Well, I’m sure we’ve all done it. We get something neat, we sell it for something else, we miss it dearly, and months or years later, we let our id get ahold of us and we take an ill-advised gamble to get another. Tale as old as this website, right?
Well, as you can tell, I missed my Dual 1019 within a few months of selling my last one, and even in spite of having a 1229 and a Pioneer PL-L1000, frankly I missed the little bastard! There’s just something really...nice about those slider switches, and the compact chassis, that speaks to me for some bizarre reason. Plus, who doesn’t love a 1019? So, I headed over to ePray, and took a gamble on a beater, loose chassis. No cart, no headshell, no plinth, and broken teeth on the platter. Doesn’t that just sound SO enticing? I’m a sucker for a rescue, and there weren’t any available in my area, so screw it. And to make it even more exciting, the seller gave every red flag in the book. When I PM’d them detailed instructions and a video on how to package a turntable so that it could have some semblance of survival, they curtly said that they “added an extra layer of bubble wrap” just for me. Cue internal screaming.
Well, miraculously, it arrived about as intact as it was in the listing, despite literally being wrapped in bubble wrap and insulated with old flat rate mailers, in a cut down moving crate. And true to the seller’s word, the teeth on the bottom of the platter were sheared off somehow. I haven’t had a chance to go through it yet, but the gear itself looks OK. Weird.
The platter is definitely screwed, though. I know Dual platters can be a little warped, but this is...bad.
Luckily, I just so happen to have a spare 1019 platter laying around, after a failed attempt at fixing a slightly warped platter on my last one. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have a mat. Guess I’ll have to find some way to remove the mat from the old platter without bending the delicate metal trim ring, or buy me a cork mat and cut that down to size. Fortunately, this one seems to spin fairly true, but I’ll be sure to clean and re-oil it.
Also, the power cord. Hard nope on that one. Not even going to plug that sucker in.
Lastly, the headshell is a bit...loose on the tonearm. Gee, wonder how THAT could have happened. Thankfully it looks intact, and not bent or broken, and the arm moves freely, and anti skating is doing it’s thing. The rest will just be fairly typical Dual 1019 stuff-cleaning out the gorilla snot, applying the CORRECT lubricants where they need to go (learned that one). Already ordered a new headshell and sexy United Audio plinth, so I’ll tend to all that while those are on the way.
Stay tuned, y’all!
Well, as you can tell, I missed my Dual 1019 within a few months of selling my last one, and even in spite of having a 1229 and a Pioneer PL-L1000, frankly I missed the little bastard! There’s just something really...nice about those slider switches, and the compact chassis, that speaks to me for some bizarre reason. Plus, who doesn’t love a 1019? So, I headed over to ePray, and took a gamble on a beater, loose chassis. No cart, no headshell, no plinth, and broken teeth on the platter. Doesn’t that just sound SO enticing? I’m a sucker for a rescue, and there weren’t any available in my area, so screw it. And to make it even more exciting, the seller gave every red flag in the book. When I PM’d them detailed instructions and a video on how to package a turntable so that it could have some semblance of survival, they curtly said that they “added an extra layer of bubble wrap” just for me. Cue internal screaming.
Well, miraculously, it arrived about as intact as it was in the listing, despite literally being wrapped in bubble wrap and insulated with old flat rate mailers, in a cut down moving crate. And true to the seller’s word, the teeth on the bottom of the platter were sheared off somehow. I haven’t had a chance to go through it yet, but the gear itself looks OK. Weird.
The platter is definitely screwed, though. I know Dual platters can be a little warped, but this is...bad.
Luckily, I just so happen to have a spare 1019 platter laying around, after a failed attempt at fixing a slightly warped platter on my last one. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have a mat. Guess I’ll have to find some way to remove the mat from the old platter without bending the delicate metal trim ring, or buy me a cork mat and cut that down to size. Fortunately, this one seems to spin fairly true, but I’ll be sure to clean and re-oil it.
Also, the power cord. Hard nope on that one. Not even going to plug that sucker in.
Lastly, the headshell is a bit...loose on the tonearm. Gee, wonder how THAT could have happened. Thankfully it looks intact, and not bent or broken, and the arm moves freely, and anti skating is doing it’s thing. The rest will just be fairly typical Dual 1019 stuff-cleaning out the gorilla snot, applying the CORRECT lubricants where they need to go (learned that one). Already ordered a new headshell and sexy United Audio plinth, so I’ll tend to all that while those are on the way.
Stay tuned, y’all!
