This turntable has been a running joke amongst us, and we have two of them to boot! I have no idea why no one wants this turntable? We've had this table for sale for quite some time and even when offered in a package at a lower price people opt for a different turntable. Is it because it's silver? Maybe it's not aesthetically pleasing? I have no clue!
It's actually a pretty nice table, I've used it on several occasion to play music during the holidays because it was already hooked up to the system, of course I've used a different headshell to prevent wear on the new stylus.
It's very comparable to much of the belt drives of the era. It's a 2-speed, semi-automatic table that I've completely gone over, lots of tweaking. Granted it's not as "heavy" as some due to the more plastic interior, lots of empty space and they don't use a heavy bottom damping plate like the Technics (lots of empty space in them too!) but, it's still a very nice table. It does have some decent weight and sadly, it does outweigh a lot of the direct drives of the 80s.
It's well made for an entry level turntable of the very late 70s and maybe early 80s, it has a good sized motor and the parts inside are quite reliable. What I like about the JVCs is that a lot of them came with their re-badged version of the Audio Technica AT-11 body, so fitting it with a new generic AT-12E stylus is a breeze and it is a fantastic sounding cartridge. Everyone knows I am a huge fan of these cartridges.
It has a new belt, and already mentioned the new stylus, completely serviced and as usual it's been cleaned, tested and the dustcover has been lightly polished.
More information:
http://www.vinylengine.com/library/jvc/l-a11.shtml
It's actually a pretty nice table, I've used it on several occasion to play music during the holidays because it was already hooked up to the system, of course I've used a different headshell to prevent wear on the new stylus.
It's very comparable to much of the belt drives of the era. It's a 2-speed, semi-automatic table that I've completely gone over, lots of tweaking. Granted it's not as "heavy" as some due to the more plastic interior, lots of empty space and they don't use a heavy bottom damping plate like the Technics (lots of empty space in them too!) but, it's still a very nice table. It does have some decent weight and sadly, it does outweigh a lot of the direct drives of the 80s.
It's well made for an entry level turntable of the very late 70s and maybe early 80s, it has a good sized motor and the parts inside are quite reliable. What I like about the JVCs is that a lot of them came with their re-badged version of the Audio Technica AT-11 body, so fitting it with a new generic AT-12E stylus is a breeze and it is a fantastic sounding cartridge. Everyone knows I am a huge fan of these cartridges.
It has a new belt, and already mentioned the new stylus, completely serviced and as usual it's been cleaned, tested and the dustcover has been lightly polished.
More information:
http://www.vinylengine.com/library/jvc/l-a11.shtml