[xsb7244]

http://www.geocities.ws/bc1a69/others_eng.html  The era of direct drive turntables, that only the big corporations could produce.  Too bad it is gone.  I did not know there was a Onkyo PX-100 turntable for example.  Are there any direct drive fans here?

[simoon]

Count me as a fan of DD turntables.

Here's a few more for the list:


The one most people would consider one of the best ever is the Kenwood L-07D.





Also the Kenwood KD-990 was no slouch.





Another attempt at the state of the art is the Nakamichi TX-1000.





Here is a modern DD turntable that takes aim at the best. The Grand Prix Audio Monaco.

[Ericus Rex]

What!?!?  A site devoted to Japanese DDs and no mention of Micro Seiki?

[HsvHeelFan]

I have an 1984 vintage Yamaha direct drive turntable in storage somewhere.  It has an Ortofon OM-10 cartridge on it.

It got to where everything that I wanted to hear was available on CD, so the turntable got put away.

HsvHeelFan

[neobop]

What!?!?  A site devoted to Japanese DDs and no mention of Micro Seiki?

Try this page:
http://www.geocities.ws/bc1a69/museum_eng.html

neo

[neobop]

Here's another site with great vintage stuff.

http://www.thevintageknob.org/pioneer-PL-90.html

neo

[Ericus Rex]

Try this page:
http://www.geocities.ws/bc1a69/museum_eng.html

neo

I had the baby brother to the Micro Seiki shown in this link, the DDX-1000, for a little while.  It was a real fun table.  The vertical stripes on the side of the platter turned into a grey blur when spinning...except when you blinked.  Something about light defraction at blinking made the black stripes perfectly visible, as if the platter had stopped completely, for a split second.  Very strange!  I sold it to get something I thought would be MUCH better but ended up selling it after a few months and moved on to something else.  Somedays I wish I still had this table....