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Dual 1229 vs Dual 1249 : what will you choose for daily/heavy duty use ?

The Dual 1229 is the better built of the two, but neither are intended for heavy duty or high hours use. 3-4 hours a day enthusiast home use is the norm for a Dual. What application is your turntable going to be used for? How many hours a day will it get used? These are important and have a major bearing on which turntable you should buy. A Dual is a home turntable, built for consumer use.
 
danj said:
I refurbished and used a 1249 for about a dozen years but my first DUAL, in 1973, was a 1219. Earlier this year I sold the 1249 and started using a 1229 that I have also refurbished. Both are excellent turntables but the 1229 is more solidly constructed and has a certain je ne sais quoi that the 1249 doesn't possess. I'm thoroughly happy with the 1229: its performance is rock solid with no audible rumble and vanishing levels of wow and flutter. I also own a belt-drive and a direct-drive turntable, both highly regarded models, and I prefer the Dual. My refurb consisted of: adjusting the tonearm bearings to spec; replacing the idler with a new one; replacing the steurepimpel; and giving the machine a thorough cleaning and relube.

I've also owned a 1019, which is a superb machine when it's all sorted out.

My original 1219 was destroyed in 1975 by the US Navy's shippers, who seeming dropped it from a great height. In the meantime I've probably had 25 different turntables (I had a repair and resell business for many years). Now that I've retired I've basically gone back to where I started.
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Nice post. You could do repair of Duals part time like I do. Don’t do a lot. Just enough while I listen to a 1219. Will have a 1214 coming in the first week of Jan. Also have a big JVC coming in. Fun.
 
stereofisher said:
Nice post. You could do repair of Duals part time like I do. Don’t do a lot. Just enough while I listen to a 1219. Will have a 1214 coming in the first week of Jan. Also have a big JVC coming in. Fun.
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I did turntable repair and had a resell business for more than 20 years. I am now retired and I only now do repairs for the occasional customer.
 
jcamero said:
See signature. A 1229 with a Shure V15 III is music to my ears. Bill in Iowa restored my 1229q a decade ago, and has NEVER failed me.
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You are lucky to be able to get a V15, here V15 is rarely obtained, most of which are M44-7, M91ED, M95ED and variants of the like
 
RobRoy said:
I have to admit that until I read this thread I had never met an audiophile that respected idler drive at all, other than as a vintage curiosity.
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First, would go with the 1229 for all the reasons stated above. Shipping to/from NoTransistors in Brooklyn is quite a schlep from Indonesia.
Many excellent idler/rim drive TTs out there. Even a couple of new models.
 
I want to ask about Dual 1229: how to set the return speed of the tonearm to the base so that it is not too fast, but the movement can be slow or not jerk so that when the tonearm comes to base there is no collision?
 
The speed of the return mechanism is set due to the platter spinning. When the auto return is deployed the platter grabs the cam and rotates it. So there is not much you can do about that. So it will vary in regard of the speed you are playing.
 
Solist said:
The speed of the return mechanism is set due to the platter spinning. When the auto return is deployed the platter grabs the cam and rotates it. So there is not much you can do about that. So it will vary in regard of the speed you are playing.
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oh so, I tested it when the play speed was at 33 rpm, maybe I didn't really mind the speed of the tonearm return, but when I tested it it didn't use a cartridge, so it was just the headshell and sled headshell, so it looked light and felt light, so when the tonearm returns quickly enough, when he reaches his tonear buffer, a collision occurs.
So that the toearm bounces its buffer, or maybe because the Tonearm Dual 1229 is so light that this happens?
If I test it using the cartridge and stylus that I set the weight of, the alignment, then it won't happen?
 
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