I got to watch one of these tables work once...the dealer had an LP that was pretty out of round from the factory...it wasn't a Nak demo disk of any kind. To watch it measure and solve the rotational inaccuracies was amazing. And sonicaly? A fantastic piece of equipment. Just a marvel of engineering.
I saw that listing. It looks to be a superb example for sale but the price is double what I’ve seen a perfect Dragon-CT turntable sell for in the past. But who knows? I wish the seller good luck.
I may be wrong, but I think Kyocera also shared that turntable and had that also....very cool gimmick but I wonder, what came first the record that was "made" out of round at the factory, or did the record become out of round after purchasing it?
Thanks for sharing incredible machine and great solution to coommon problem that no one ales as far as I know has addressed,they only concern is long term reliability and finding someone to fix if it goes wrong.
a very bad job or their devices wouldn´t be constantelly out for repair ,if they ask a lot of money they should deliver better materials but they just care of making lot´s of money ,there are good brands who are expensive but they work properlly for a lot of years (a lifetime)those you never find them for sale ,why do you think that happens?regards and health
It is a mystery why this technology has not been adopted or licenced for use in modern high end turntables. When you consider the cost of modern high performance turntables from the likes of TechDas, SAT, Dohman, SME, VPI, Linn, Caliburn and a slew of others, it seems to me to be a significant omission not to have this or a similar facility in modern turntables costing five and six figure sums. Many brand new and used records have 'off centre' spindle holes that need correction. The round file diy system seem to be the only 'solution' that we have at present? There would be an additional cost of course, but if you are aiming at the absolute high end such a 'centring system' ought to be part of the design. It is ironic though that Japanese engineers (presumably) designed this system back in the day when 'off centre' records were probably extremely rare or perhaps non-existent from the domestic Japanese pressing plants, if our experience is anything to go by?
Its the cost which is prohibitive even for the ultra hi end - remember the whole heavy platter is being moved every rotation and at increasing frequency....they were on another plane these Nakamichis
This could be an excellent demonstration if you put the slightest care and respect for your viewers and used the same part on both playings. Instead the part after 'Center Search' started quite a while before the 1st part, and when it reached the first notes of the 1st part you just lifted the Tonearm!!!🙁 This made most people confused about the outcome...
You are right. The TX-1000, which was an auto-centering platter and a base with no arm, was the handbuilt, test-of-concept prototype. The Dragon-CT was the production model and actually manufactured to Nakamichi's specifications by Micro-Seiki, which made turntables for many companies back when. It's unknown how many TX-1000 platters were constructed and even more problematic, are still working today. I've only ever seen one for sale and that was decades ago.
@@ggergm580 you are wrong! The TX-1000 was a production model that preceded the much less costly DRAGON CT. It incorporated a faster and slicker mechanism for 'Centre Search'.
These were made in the mid 1980s, so USB was decades away from being invented. Of course no digitizer. Built in preamps existed but were very uncommon in turntables. This is vintage stuff.
