Silliness

[twintwelve1484]

So I went thrifting on my lunch again, and found very little, except a Technics SL-DD33 turntable with a broken cantilever and no dust cover, for $9.

I was examining this P-mount POS, and was thinking to myself, "Why oh why is there a strobe on this unit"?

There's no adjustable pitch and it's quartz-locked. Is it just there to satisfy the idiots back in the mid-80's who figured, "Gee, it's got one of them there orange-light thinguses, it's got to be good...."

I left it sitting on the shelf.

 

[Dan ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ]

Some of that crap was made specifically for their *ugh* "rack systems". uke:

 

[GordonW]

Actually, despite what some people think about the P-mount Technics tables, the SL-DD33 is a good sounding turntable. I've had several of them, and their brothers the SL-QD33 (same except quartz lock instead of strobe). Always worked well for me. In fact, I still have its "cousin" (the SL-B350, belt drive, silver instead of gray), because it just sounds good, and is pretty much indestructable...

Regards,
Gordon.

 

[mhardy6647]

My quartz-locked Technics SL-Q3 has a strobe too.

That being said, I tend to agree.... having a strobe without speed adjustment is sort of like having a car with a tachometer and an automatic transmission!

 

[Aldo]

Speaking of silliness, how about those components and speakers that appeared in the 80's that proudly proclaimed "Digital Ready"?

Or speaker systems that appeared to have many drivers but only 2 were active, the rest were for looks? :scratch2:

 

[Beobloke]

That being said, I tend to agree.... having a strobe without speed adjustment is sort of like having a car with a tachometer and an automatic transmission!

EH?? :scratch2:

My mate's car has an autobox with a 4th gear over-ride button on the gear lever that is easy to catch with your thumb. If he didn't have a tacho then somethimes he'd be cruising down the motorway in 3rd without realising it!! (it's a quiet car!!)

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