Now this is the oddity I want to write about. There is absolutely no information on this turntable whatsoever but, it is 100% Japanese and no doubt a CEC machine re-badged for EDS who was an importer of electronics in Canada.
It is your typical belt drive, 2-speed yet fully automatic turntable with repeat! Good sized motor that you will find on any belt drive Japanese turntable of the era, well made, though a bit cheesy with the plastic levers. Clearly, it was not a high end table of the time.
Tone arm can be found on many CEC branded tables, Realistic comes to mind. It had 7", 10" and 12" lead in and that lovely wood grain vinyl look.
So, why do I want to write about this turntable? It's the interior or guts, sorry no pictures, I knew I should have taken one. All the guys know I dislike idler wheels due to the complexity and levers and multiple gears and what not to re-lubricate. Clearly, this is an early fully automatic turntable, reminds me of some of the early Sony turntables as like the Sony the EDS 25F was a mechanical nightmare and overly complex just to make the table work. So many levers, I had to spend a couple of hours mentally tracing out the mechanism in my head.
The only good thing was that it wasn't as bad as the Duals I've had before. It was easy to service after spending some time with it. Though, it did strut that suspended plinth and it was overly sensitive so I had to bolt it down to be a more rigid plinth. That top plate was holding a lot of weight, more than it should!
After it was put back together, I put a very nice ADC K8E on it and found a genuine stylus for it at a reasonable price. It sounded find, everything was smooth and works like a champ! Surprisingly enough, it work quite well before I re-lubricated it, not as smooth but, not as dead as some idlers. It should give the new owner many years of trouble free music. Neat turntable definitely something I haven't seen in a long time. Oh, and the owner's manual that the turntable came with is utterly useless.
It is your typical belt drive, 2-speed yet fully automatic turntable with repeat! Good sized motor that you will find on any belt drive Japanese turntable of the era, well made, though a bit cheesy with the plastic levers. Clearly, it was not a high end table of the time.
Tone arm can be found on many CEC branded tables, Realistic comes to mind. It had 7", 10" and 12" lead in and that lovely wood grain vinyl look.
So, why do I want to write about this turntable? It's the interior or guts, sorry no pictures, I knew I should have taken one. All the guys know I dislike idler wheels due to the complexity and levers and multiple gears and what not to re-lubricate. Clearly, this is an early fully automatic turntable, reminds me of some of the early Sony turntables as like the Sony the EDS 25F was a mechanical nightmare and overly complex just to make the table work. So many levers, I had to spend a couple of hours mentally tracing out the mechanism in my head.
The only good thing was that it wasn't as bad as the Duals I've had before. It was easy to service after spending some time with it. Though, it did strut that suspended plinth and it was overly sensitive so I had to bolt it down to be a more rigid plinth. That top plate was holding a lot of weight, more than it should!
After it was put back together, I put a very nice ADC K8E on it and found a genuine stylus for it at a reasonable price. It sounded find, everything was smooth and works like a champ! Surprisingly enough, it work quite well before I re-lubricated it, not as smooth but, not as dead as some idlers. It should give the new owner many years of trouble free music. Neat turntable definitely something I haven't seen in a long time. Oh, and the owner's manual that the turntable came with is utterly useless.