Technics SL-1500 Table w/Audio Technica AT91E Cartridge
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Technics SL-1500 fully manual, direct drive turntable in excellent working condition, very nice cosmetically, with Audio Technica AT91E cartridge. I have owned the unit for more than ten years; it has been in a clean, smoke-free environment throughout my ownership. I used the unit for a few years when I first owned it, then stored it. I recently took it out of storage, cleaned it and deox'd the speed adjustment controls, lubricated the main bearing (I use Norvey Inc's high quality turbine oil), and installed the AT91E cartridge. Over a week of daily use to test it out, it has been sounding and performing excellent. It holds speed very nicely at 33 and 45 rpm, with the strobe being rock steady. The dust cover is in very nice condition, no cracks or discoloration, and only very, very light surface scratching on the top. The only possible flaw I've noticed is that the cueing lift does not hold in the full upright position (i.e., you must keep your finger on it while you move the tonearm into place). In other respects the cueing is fine, lowering the tone arm very smoothly and gently onto the record. This may be how the cueing function was designed on this model, or it may be a flaw -- I honestly don't remember how it operated 10 years ago when I was last using it regularly. The Audio Technica stylus has about a hundred hours of use,
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