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My grandaughter's hubby called me a few weeks ago. He had two free turntables to choose from. One was the Technics, and the other, I didn't even recognise the make (or cart), so I advised him to take the Technics. It had the Stanton 680EE on it. I offered to dial it in for him and took it home with me. The cart looked a bit used, but sounded good. I set the VTF at 1G, corrected the alignment with the HFN protractor, and ran it through all the tracks on the test record. Everything looked good, but it couldn't track the torture track, which I expected. The cueing lift wouldn't work, solved by cleaning and lube.Overall, I'm fairly impressed with the build quality of this TT. Being an automatic DD, it does make a good starter table for the "uninitiated" listener who did not grow up with vinyl.
I'm a little surprised that a search here yields few postings about it and a search on ebay results in only one completed auction.
Is this just not a very popular model in the Technics line, or were few produced? If anyone here is currently using this table, I'd like to hear your comments on it, and what cart are you using with it?
Thanks
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You can check www.vintagetechnics.com for information about this model. The 1900 (automatic) and the 2000 (manual) were the most affordable and "bottom" of the line of the tables ending in "00" for the entry level. You can download the promotion materials, specs., etc., from The Vinyl Engine. An ebay seller also has manuals while another is selling the original advertising page. The 2000 was $149 and the 1900 $179.
I like it a lot. I have one handed down from my father and I am very impressed with it. You're right, it is a good starter table, but delivers great DD sound, in my opinion. The cart I am using on it is the AT-120E. Excellent and quality music reproduction with this combination.No complaints since I've had it. I will definitely keep it and add a belt-drive to my listening pleasure in the future. But I like the 1900 enough that I don't plan on ever ditching it completely.
I did buy an almost mint condition one off of eBay for my own son to use, and to have the extra table for parts if need be in the far future. One note, though, I was not really impressed with it until recently when I upgraded it and the rest of my set-up. The cartridge helped immensely. I bought my AT cart from Garage-A-Records.
I'll be glad to assist you in any other details I can provide.
Also, I have done NO maintanence on mine, as far as lube, oil, etc. My Dad never did either, and he bought it in 1975 or so, when they were first made. I beleive that is a testament in itself to the build quality.
....seem to work well together. I've used a AT120E/T, good cartridge I thought, £50 GBP here in the UK, tracks like a limpet too...
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