Attention! I have erroneously indicated the dial below the tonearm as VTA and it is in fact anti-skating regulation. While the dial on the side of the tonearm is not for anti-skating but it is used to fine tune the stylus tracking force. Excuse me for the mixup.
Hey I was hoping to get some help with something, I have a nak 700 that is in need of repairs and I cannot find anyone in my area at least that wants to repair the machine Do you know anyone that works on Nakamichi equipment?
@@anadialog isnt he down in LA? I think I tried to contact him and he said that the 700 and 1000 are very hard to find parts for and wasn't sure he could fix it
Got a 1009, a 1010, a 1218, a 1225, a 1226, a 1228, a 1229, a 601 and a 701. Every has its own charme ! And most of them had been pretty cheap (from 10 Euros to 150 Euros), because they are so underrated and I've often bought them as "not working". Hahaha... after five minutes at home, they were turning again. The are easy to fix, because they are mostly mechanical. A little WD-40 here, a little grease or oil there and they are ready for the next 40 years. I love Dual ! (Do-all) 😜
@juergenstange6844 I have a entry level Dual 80's turntable the Dual CS616Q. I have a question: the entry level Dual turntable have good renom for the quality of there audio?
I have several Duals, both idler and band types. Of the idlers, the one I prefer is the 1219 and of the belt ones, the 505-2 with an ortofon 520 (MI) capsule and the 505-4 with an ortofon OM super 40 (MM). Each one has its charm but I like them all, I repaired them myself, it's not difficult at all. thanks for the video.
I have a Dual 1209. Bought in 1967 and still sounds great. Had it serviced only once in all that time. The old Dual turntables are well made and awesome.
I have several Duals, including a 1019 that I got at a thrift shop for $2.92 plus tax. After servicing it, everything functioned correctly. I recommend that all owners of automatic 'tables either know how to work on them (as I do) or become familiar with a local expert who can.
I agree ,I have been using a 1229q with a shure v15 type3 for years.Sounds and performs as good or better than my thorens td160 ,technics 1200,and my music hall mmf5.I love the engineering can't imagine what it would cost today considering the price of todays simple belt drives.
DUAL 1019 - Fully automatic MECHANICAL wonder of musical reproduction engineering. Service it properly (not very often at all) and it will give hours and hours of listening pleasure for generations to come. I picked a poorly serviced 1019 for cheap and serviced it myself with the service manual and community on vinyl engine... and it is just amazing! I run mine with an Ortofon OM10, through a Sonab P4000, and Sonab OA-6 type 2, and it sounds fantastic. The word others have used is "a pleasure" to listen, and I agree 100%. To me that is the most important thing... the pleasure of listening to music. A few words of advice to those who might just be getting into this, I agree that the Dual 1019 is probably the most sought after of the DUALs, but in reality there is a long list of models from DUAL, as well as from many of the competitors from this era (60s and 70s), which sound fantastic when used with "normal" gear. Remember to budget for a good stylus, maybe a cartridge, as well as the correct lubricants (don't just take whatever you have in the shed) and some basic tools (borrow measurement tools (protractors, scales etc) if you can, you will seldom use them), maybe even som Novus plastic polish for the lids. All this "stuff" will probably cost more than the players themselves. Just my new stylus cost more than my player for example. But when you have put in the work to bring them back, they become like an extension of yourself. If you are hooking up to a new amp, you will probably need a good RIAA phone preamp. If your amp has a phono preamp, then you probably need to buy a good DAC for your digital reproduction chain. Remember, if it sounds good to you, that is all that matters! There is too much snake oil around, so trust your own ears.
That's a great turntable. If you love it then you will really love the Dual 1229. I've been using mine since I bought it new in the mid '70s. The 12" platter alone weighs 7 pounds, and the unit has a built in strobe for pitch control. Dual just makes killer products. Great review!
wallace49...I still have my Dual 1229 Q that I bought in the early 70's. I put a Shure M91ED cartridge on it and the sound was super clear and warm. A few years later I replaced the M91Ed with a Shure M95ED ( I think that's what it was...many years ago..!! ), and it didn't sound near as warm and nice as the 91ED did. All of the rest of my component stuff is gone but I kept the turntable.
A very nice turntable! I love Dual turntables, i've got five of them; a 1009, two 1019, 1219 and a 701. The 1019 was my first Dual and it's a tank! Sounds really great when in good working order, if you can find one give it a spin, you'll be amazed!
I love Dual's turntables. My grandfather's first job out of a technical highschool was servicing Dual turntables from their distributer in Ontario. He still fixes them up from time to time for people, and has a half dozen of the nicer ones he kept from when they weren't worth as much as they were, or currently are trending.
Modern turntables in the sub €500 ( and probably the sub €1000) range are not up to the mark when compared to 20th century offerings. A rebuilt Thorens TD 160 ( poor mans LP12) will beat a modern technics TT. I suggest you embark on the Journey many of us have taken.. and document it here. Get a 70-80s classic turntable then rebuild and upgrade it. Rebuilding and modding an old TT gives you a much deeper and extensive understanding of TT. I would suggest either a thorens TD 160(the M1 not the mkII), or for a very affordable idler drive; a lenco L 75
Hello this beautiful turntable you have from Dual 1019 I have exactly the same turntable which I had professionally cleaned and can tell you that one doesn’t need to purchase an expensive turntable to achieve great quality sound, this unit delivers
If **Technics SL-QD33** has a higher SNR and a lower wow and flutter than "FLUANCE RT 82" as an example, and better than alot of today's turntables in those specs, why no one calls it a HiFi or an audiophile turntable ?
guys pick these up from old folks, lube 'em up and are asking 350-400 for 'em on craigslist in my area. makes it impossible to find any out there, just ridiculous...
Brings up fond memories Guido!!! My dual was entry level in '76, just had to balance tone arm using the weight and no ground wire, just connect to my entry level Sony receiver's phono input & we're off to the races. Cartridge, no clue 'cept dual badge on it. Sound was, in the age of vinyl, great! Fully auto but no suspension on my model. Yeah it came w/cute little silver speed checker. I, at the time didn't give a hoot about specs, just sounded like what vinyl sounded like back then. Oh, came w/attachable spindle so one could (gasp!) stack 33's???
This lawrence from so cal, I want to say thank you for your spot on video l think there's a lot of quality in less price units. I'm not too concerned the best components just overall sound and quality and after watching this I will definitely consider this model thanks again anadialog
Great little turntable, I ditched all other Duals. I don't even use the 1019, ever, but I just respect it. It's dead reliable (way more than any Dual after) and just sounds great.
It's amazing how much less high-tech modern turntables are, you don't really get many auto mechanisms and floaty suspension systems. An example is my Project RPM 5 vs my dads B&O Beogram 1202 (a truly outstanding vintage turntable).I have an Audio-Technica at33ptgii on the Pro-ject and I'd say both decks are on the same level (albeit completely different) in terms of sound. Oh, and I love fully automatic turntables I don't get all the hate against them, when done properly like the Dual or B&O they're incredible.
Hello to Morgan Wright todays TT are not like they used to be no suspension at all yet they charge an arm leg and a few fingers for a MANUAL TT!! I have a Pro-ject Debut 3 TT and a audio tech ATLP -120 they are OK but I do have a Dual 1225 I just repaired it is way better built and sounding ,these audiophiles I WAS ONCE ONE OF THEM!!! complain about the stacking type of record players cause they scratch lp's but I am testing this out so far I used old lp's and no scratches yet plus albums have a raised outer lpi and raised label the rest of lp surface do not touch or barely at all to scratch the record just as you would remove lp from a single player carefully you can do the same with the stacker type just take your time and carefully seperate lp's flip them and WALA still testing so far so good so therte you have automatics are just as good but the vintage ones were better JRo
@@jro7075 The problem is small companies like Pro-Jeci & Rega et al just don’t have the R&D budgets and resources to develop TTS with high tech features. Technics is the exception because they have the might of Panasonic behind them, the development cost of the 1200G would’ve been enormous, the majority of Hi-Fi manufacturers just can’t afford that.
@@doctormac123 Hello to Morgan again you might be correct but if you think about it the comp that makes the Pro-Ject TT they have other models that are WAY over priced some running from 600 to over 1000 dollars if you look how simple these are made you got think where is all this money going to I just recently saw a vid on a new Dual cs-440 automatic tt now from what I saw the person reviewing TT showed parts of it and under the platter you could see the automatic mechanics and what I swa was mostly metal heavy duty looking system this unit runs for around 800 dollars but it has the Dual tone arm a thick base a heavy platter it looked real good you use it as a manual or auto for that money I would get it ,all this time I thought Dual was out of buisness ,and on technics TT they charge over 1000 dollars for there TT yes it is well built and I am sure just as heavy as my audio technica ATLP-120 TT which I am not crazy for anymore ,and like you said technics has the back up of Pannasonic but they made the same model in my time but it was an automatic more or less but the newer model is over 1200 dollars and these newer TT,s that are way over priced if you look at the specs they do not campare to the older models I still have a Onkyo CP-1055FII fully automatic from 1985 it cost about 300 .00$ it had a two motor system one for tone arm and direct drive quartz the wow and flutter is at .012 the ATLP-120 is at .125 if I remember and A lot of theses other high priced TT,s the Debut-3 is at .120 and signal to noise ratio some are lower than 70 db the higher it is the better the CP-1055 FII was at 76 db in the 70's that was what you wanted in the TT specs they worked hard at keeping that but theses new TT's made by I am sure well meaning comp do not and I believe are hoping we forgot how TT's werte better made in the 70's I applogize for this very long rant I just like people to know that you can't be brainwashed into thinking cause it costs a lot it is better I was brainwashed in my day thinking audiophiles telling me what was good or not we have to think for ourselves and question what we are told so who knows I may be totally wrong or CRAZY but have a great and safe day JRo
$200 is a give away for a working 1019! I see them for $350 plus and the only one I found for $200 or less was a parts machine for $117. I own one and it can't be beat. I wouldn't sell it for less than $350 if it was for sale. My grandpa handed me down a complete Sansui system Model 2000 amp with SP 200 speakers and the Dual 1019. I cleaned everything and it works like a charm and sounds amazing! The quality and workmanship that went into the 1019 make it one of the best of all time. If you can buy a working unit for $200 you just committed a robbery! lol
German audio always sounds rich compared to others, I have a PE turntable being serviced, it to is an idler drive and PE was bought out by Dual I believe. My PE is wickedly complex underneath, how anyone can fathom how it works mystifies me and it weighs two tons (only a slight exaggeration). I can't wait to get it back as I have not heard it perform yet, unfortunately spare parts might be a problem. My tip: keep your stylus clean always.
I have the Dual CS 616 Q direct drive. My mother have the same turn table in the start of the 80's and i buy it 2 weeks ago for 80$ . i change the stylus and a technician make the checkup . Its like a new one
Love the Doo_AHLS as I've been admonished by my german friends to say- I have a 1019 also. Get yourself the stacker for fun to watch it play 5 LPs in a row. There's also one for 45's. A word of warning regards the head shell- if the one you have is working and no channel dropouts or hum treat it like a donated kidney. Those sprung contacts are notoriously bad, they break, and trying to bend them to make better contact can end in tears. Not the best design to say the least. I have an aftermarket 3D printed one which sort of works because my original is not reliable. But like all removable headshells the idea was if you have 78's you can mount a mono cartridge like a Stanton, or you can also get replacement stylii to go in the Shure carts to play 78's. I put a Shure M97ex in mine which seems to be working fine. Love my Dual!
Hello guys! I am not an audiophile, I am a music lover. An audiophile loves the sound, a music lover loves the music. There is the production of music-live concerts, studio performances and there is the reproduction of music, at home or in other venues. We will never faithfully reproduce the live event or studio event in our homes for a million reasons. If you are an audiophile then yes, be my guest, chase the soundstage, the separation of instruments, chase the "neutral sound", chase the lifelike dynamics. If you are a music lover you have to chase the emotion that a piece of music is creating in you. You can be a music lover and be happy with a mono radio. If you are a sophisticated music lover you have to know what makes you tick. Most of the audio gear is made in an industrialized process, without heart, without soul and it sounds awful. A natural music event is a whole event, there is this emotion-inducing event which warms your heart, so the sound is not "neutral" is warm. There is no definition of the soundstage, the sound comes and goes everywhere, the so-called detail does not exist, is just the way the artist or the guitar or piano sounds. The detail is an artificial artifact invented by audiophiles (maybe invented by Stereophile magazine, who knows lol). The sound is natural when is warm and whole, with no definition of the soundstage elements or detail. The sound must be "big", I mean, to fill your entire room, not just the space between the speakers that audiophiles call soundstage. The transistor is a commutation device and is a very non-linear device and is dead. The only device that breath, that is linear and is alive is the vacuum tube, the triodes in particular. The reproduction of music at home must be made by vacuum tube amplifiers. The speakers must be highly sensitive speakers with minimal filters, ideally a one way-one large band speaker with no filters. The filters induce phase shifts that mess with the tone accuracy and with dynamics. The source must be a turntable, ideally a Garrard 301. The turntable must not be a direct drive or these flimsy ones. Direct Drive is bad. In Italy, you have Tektron which makes some fantastic tube amplifiers by hand, not by an industrial process. I believe that by now you've got my point. There are many small audio companies that make hand made audio gear which is fantastic. The smaller the company, the more one-man business-one man show is the company, the better. If you buy audio gear because of the hype of the rave reviews you have read in Stereophile magazine or any other commercial magazine you will only end up with a big financial loss and frustration. All the best!
I have a system with a Dual direct drive turntable(731Q) modified with new arm tube wire and litz wire and a moving coil cartridge and also a high quality mat going into a tube preamp all triode but with a solid state power supply going into hybrid amps which are solid state up to the output tubes which drive electrostatic speakers. There's a music hall here in Pittsburgh, PA called Synod Hall which I happen to like the sound of. I got a balcony seat and listened carefully with my eyes close to the full symphony orchestra. When it was over I went home and played a Telarc vinyl LP of the same music and it really sounded the same even how the orchestra sounded down there as I was on the balcony. The Telarc was recorded with microphones high up. My father used to tell me not to spend a lot on a stereo as it will never sound like the real thing. He ate his words when he heard my system.
Nice video. The 1019 is a classic and sold by the truckload, but the 1229 is definitely the pinnacle of Dual idler drive design. The platter weighs about the same as the 1019, but because of its larger size, the platter has much more inertia than the 1019.
Wow! It reminds me of my father’s turntable, a beautiful Garrard record changer from the late 60’s, which I used profusely until the 90's. Fully automatic, 10-inch platter.
Nice to see this video and how amazing the quality of this turntable is. After the passing of my dad I found this same model in the attick. The device has been standing there for several decades and I'm wondering if it is expensive to restore it ??
Nice review, thanks! We always had Dual turntables in our family,cause we're living just 20 minutes away from the city "St. Georgen" which has been Dual"s headquarter 'til the end. Still have the Dual 741 here for playing...
This is wy i run a dual 1219 on my ultra high end tube amp with bbc spendor preludes. Ortofon 2m blue and ifi zen phono. Sounds nice, safed a lot of moneeeey... ;)
I have several record players and styles of them. From just the player itself to the all in one table top to even the console. 7 or 8 of them and they keep coming home with me.
Hi all. Thanks to this channel, I now have a Dual 1019 in beautiful condition and working great. I bought it from a person in the Canary Islands and had it shipped to me. Once it got here took it to a fantastic tech that lives near me, Gilberto in La Linea de la Concepción (if anyone wants his number I will gladly give it to you) for a service and adjustments. I have fitted it the Dual 1019 with a Nagaoka MP 110 cartridge, changed the lead cables to the audio technica ones ALSO suggested by this channel and interestingly, changed the RCA cable connection to two quality microphone cables. I have two separate cables which he fitted by soldering etc.
@@anadialog well it's taken pride of place in my listening area as they call it and I've retired my modern Rega turntable. Any thoughts on using microphone cable instead of RCA cables coming off a turntable? The Rega gave me terrible electrical noise and the Dual is in comparison silent so I am.very happy indeed. The Nagaoka needle certainly needs running in. I have it connected to a late 60s Leak Stereo 70 which is serviced as well.....and Leak mini sandwich speakers......all vintage as they say but I was born in 1966 so this is all of my lifetime Haha greetings from Gibilterra.
@@anadialog Is there any reason why I haven't heard of this before....mic cables instead of RCA cables on turntables??? or is this normal? BTW thanks for a great informative and fun channel
Thanks Guido, I did not expect to have a review of my dear 1019 after the 10 000 $ pair of speakers you got :) Mine is a heritage, which came from my wife's grandfather with a M75 cartridge, barely used. One time I brought it to the local hifi-store and the people who came in were all charmed by the sound. It has a sound different from the modern TTs, not better, just different, as you point it out. Keep up the great reviews!
Thanks for celebrating this 1019's! I own one and like it very much. On a visual point I think the headshell is to bulky and not refined(visually). But the sound is wonderful!
My brother is keeping our Dad's Dual 1010, he sent it to Canada to get it rebuild and you may say many things about the rumble, but it is a very nice piece of jewelry
Dual 1009 and 1019 are really amazing turntables. I think the 10 series is better than tha 12 series Dual's. I ended up first with the slightly budget model, the Dual 1015, which has a very similar mechanism, but a slightly lighter platter and lighter duty motor. It was a learning experience to service the mechanism, but now I am ready to tackle the 1019.
I’m impressed with my Dual 1019. Bought it for $75.00 at auction. Came with a Shure V15 lll , with a VN35E stylus. Record continues to rotate 14 times after automatic shut off. Thanks for your review.
I have just renovated an old Dual 1218 and it turns for more than two minutes after shutting it off, what makes around 70 turns. Lubricate both your spindle with a special oil for turntables and the motor with a special grease for turntables and you will be surprised how good this mechanics is.
Thank you for this video. It confirms I made the right decision some months ago by purchasing this turntable. It came with a Stanton cartridge, not very good. After replacing it with a Nagaoka MP110 and upgraded power and rca cables, it comes pretty close to High End audio.
Great. I am about to go and look at a Dual 1009, for sale locally. Claims to have been serviced and looked after. Will be interesting to see what it is like, it is certainly the right price ($165 AUD). I'm excited!
@@anadialog I have it now and it is superb! Perfect condition and sounds awesome. Honestly I can't get over the dynamic sound it produces, so different to my Rega deck. Thanks for this video, it encouraged me to keep an eye out for an early Dual when I first viewed it
Great review, I use a 1970 vintage 1218 and the “Prince” Dual 701, direct drive play Nag 200 into 5.1 Klipsch, a man needs a back up. BilloffixMyDual if there are problems.
Great video Thanx for presenting sir, just found you by chance, anyhow I've recently come across that exact Dual, I've generally shy away from them for all the maintenance. However this was a friend of mine who recently took the unit in at his store from the original owner who bought it brand new in 1967, with a custom rock solid plinth, original paperwork and the box/ packaging and even two extra cartridge "Sleds" I took it home for several days and I was won overand quite wowed it's been well taking care , had a few issues speed consistency and motor which are being addressed. Even then I was still quite impressed and I am thinking of getting just because of that the fact it came from the original owner. I just don't know if I'm up for the maintenance but the sound and performance sure seems to make it worthy
My first turntable was a dual their entry model at the time cant remember the model no, it was 1980. 5 yrs later i purchased a linn LP 12 (3 spring suspension but belt drive) still using it nowadays, love the channel btw.
I encouraged a handful of people to buy entry level Dual turntables in the first 5 years of the 1980s and they were all very glad with them. They were silver plastic if I remember correctly, but they were really well designed and sounded really great, especially for the price which I believe was under $200 at the time. I was really sad to hear Steve Guttenberg say he thought Dual turntables were only so-so, but I suppose it's all a matter of perspective.
First new turntable I ever bought was a Dual 506. Still have it but I modified it for better sound. I also got a Linn LP12 used but can't afford to upgrade it to the quality I would like.
@@andershammer9307 My turntable for the last 35 years has been a Dual 701. I love it! I just got a Technics SL1200 (it's a long story) and that is also really excellent, but there are things about it that I don't like as well as I like the Dual.
@@AndyBHome He might change his tune now as Dual are pushing their products at the moment . I bought a Dual turntable in 1969 and passed it on to a nephew in the 80s . It was a fine tool . I can not vouch for contemporary quality .
Hi good guy, I am a Dual person . I have 3 Dual idlers. 1019, 1219, and 1229 . I have Sandboxes under them. Grace F-9 Ruby cartridges are the best mm now a days. Thanks so much
Hello, I've seen your review for this jewel but you don't mention that this midel has the feature of changing récords with a spidle. IT's that correct ??
Hi. Tomorrow I am going to buy one. I ve already arranged that. It has an upgraded plinth and it is fully serviced. Also all the cables are upgraded. I can take it with a shure or an empire cartridge. I will let you know although I believe it will sound amazing. Thanks. George.
No words. It is a wonderful equipment. Very good construction. With a shure cartridge very nice warm sound. I play with a Naïm supernait one and martin Logan vantage. I can’t stop listening. Thank you for the very precious advice. Very happy.
Can you suggest maintenance tips for the 1019? I've had mine for about 10 years and I'd like to give it a tune up myself if possible. Thank you for the great video 👍
I was stationed in Okinawa in 68-69 and had a Dual turntable, loved it. Also a Sansui 3000 integrated amp and Akai 150 reel to reel. All amazing inexpensive at the USAF base exchange. Thanks for your channel and sage advice !
In 1974 I sold my 1019 to my now brother-in-law, for twice what I paid for it, it's on its way home now after a thorough service which cost as much as 3 would have when I bought it. An Audio-Technica AT-VM95ML is also on its way from the A-zon. Looking forward to the memories... Here's hoping....“It sounds like bacon smells”...Bonnie Raitt, describing her vintage 1965 Stratocaster .
These were highly prized even when superseded by the later models. I was a tech at an authorized Dual repair shop and those who owned the 1009s and 1019s, brought them to us for servicing which, usually, consisted of cleaning and lubricating the moving parts as well as replacing the idler wheel which is a wear item. These owners all shared a common trait: none complained about the cost of the service, which wasn’t cheap. This was back in the early 1970s when hi-fi was becoming a young person’s game and rock music displaced classical as the number one music of choice of audiophiles. These are quality turntables. I have owned several Dual models starting with a 1218 that I acquired with a broken tonearm tube (which I replaced). My son owns my last Dual, a belt-drive 507.
Dual 1019 is seen as the best and highest possible development regarding to turntables. Even Dual-Engineers stated, that something better than the Dual 1019 cannot be constructed because they pushed it to it´s absolute limits.
I tend to disagree with you on turntables with idler wheels. They never gained popularity in the early 70s hi-ends due to irregularities on the idler rubber wheel due to flats. I will not even take a second look on turntables with idler wheels.
Ricardo, I am with you; the only Rumble worth listening to is found on a Link Wray record! (PS, if you like *that* Rumble, check out Shoot Out the Lights by Richard Thompson, it's like Rumble on steroids, with lyrics!).
I think you should point out that this turntable tracks down to 0.5 grams. It's a great matchup for Shure M44, M55, and V15 cartridges, which can also track down to 0.75 grams, given the right stylus. I like the 1019 because it literally DOES EVERYTHING and was a best-seller for its time (1965-1970) !! It has no strobe (those came later) but once you adjust the speed it runs perfectly and no hum!
I also recommend the Garrard 990b. It's not a bad table the isn't talked about. I was lucky to find one that needed zero restoration and works perfectly. It also has a very unique drive system. Belt with Idler wheel.
I recently was given a 1009 model. The replacement idler will be here soon. The Magnavox consoles that are in my collection have foam pieces inserted into the mounting springs to help absorb any shock. I was wondering about the dual and if that would be helpful?
I know it's nothing like this model, but I've been using a Dual 701 for almost 40 years and it's been absolutely incredible. Sadly it did just suffer a failure that caused me to finally go get a Technics SL-1200 GR, which I had decided would be the replacement (some variant of the SL-1200) for the Dual if it ever did fail. I love the Technics DJ model, but the straight, low mass tonearm on the Dual is to my ear better in some ways. I tried putting a lower end Grado cartridge on the Technics and it just doesn't sing the way it did on the Dual at all. I can see why someone with a Grado green or gold might be disappointed on a medium mass S-curve tonearm. But on the Dual with it's spring pressure tracking force and very light aluminum tonearm, I feel like I hear all of the magic that Grado fans are enamored by. I may see if I can fix the Dual. I never intended for it to be my turntable for so long, but it's a serious unit, well worth a place in any serious vinyl lover's HiFi setup.
I just picked up a Duel 1019, and ordered a DJ Pre amp, and picked up some vintage Fisher speakers. Anything else I need to plug in to make great music?
@@therustyduck5400 You need a integrated amplifier to bring Power to your speakers. A phono pre amp can't do this. A phono pre amp only turns up the phono Signal to line level and equalizes according to RIAA.
@Icky Icky Batang Oh maybe you didn't get my meaning. I am talking about something like an acrylic 'slipmat' to put on top of the 10" platter, not replacing the platter at all. Just putting 12" on top.
The 1019 was Dual's most solidly built turntable they ever made. The casting, main bearing and machining all to a very high standard. The idler drive is surprisingly quiet and steady in speed. Even the highish mass arm has ultra smooth bearings and non-resonant arm tube. The result is a subjectively great sounding turntable that put's to shame newer Duals and many costly tables made today. My only issue (common to Duals) is the slide in cartridge sled that compromises rigidity and electric contact as it ages.
I have literally just bought one based on the trust I have in your review.....300 euros in seemingly excellent condition. It looks in great shape. Looking forward to playing it when it arrives. It has a Shure M75mb.....thoughts? I was born in 1966 so it has significance too
Thanks for your feedback......I ask.....is there a cartridge most people agree is the best pairing for this beautiful piece of engineering turntable? A friend suggested the Nagaoka MP-110 although I have a Rega Elys 2 I could install which is on my other turntable
Nice video, thanks for posting. I have a Dual 701 (Direct drive fully automatic with 12" platter) and Dual CS 5000 (Belt drive semi-auto). Both have Shure V15's. Both amazing tables and I cannot justify purchasing a Fluence, NAD, Music Hall, or McIntosh for what the Dual gives me in terms of incredible playing enjoyment. I have had them for well over 35 years. If you get a chance review the 701....I had heard it is the most sought after Dual turntable but I am not sure.
Excellent video thank you for sharing. I am been into music and hi-fi since the 1970’s and have heard the term idler before but didn’t know what it meant so thanks for the insight. I have a Dual 505-3 that I use for my used and worn records keeping my better turntables for my better condition records. I can highly recommend it, mine is almost mint and only cost me £130 so I would say it was an absolute bargain.
That can when the brass spindle has a groove where the idler wheel has worn it locally. This will make speed adjustment nearly impossible. If the speed adjustment works well on 45 (usually but not always used less) it is an indicator for this problem. And you can see it with a magnifying glass.
I recently got an ELAC Miracord H2 turntable and I love it. I imagine it has a similar sound to your Dual. It has really bought my vinyl collection to life. Several LPs that I thought were duds, actually sound really great. I think the idler drive and pitch control allow for a more accurate reading. I really enjoyed your video, it would be great to see you review more vintage gear as I'm sure there is a big audience for it.
A perfect demo showing why vinyl is rap! Play on phono disc and one cd and ANYONE can immediately hear why CD sounds infinitely better. You don’t need a golden ear to hear the racket that a phonograph (such as the one in this video)dumps over the music! AC/DC has no background noise, a phonograph is absolutely noisy. ITS OBVIOUS THAT PHONOGRAPHS ARE MUCH WORSE THAN CDs. Don’t get ripped off by the vinyl fad. Hear the music it the noise!
Had a 1019 for some time. It came with a Shure cartridge and sounded nice and warm but it suffered from igd (inner groove distortion) quite badly. But that was until I mounted a Denon DL-110 on it. Purists might say that this cartridge and turntable won't go together but believe me: if the drummer's got a wet lace in his/her left sneaker while playing, you'll hear it. An absolute killer combo. (never understood why I sold the 1019. still got the DL-110 though..)
What is it about vintage turntables? I sold a new Project Carbon in favor of a Kenwood KD-4100 originally purchased on Ramstad AFB Germany 1978. It's fun and sounds amazing. Highly recommend. The mass and mechanics are just so sweet! I'm now in the process of purchasing a Dual 1019. It's like listening to history. I'm hooked.
I remember playing with these in college, my friend! I love and share your enthusiasm for this vintage equipment. My personal choice in this period was a Phillips 212 with the touch sensor buttons. Keep up the wonderful work, BELLA!
The higher end Dual-Players are hard to beat. I use two phantastic Dual CS 731q - to me the best record players you can buy for money (the s-class from Dual).... elecronic direct drive with quartz controlled speed... fully automatic.... and the ULM-tonearm (ultra-low-mass) is phantastic. It sounds like 50 000 bucks. I also have a Dual 1219, which ist a great player.
Help! My 1019 has slow sleep and I have lubed it. It all looks great and all works except the speed. I already tried to adjust the spindle height but I can’t anymore or else it hits the platter. Please help.
If it is possible,,,please talk about Lenco,,,L78 and L75,,,,,It would be pleasant for me to hear about these items that I think are similars to Dual and they are mythical of hi fy
I owned a Dual 1228 some years ago. I bought it at an estate sale for cheap. It had an empire cartridge on it and after I did a full restore on it it was amazing. I still regret selling it. Great video
I love my Dual 1225 and it STACKS my many old Christmas albums I am planning to use it on a recently acquired Pioneer SX 727 .. it needs just a little work first. It's now on a newer none to fancy black Pioneer... made for movies... yuck!
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