The stereo shop that mentored my friends and I back in the 1970s, Dual was their main line of turntables. The loved the tone arms, to that shop the arm was the most important factor when it came to turntables.Me too. Don’t like the electronics on many tables. Worked on a Phillips 212. Loaded with electronics. Just reduced my 1219s from 4 to three. Have owned many Duals. Decided I like the 1219 the best. Sending one to Florida for an Aker who lives in Costa Rica. This leaves me with three. One on each system. They really sound good. My latest 1219 was bought overseas. Has the Dual built base and dust cover. It’s on my shop Marantz. Has a Pickering XV15 cart. Was listiening to it last night. Bought it as it’s an early 1219. Has a new steer-implementing. Was working, now auto start in finicky. Shutoff work which is more important as I sometimes walk away form it. Mint. Have the later 1219 in the bedroom. Played the 1812 Overaturen on it this morning. This one has a Shure M55/Jico stylus. It too sounds great.
Funny how turntables sound different. Have a Garrard Zero 100 next to the latest 1219. Got the Zero because it’s different. Has a M55 Shure. Doesn’t sound as good.
The OPs 601 is the easiest one to do a stuerpimple on. Had one for awhile. Nice sounding table.
Eric
Ahh thought you meant the selector even though you had said before the lever broke. organdonorparts has levers in inventory according to their site. Another good source of Dual parts is turntableexperts. I bought up several levers when I started working on them because they do tend to get broken. JB Weld would probably work ok in a pinch, provided the mechanism moves properly.The speed selector itself is fine and working perfectly. Cleaned and regreased by me.
My theory is that some previous owner forced the lever when the grease was frozen and stripped most of the splines away. I finished the job yesterday. Didn't take much pressure to do it.
Thanks for the reference to Organ Donor Parts. I thought I had them bookmarked, but couldn't find the link and couldn't remember the name either.Ahh thought you meant the selector even though you had said before the lever broke. organdonorparts has levers in inventory according to their site. Another good source of Dual parts is turntableexperts. I bought up several levers when I started working on them because they do tend to get broken. JB Weld would probably work ok in a pinch, provided the mechanism moves properly.
A big reason why Duals are delicate. They required and expected regular use and being serviced on schedule. A Dual changer is mechanically the equivalent of a Mercedes-Benz luxury car with everything. Lots more under the hood to give issues if not impeccably maintained. Sort one out and serviced correctly, they're wonderful. And also there's the cartridge mounts, always a Dual weakness on everything they made.