Amazing piece of kit. I googled Sharp VZ1550 and some links came up including a sold one on ebay in August and some you tube videos of one being played. Worth a bit for novelty value even and in brilliant condition too!!
A great novelty to sell :), sharp used that system under L icence from matsushita (panasonic/technics) Linear tracking turntables were technics thing for a while, their own (and other brands but again all under licence from matsushita )could even select tracks using a magic eye to detect the shiney groove between tracks (altho forget trying to get that to work on coloured, clear or picture disc record tho lol) the problem with linear tracking is its an expensive thing to do right (compared to counter weighted gimbal arm)and technics ditched it because of cost to get tracking weights right especially upside down obviously and gravity helps as every record has the slightest warp which again gravity takes care of when the right way up) sharp percevered with it tho and obviously in a lower budget form for a while, the end result being a machine which was a record killer to your B side because of excessive tracking force to compensate for gravity which had little if any calibration. :( a nice survivor you have there tho, defo a nice item to sell on :)
I’ve got one of these and researching now how to repair it myself. It was a great machine in the 80’s.
Amazing piece of kit. I googled Sharp VZ1550 and some links came up including a sold one on ebay in August and some you tube videos of one being played. Worth a bit for novelty value even and in brilliant condition too!!
Got one too! Waiting for the new belt.
A great novelty to sell :), sharp used that system under L icence from matsushita (panasonic/technics) Linear tracking turntables were technics thing for a while, their own (and other brands but again all under licence from matsushita )could even select tracks using a magic eye to detect the shiney groove between tracks (altho forget trying to get that to work on coloured, clear or picture disc record tho lol) the problem with linear tracking is its an expensive thing to do right (compared to counter weighted gimbal arm)and technics ditched it because of cost to get tracking weights right especially upside down obviously and gravity helps as every record has the slightest warp which again gravity takes care of when the right way up) sharp percevered with it tho and obviously in a lower budget form for a while, the end result being a machine which was a record killer to your B side because of excessive tracking force to compensate for gravity which had little if any calibration. :( a nice survivor you have there tho, defo a nice item to sell on :)
Look great Derek well done.
I've never seen a turntable like this before - looks fab!
I had one back in the 1980s
Hi Derek that is so cool. Nice buy. There was one sold Aug 17 for £118 plus shipping.
thanks - i've put mine at £150 with offers :D happy to wait as usual for the right buyer
Love a bit of ZZ 😁🤘
never seen the like love it