This is the first direct drive turntable I bought in 1980. Hasn't seen the light of day since 1992. I need to make it BETTER than it originally was and I did indeed make it better.
The base material is Sony BMC (bulk moulding compound) which was a material designed to have similar stiffness to cast alloy and steel, but dissipate and where possible resist resonance. It's made of calcium carbonate (a key component of marble), glass fiber reinforcement and unsaturated polyester. Technics had a similar material called TNRC (Technics non-resonant compound) that was used in the base of most of their turntables, in the middle of the SL-1200 plinth and as a base for most of their more upmarket hi-fi from the mid '80s onwards.
Way to go Dave ! You took that classic wax and played it on a fixed "spinning thing" which had a bent tiny needle prickamajig and after some BAD POT and sodder smoke, you made CIRIBIRI-bin...band BOOM ! Love it ...thanks JwgK
Well resurrected. Sony direct drives were mostly good quality turntables. I had a PS-636 (part of a complete Z600 system purchased in 1980), sold in 2000 and regretted selling every day since.
I have just the tuner from the Z600 (first ever sold with a remote, but for remote working the sensor was linked to the amp. ) The problem is sadly someone tweaked the pots and FM stations are wrong (e.g. 101.3 station tunes as 101.5) . Is there any way to solve it?
@@jlatala4655 Mine came with an ST-636 tuner and you can obtain a service manual online (elektrotanya), though for accurate FM alignment you will need the proper kit (sig gen and VTVM) and knowledge
I got a T33 years ago for 30 Euro dollars. Fun fact chassis is actually a resin polymer made with BONE dust!!! That's why it is rough inside. Fun fact 2: Made in Nigeria. Sony decided this was their Last range of mid to high spec turntables. So they used load of high spec parts from the higher end units like feet, servo, motor, and maybe the arm too. Last winter I spent a long time trying to get it sounding just right... Apart from adding a chassis arm & ground cable, changing signal and arm cable, rebuilding the arm mechanism ( it was slightly skewed from factory), and the cart connector (also not aligned perfect), the main issue was the spring contacts in the connector were stiff causing signal loss. Now it is incredibly noise free and smooth.
Almost a decade ago I modified a techniques SL1900 for 78 rpm operation by adding a small switch to jump in a 3rd speed option (in series with the 45rpm resistor); now it plays at 33, 45 and 78 rpm with each speed being variable with the pitch control. This was built with that same composite material and I remember it being a bitch to drill for the small toggle switch I added. A lot of 78's were really 80 or 82 rpm - you can down load 80 rpm strobe patterns but just have to guess at anything else.I then built a phono preamp with both American and European Equalization. i remember the NCIS episode where Charles Durning (playing the part of a WWII marine vet) reminisced about dancing to Harry James with his deceased wife. he was a great actor who could play a range of characters flawlessly. i have a lot of old 78's and more of that old music on my hard disk - good stuff.
I recently upgraded my ol' Sanyo to play 78's last year. Also a few months back I bought a proper 78 mono cart/stylus, which was bloody expensive, and it made a massive improvement to the sound. It minimized a lot of the background noise and now some of the 78's really 'pop'. Incredible just how great some of them are and very natural sounding.
@@12voltvids Yep, that's what I did, a separate head shelltoo. It'll be worth your while, and you'll be like me and say, 'why didn't I do this sooner?'. :) If you do get around to it, it would make a good 'show and tell' or 'show and hear' video comparing a standard vrs. mono cart with 78rpm stylus, with your 'spin' on it.
@@theoloutlaw well remember I do have that Philips little console that I overhauled week or two ago with a vacuum tube amp. It has a monocartridge with a 3 mil stylus so I know how good the 78 sound and yes they sound far better on that unit which is likely what I'm going to use to play them anyway because it was made in the late 50s designed for 78 pretty cool that record changer I can stack both 12-in and 10 inch 78s on the spindle and as they drop it will detect which ones are 12-in and which ones are 10 in and automatically drop the arm where it's supposed to go. I've got it set up in the corner opposite my main system and basically I'm using it as a dedicated player just for the old 78s. I only have about 30 or 35 78 records at the moment anyway so it's not like I'm going to be listening to them everyday but it's nice to be able to pull them out and drop them on the record changer and just let them go. This Sony repair wasn't one that I was really planning on using to play old records on it was more of let's add 78 RPM speed and show you guys how to do it. I might do it to a few other direct drive turntables that I have just to show how it's done. But you never know if I do come across another head shell and a proper cartridge then I probably will buy it just so that I can compare it. The old Phillips I'm using I believe it's probably a ceramic or Crystal cartridge that it has as opposed to a magnetic
@@12voltvids Right right gotcha, all makes sense. They are such a fun and simple medium, the 78 and the machines that played them. I don't know around your parts, but in Australia, there's plenty of Sinatra, Crosby, Slim Whitman, Johnny Ray, Frankie Laine.... 50's Pop/Jazz, and cheap enough to pick up, although slowly becoming harder now. Like the 45 stream you did the other day, something fun about spinning records and listening to different things at very little expense.
@@theoloutlaw I got some more 78 and 45 records including some original Beatles singles. Those are probably worth something. Hey Jude backed with revolution is one.
High definition video - thanks. I have just changed the cartridge on my PS-T22 which I've had for 40 years then did a bit of tweaking underneath as the cue mechanism wasn't working properly. I'm not sure what I've done but now the arm isn't functioning correctly anymore. It has something to do with the upper left hand quadrant at 5:40 in your video. The metal arm that triggers a switch (rectangular box in yellow) is stuck at the 12 o'clock position unlike yours. It's a shame I can't upload a photo to show you what I mean.
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How much as a Technics 1200 when you bought this in Canada? I bought 2 in 1990 in Michigan for $500 - NIB. - Wondering why more people didn't pay the extra to get the best? My good friend's dad growing up had a Technics SL1800 ..but he was the only one who I saw with such a turntable until I started DJing in Highschool.
I bought an SLM1 Technics in 86 which was the top of the line radio station / DJ table. 1/4 revolution to quartz lock 1/4 revolution full speed to stop. Perfect for back queuing. Even has the remote trigger plug that goes to the console to start it up remotely. They are a full manual. At the end of record they just lift the arm and stop. The platter is the rotor and uses optical fg for the speed servo. It was a bloody expensive table at the time.
Hey Dave these direct drive motors don't spin well unless the platter is on it I know this because I owned a few of these direct drive turntables and when you remove the platter and run the motor it's out of sync because the platter helps the motor stay in a smooth rotation! I don't know if you know this or not! OK good luck with this one I worked on one of these to do a cueing issue the tonearm was dropping to fast!
Not the pitch control. I am changing the servo bias to get to 78. I could do 16 or whatever speed I want on this one as it is an FG servo motor. Just change the resistor and go.
The video was shot and produced in 1920x1080 60 frame. That's better than broadcast standard. It's a 4k camera but i don't generally shoot in 4k except for scenery videos as the bandwidth is just too high.
For some odd reason I can’t watch this video . It just says no stream tap to retry. I don’t seem to have an issue watching any other of your video’s so not sure what’s going on.
I had 2 turntables, 2 CD players (Philips CD101 and Sony CDP40) Reel to Reel and 2 Cassetts and DAT. I made mixed tapes to any and all formats, and there was a microphone.
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