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JVC
QL-A75
(1981 - 1984)
Sort
of attached to the three L-10 units
was the QL-A75 - outside Japan that
is: there were bigger ones there, even if no dedicated L10
LP player was produced. Those who bought an L10 combo would either
get a QL-A95 or, more likely, any of
the TT drives (TT-101,
TT-81, TT-71
or TT-801).
The
QL-A75 was a mid-end model (Victor-wise)
centered on that early 1980s trend: Dynamic
Q-damping. Still, two arm wands were available and the Q-damping
system worked well, along a special cabinet made of slabs of high-density
wood. Interesting slant: the tonearm and the platter assembly are
coupled together to resonate (if they ever do) in unison. Special
feet and rubber-clad springs further isolate the base and platter
respectively for even less resonances.
But
if an IC goes bad... I know of a mechanically mint QL-A75
that's been sitting in a repair shop for a long time: that long-since
unavailable burnt out IC makes it completely unrepairable :(
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