So good to have another in the business of vintage restoration for these beautiful turntables to go around. And it's enjoyable his inventory is constantly changing necessitating another look down the road for something of interest. I myself at an early age once had a Dual 1019 which I recall was branded United Audio on the wooden base and would love to have another.
Great discovery, David! Andrew is a saving grace for vintage turntable enthusiasts! Much respect to you, Andrew, for seeing a need and meeting it so professionally. You’re right up there with knowing a great automotive mechanic, attorney, doctor, plumber, electrician, financial planner and realtor! Great video, David!
Love vintage turntables. My current in-use TT is an AR (belt drive) from 1984, but I also have a Sota Star II (vacuum model) from '84 that needs a little work, a few Denon direct drives (DP-1200, DP-57L, DP-35F) in mint condition, and a Dual Golden 1 from 1990. I was an 'early adopter' of the CD format (I still have my first player, a Marantz CD-73), but never lost having a thing for turntables.
I bought a turntable about 6 years ago from Andrew. Very happy with it. He really knows how to pack a turntable for shipping so you get it in without damage.
Too bad this guy wasn't around in the early-mid1970s when my Dual 1218 broke down. I didn't have it that long. I then got a Phillips 312, and just a few years later, it skipped at the end of a record. In 1985, I traded the Phillips in for a Thorens TD166 mk2, belt-driven and fully manual. It still works as well as it did when new. All I do is change the belts every few years. Quality lasts.
new or refinished dustcovers are a big enhancement to the turntable the old idler wheel turntables can be tough hard to renew i am a big direct drive fan the new coreless motors take it to the next level another tough one to work on is Bang and Olufsen esp the carts they are proprietary and the linear trackers are tricky too
I have had a Dual CS-506 for maybe 40 years, but it has been in storage for years also. These are belt-driven turntables and not only is the platter belt-driven but it also uses a belt for the pitch control. Well, that belt broke and I couldn't find a replacement, so that's when it went into storage. On any belt-driven turntable, if you don't have working pitch control, that makes it useless. There were some idiosyncrasies it had which I didn't like. The way it mounts the cartridge is unfortunate. I used that part off of mine to repair a friend's Dual changer. I know that I can get a replacement, but I haven't got one. Another thing I didn't like was, as this had auto-lift at the end of the record, the mechanism would make a clicking sound, starting near the end of a record, which could be heard through the sound system. As I do alot of digitizing records, this just wouldn't do. It could probably be addressed, but it is in storage.
@@moogoomoogoo5990 thanks; it’s one I made recently for equipment reviews (phono pre-amp was inaugural video), the instrumental music on it is actually from the bonus track “Landslide” by Tears for Fears newest “Songs From A Nervous Planet” :)
@@charlesaronica3293 thanks for the reminder of the name of Fix My Dual. He is one of the people I was thinking of that Andrew collaborates with in the Dual community but couldn’t recall the exact name when we were discussing collaboration.
I've lost a lot of faith in FEDEX, they are notorious for leaving my packages by my garage door, too lazy to walk up and put it on the porch like the UPS, AMAZON and USPS does
So good to have another in the business of vintage restoration for these beautiful turntables to go around. And it's enjoyable his inventory is constantly changing necessitating another look down the road for something of interest. I myself at an early age once had a Dual 1019 which I recall was branded United Audio on the wooden base and would love to have another.
Great discovery, David! Andrew is a saving grace for vintage turntable enthusiasts! Much respect to you, Andrew, for seeing a need and meeting it so professionally. You’re right up there with knowing a great automotive mechanic, attorney, doctor, plumber, electrician, financial planner and realtor! Great video, David!
great video David. neat stuff 👍👍
Love my Duel 1219, 1969 manufacturers date and sounds like new since its service. Thanks so much David.
Love vintage turntables. My current in-use TT is an AR (belt drive) from 1984, but I also have a Sota Star II (vacuum model) from '84 that needs a little work, a few Denon direct drives (DP-1200, DP-57L, DP-35F) in mint condition, and a Dual Golden 1 from 1990. I was an 'early adopter' of the CD format (I still have my first player, a Marantz CD-73), but never lost having a thing for turntables.
I bought a turntable about 6 years ago from Andrew. Very happy with it. He really knows how to pack a turntable for shipping so you get it in without damage.
@@EddieJazzFan thanks for sharing your experience!
Restored a Kenwood KD-2070 from 1978 plays beautifully now just missing the dust cover
Too bad this guy wasn't around in the early-mid1970s when my Dual 1218 broke down. I didn't have it that long. I then got a Phillips 312, and just a few years later, it skipped at the end of a record. In 1985, I traded the Phillips in for a Thorens TD166 mk2, belt-driven and fully manual. It still works as well as it did when new. All I do is change the belts every few years. Quality lasts.
new or refinished dustcovers are a big enhancement to the turntable the old idler wheel turntables can be tough hard to renew i am a big direct drive fan the new coreless motors take it to the next level another tough one to work on is Bang and Olufsen esp the carts they are proprietary and the linear trackers are tricky too
I have had a Dual CS-506 for maybe 40 years, but it has been in storage for years also. These are belt-driven turntables and not only is the platter belt-driven but it also uses a belt for the pitch control. Well, that belt broke and I couldn't find a replacement, so that's when it went into storage. On any belt-driven turntable, if you don't have working pitch control, that makes it useless.
There were some idiosyncrasies it had which I didn't like. The way it mounts the cartridge is unfortunate. I used that part off of mine to repair a friend's Dual changer. I know that I can get a replacement, but I haven't got one. Another thing I didn't like was, as this had auto-lift at the end of the record, the mechanism would make a clicking sound, starting near the end of a record, which could be heard through the sound system. As I do alot of digitizing records, this just wouldn't do. It could probably be addressed, but it is in storage.
@@automatedelectronics6062 Duals are very idiosyncratic
I love the introduction. Is it new or have I been asleep?
@@moogoomoogoo5990 thanks; it’s one I made recently for equipment reviews (phono pre-amp was inaugural video), the instrumental music on it is actually from the bonus track “Landslide” by Tears for Fears newest “Songs From A Nervous Planet” :)
Check out Fix my Duel he is the Master.
@@charlesaronica3293 thanks for the reminder of the name of Fix My Dual. He is one of the people I was thinking of that Andrew collaborates with in the Dual community but couldn’t recall the exact name when we were discussing collaboration.
I've lost a lot of faith in FEDEX, they are notorious for leaving my packages by my garage door, too lazy to walk up and put it on the porch like the UPS, AMAZON and USPS does
@@krwd you’re so right! My problems with them and Acoustic Sounds around a garage drop was a video I made:
ruclips.net/video/IaKGTMAOMxo/видео.html