[78-L] Turntable repair question (was Re: Cheap Turntables (Up to $600))

[Royal Pemberton]

Is there a capacitor connected to one winding of the motor?  If so, and if
it's bad, the motor will not run properly, or at all.

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:44 PM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com <
neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com> wrote:

> my experience with older tables is that they do indeed need lubrication,
> both the motors at times and automatic arm mechanisms and such
>
> also check that any belts are not slack
>
> if it is not running now, I don't see how adding a little lube, such as
> a very light electric motor oil, would hurt
>
> joe salerno
>
>
> bradc944 at comcast.net wrote:
> > I have played around with a couple of the USB-turntables and all I can
> say is one word: BLEAH!  I have a few Duals here, but they're in reserve
> duty, mostly because of the ELAC Miracord 4-speed I have running right now
> (which does well, except for the inability to vary the speed).
> >
> > Which brings me to my question: I have a Fons CQ-30 sitting here that
> won't spin up.  It was my wonderful-turbtable, with three individually
> variable speeds.  Someone advised that by using a thin syringe (such as what
> would be used to inject insulin) I could get the motor to turn, as perhaps a
> bearing had packed up... would this be a good try to get it running again?
>  Fortunately there is an outfit here that will attempt turntable repair
> (Gold Audio), but their tech is more into attempts than actual repairing (at
> least that was the impression I got when I last went in there...)...
> >
> > Any input appreciated... I have some nifty Soviet 8" vinyl 78s that are
> begging to be transferred... :)
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Dan Van Landingham
> > To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Sent: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 04:27:16 +0000 (UTC)
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Cheap Turntables (Up to $600)
> >
> > Thank you for the advice.There was a time when I actually picked up a
> number of old Dual
> > turntables for under $20 some of which had different vintages of Shure or
> Pickering cartridges already installed.My last three speed turntable was an
> old Elac Miracord I got at
> > some thrift store.The only problems I ever had with Duals and this one
> Miracord,was with
> > with detachable headshells;all had godawful grounding problems that drove
> me nuts.My first
> > Dual was a circa 1968 1019 that came with a Heathkit AA-15 solid state
> integrated amp.
> >
> > --- On Tue, 1/5/10, Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.  wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr.
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Cheap Turntables (Up to $600)
> > To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 10:06 PM
> >
> >
> > Dan Van Landingham wrote:
> >> Regarding three speed turntables that I  can plug into my PC,just what
> is the best one for
> >> under $100?
> >>
> >>
> > There are none. That is the point. You can just buy a little phono
> > pre-amp and run that into your aux inputs from a decent phono and get
> > fair results if you have a good sound card. in that case, the sonic loss
> > will be in the sound card. With a cheap USB turntable, you get poor
> > sound and you can be hard on your records.
> >
> >
> http://www.knowzy.com/Computers/Audio/Digitize_Your_LPs/USB_Record_Player_Turntable_Comparison.htm
> >
> >
>
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