This is one of my greatest prize possessions, well for turntables. The Micro Seiki MR-622 is a fabulous turntable, and definitely has been one of my favourite tables that I had the pleasure of owning.
Everything about this turntable screams quality. Even the 45rpm adapter seemed to be milled aluminum. It has adjustable feet, a side pocket for accessories
, a nice heavy die cast platter and even the top part of the plinth is cast. All wrapped in a beautiful smoked dustcover and real wood sides.
The Micro Seiki MR-622 is a fully manual, 2-speed, direct drive turntable. This means, it's low maintenance and high reliability as there is less moving parts within the turntable. It's just a huge motor, speed controls and Micro Seiki MA-202 tone arm, placed in a overly built plinth just like what one would expect from Micro Seiki.
The MA-202 tone arm is a S-shaped tone arm with excellent tracking ability. It has an adjustable counterweight and the tone arm pipe is filled with damping material to reduce vibration.
It is in excellent shape, however there is a bit of stress cracks on one side of the dustcover near the hinges. That is the only flaw it has.
This is a fantastic deck and will out perform anything in it's price range and above, until the next tier of turntables. I wouldn't call this an entry level turntable, but will punch above any new entry level turntables.
It is mounted with a beautiful Micro Acoustic 2002e cartridge and the combination of the MR-622 and the MA-2002e is sensational.
For more information:
http://audio-database.com/MICRO/player/mr-622-e.html
Everything about this turntable screams quality. Even the 45rpm adapter seemed to be milled aluminum. It has adjustable feet, a side pocket for accessories
, a nice heavy die cast platter and even the top part of the plinth is cast. All wrapped in a beautiful smoked dustcover and real wood sides.
The Micro Seiki MR-622 is a fully manual, 2-speed, direct drive turntable. This means, it's low maintenance and high reliability as there is less moving parts within the turntable. It's just a huge motor, speed controls and Micro Seiki MA-202 tone arm, placed in a overly built plinth just like what one would expect from Micro Seiki.
The MA-202 tone arm is a S-shaped tone arm with excellent tracking ability. It has an adjustable counterweight and the tone arm pipe is filled with damping material to reduce vibration.
It is in excellent shape, however there is a bit of stress cracks on one side of the dustcover near the hinges. That is the only flaw it has.
This is a fantastic deck and will out perform anything in it's price range and above, until the next tier of turntables. I wouldn't call this an entry level turntable, but will punch above any new entry level turntables.
It is mounted with a beautiful Micro Acoustic 2002e cartridge and the combination of the MR-622 and the MA-2002e is sensational.
For more information:
http://audio-database.com/MICRO/player/mr-622-e.html