it playing side 4 of IQs - Subterranea just a few minutes ago.
karma67
pfm Member
has anyone mentioned the sony tts-8000 yet? easily up there with the sp10.here are my 2 examples.
http://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-TTS-8000.html
http://www.thevintageknob.org/sony-TTS-8000.html
paulfromcamden
Baffled
waxkinglyrical
pfm Member
Slightly later in the 80s the Onkyo PX-100M does it for me.
Very nice but I am not sure I would pay what they are asking for this one I found on HifiShark.
http://www.audioscope.net/onkyo-px100m-near-mint-p-3232.html?ref=3
fegs
pfm Member
There was the odd decent one from Switzerland too. And Swindon
agreed, I'm not saying the japanese were the only ones, I just think they're very very good at it
waxkinglyrical
pfm Member
There’s also a nice Spanish design, the Vieta G900 turntable.
Tarzan
pfm Member
waxkinglyrical
pfm Member
Ive always had an interest in hearing a Kyocera 910
Is the Kyocera PL-910 (Kyoto Ceramics..?) the only only turntable with a ceramic platter?
According to a post on the Fonolab Lounge site the turntable is actually a Micro Seiki design.
Other decks that would grace this discussion are:
Micro Seiki SX 8000 Mk II
Pioneer PL-90
Seiko Epsom, the Teregaki designs.
Sony PS-X9
p147
Sunny Sussex.
Hello Julian, Yes I still have it even after a couple of house moves, and it really is a joy to use especially as I recently fitted anART9 m/c cartridge, old and new do mix very well.
I could not be happier, and I am forever grateful for your help.
Cheers
chartz
If it’s broke fix it!
Once again, I find it odd that Japanese turntables were not taken seriously in British audiophile circles.
This was really a local oddity, because the rest of the world knew what they were able to do. They actually sold pretty well!
I remember the 1981 Linn ad where you could see broken music notes coming from a nice Japanese DD turntable!
The fact is that no manufacturer in Europe – bar Revox and Goldmund, then Thorens and Dual – were able to make a proper DD deck that wasn’t a rebadged Japanese unit.
And those did finally use Japanese DD motor units and electronics after Papst stopped making theirs... Dual threw the towel and focused on cheap belt drives.
This was really a local oddity, because the rest of the world knew what they were able to do. They actually sold pretty well!
I remember the 1981 Linn ad where you could see broken music notes coming from a nice Japanese DD turntable!
The fact is that no manufacturer in Europe – bar Revox and Goldmund, then Thorens and Dual – were able to make a proper DD deck that wasn’t a rebadged Japanese unit.
And those did finally use Japanese DD motor units and electronics after Papst stopped making theirs... Dual threw the towel and focused on cheap belt drives.
I find the Hitachi PS58(and the 48 and 38 too) really pretty. For some reason it reminds me, aesthetically, of a mix in between a sony ps 8750 and a Pioneer PL570. However I don't know how it compared against all the TT mentioned above but I think a 1000£ can get a very clean one + some upgrade, and it's probably up there with some real good TT.
I also find the Optonica RP3500 interesting to say the least.
I also find the Optonica RP3500 interesting to say the least.
Hoopsontoast
pfm Member
Much later but the Rega P7/P9/P10/Niad have Ceramic Platters.
Hoopsontoast
pfm Member
My '70s Japanese DD, the Micro Seiki MR-711 (P9 in the background)
Micro Seiki MR-711 by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Micro Seiki MR-711 by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Micro Seiki MR-711 by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
Micro Seiki MR-711 by Robert Seymour, on Flickr
ex brickie
pfm Member
What are the % import costs if you buy from Japan? And is there VAT on top?