Neat! My friend passed recently and left me his system that he bought while stationed in Germany in the long ago. He used it there, then boxed it up in the original boxes, brought it home...... and stored it. 45+ years. Mint. Condition. Sorry about the flex, I'm getting pretty excited to put it together once the 4 speakers are found. (I think Infinity, not sure.) Other components: Sony TC580 reel to reel, 6 sealed Memorex 1800' reels, National Panasonic SA6800X reciever/amp and SE405 system demodulator, Koss PRO/5LC headphones
One of the best turntables ever made. Period. All you really need is an anti-resonator weight from a 721 and a microlinear stylus. At that point it’ll compete with tables that cost 10x the price
Wonderful turntable… I have the 1229Q that I picked up at local estate auction for $80. It has the fold out front and the flip open front part dust cover. I need to find the hinges for the front part of the dust cover though.
I have that same Sony cassette deck but it broke. Something like a spring/coil right behind the deck well. A repair guy in my area said it can't be fixed. I wish it could be because it really sounds great.
Looks great. That cabinet is way better than the United Audio version that I have. Did you replace that ring in the arm mechanism that affects the function of the arm height adjustment? If so, was it a difficult task? BTW, the 701 is kind of grail-ish too :)
No, just cleaned out everything real good and used Gado grease wherever it was required😉 After this video was shot I fixed the sticky cueing mechanism. If you notice in the video I had to hold it in place to keep the arm lifted. That is no longer an issue🤫
Do you have the plans, schematics and BOM for your amp? Sounds fantastic through the internet! I’m just getting back into vinyl. What makes these so desirable?
I bought it as a kit but you can also buy it assembled here: www.ebay.com/itm/382855896726 Unfortunately documentation is quite poor with the kit version. All they give you is an innaccurate schematic and a ton of parts so you have to do a pile of research to figure out how get it working without issues. Was my first tube amp build though and a great learning experience. I sold it a while back when I got bored of it. Sticking with transister amps personally.
I've never seen that patterned head shell on a 1229 before. Most of them have a very small screen-like pattern on them, which is a bugger to keep clean.
Beautiful! I have the same turntable and it was running perfectly until a few weeks ago. Speed started oscilating and I can't find out why. Would you have guess to help an enthusiast from Brazil?
Check the idler tire and motor assembly first. The rubber on the idler tire gets dried out and slick over time causing it to slip against the platter. Use a fine sandpaper to roughen up the surface and then treat with a rubber renew product. Careful not to make flat spots on tge wheel to prevent clunking. Could also be the motor that is getting sluggish and requiring a strip down, clean and re-lube. There are procedures for stripping them down tgat are quite easy to follow online...
I may by this model tomorrow, i would like to have that same plinth or a larger one, is this possible? Thanks.oh and just bought my heathkit amps, will be dandy
Thank you! Is it advisable to transplant one of these from the wood plinth to a media console cabinet? I’ve got an old Grundig media console with a non functional automatic 36 turntable. Thinking of putting in a decent Dual.
Absolutely. That is the beauty of the early Duals. All the plinths were actually after market - many Duals found their way into beautiful consoles. There are templates available to show the cutout dimensions to fit them in😉
@@navydiving Fantastic! Don’t know if you know anything about Grundigs. Trying to decide if it’s worth trying to get this automatic 36 working. Or, as I said, replace it. There’s no RCA cables plugged into the back of it as it’s a 1962 machine. Even if I could get it working wondering if it’s worth it to play quality vinyl on this baby.
1229 tables were manufactured between 1972 to 1974. No fancy automatic syncing or Quartz locking back then on mainly mechanical tables that were idler driven sorry to say. You merely adjust the pitch control wheel to get the strobe to settle down and be still for the mains frequency of your country and the record speed chosen ;-)
Quick call the Dool Police and we will get to the bottom of this😱😆😅🤣😂. Are you Deutsche? Bought my first Du-al 1229 in Germany where they were made and why do they call Munich Munchen? Surely you have better things to do with your time? 😉How do you pronounce Tomato?😅😂🤣
The thing that makes a Dual 1229 so great is the fact that it's a record changer. If you're just using it as a single-play record player, you should sell it to someone who can more fully appreciate it and get yourself a nice, plain old vintage turntable instead. Despite a persistent urban myth, perpetuated by ill-informed "audiophiles", stacking records on a correct model of record changer (like a Dual 1229) DOES NOT damage your valuable LP collection, for reasons you can find here: midimagic.sgc-hosting.com/safchang.htm. Also, if you haven't restored the Dual 1229 mechanically to include the ability to change records, you haven't really restored it at all. Even if you elect not to stack records, it needs to be able to do so, because that's what it was designed and built to do. You wouldn't remove the headlights from your restored Ferrari, just because you're not planning to drive it at night. The beauty of the Dual 1229 is in large part due to the German engineering that went into the truly amazing automatic record-changing mechanism. I have been repairing and restoring Dual record changers for over 50 years. and I own quite a few of them, including several 1219, 1229, and 1229Q models. Since I started buying records in the early sixties, I have quite a large, valuable collection now, numbering in the thousands. I confidently play each and every one of them on one of my 1229s, without worrying about damaging them. The Dual 1229 safely handles your records better than you do. Stacking records actually reduces the risk of handling mishaps and allows you to enjoy your records more often with less hassle. The real risk of damaging your LPs while playing them arises from your choice of audio cartridges, rather than the process of stacking and dropping them. Unless you're using a really high-quality cartridge with an equally high-quality stylus, installed on a well-aligned and adjusted tonearm, you are doing serious damage to your LPs every time you play them. Restore your Dual 1229 completely and enjoy it as it was meant to be played. Then and only then, can you truly appreciate what a wonderfully designed and built record changer it is.
