This is a beast of a turntable, well engineered and again a mechanical beast. When I got it, nothing was working right, arm dropped to quickly and none of the automation worked! Sometimes fully automatic turntables can be a pain to work on, especially later on when the automation gets taken over by electrical components i.e. more I.C. than mechanical. Luckly, this was mechanical.
Once opened, I was immediately stunned by the mechanics. It was extremely well made, good sized motor, really beefy, very nice tonearm and a nice sized transformer. The manufacturer put some effort into this turntable. However, it reminded me of idler wheels, and I dislike working on idler wheels as they are mechanical nightmares. Gladly, this wasn't as bad.
After a couple hours of servicing the beast was alive and running!
The cartridge is a rebadged Audio Technica AT-11E and at one point was one of my favorite cartridges as you could buy a high quality stylus, an ATN-12S, for a reasonable amount of money to take this entry level cartridge to the next level. However, the current new stylus is not an ATN-12S, but rather an ATN-11E. So, it does sound different. But, still it is a very nice entry level elliptical cartridge.
This is a direct drive, fully automatic turntable with repeat option. Some say C.E.C. made this turntable, and some think Micro Seiki made this turntable. I'm not too sure who made it, though I might lean towards C.E.C. due to the arm looks quite similar to some of the C.E.C. turntable I've seen, but that's all speculation. Regardless who made this turntable this is a little gem. It holds speed, plays well and sounds pretty nice! It's your typical well engineered Japanese made turntable.
Overall, it's in great shape, dust cover has the usual wear and could use a polishing, but no cracks or chips. Also have metal hinges which are nice as they can last the test of time, unlike those plastic ones!
It will come with 2 stylus as I have one NOS and the other is generic, didn't realize there were so many to choose from.
Once opened, I was immediately stunned by the mechanics. It was extremely well made, good sized motor, really beefy, very nice tonearm and a nice sized transformer. The manufacturer put some effort into this turntable. However, it reminded me of idler wheels, and I dislike working on idler wheels as they are mechanical nightmares. Gladly, this wasn't as bad.
After a couple hours of servicing the beast was alive and running!
The cartridge is a rebadged Audio Technica AT-11E and at one point was one of my favorite cartridges as you could buy a high quality stylus, an ATN-12S, for a reasonable amount of money to take this entry level cartridge to the next level. However, the current new stylus is not an ATN-12S, but rather an ATN-11E. So, it does sound different. But, still it is a very nice entry level elliptical cartridge.
This is a direct drive, fully automatic turntable with repeat option. Some say C.E.C. made this turntable, and some think Micro Seiki made this turntable. I'm not too sure who made it, though I might lean towards C.E.C. due to the arm looks quite similar to some of the C.E.C. turntable I've seen, but that's all speculation. Regardless who made this turntable this is a little gem. It holds speed, plays well and sounds pretty nice! It's your typical well engineered Japanese made turntable.
Overall, it's in great shape, dust cover has the usual wear and could use a polishing, but no cracks or chips. Also have metal hinges which are nice as they can last the test of time, unlike those plastic ones!
It will come with 2 stylus as I have one NOS and the other is generic, didn't realize there were so many to choose from.
