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Fully automatic tonearm balancing in turntables

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yano51

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Good morning, what turntables do you know of with fully automatic tonearm balancing? I only know of three: the Sony PS-B80, PS-X800, and PS-X700. Besides Sony, Denon and JVC also had electronically controlled tonearms, but most of them didn't have a fully automatic process, only a "0 balance" button that required the tonearm to be leveled. I'm not interested in such models. Please suggest models with fully automatic balancing. I'd be grateful for any information.
 
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yano51 said:
Good morning, what turntables do you know of with fully automatic tonearm balancing? I only know of three: the Sony PS-B80, PS-X800, and PS-X700. Besides Sony, Denon and JVC also had electronically controlled tonearms, but most of them didn't have a fully automatic process, only a "0 balance" button that required the tonearm to be leveled. I'm not interested in such models. Please suggest models with fully automatic balancing. I'd be grateful for any information.
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Only those 3 models (when they work). Too complex, too much proprietary microprocessors. KT's law, the less automatic mechanisms a Sony turntable has, the more reliable the Sony turntable is. Sony Grease is the worst Japan has, as bad or worse than BSR or Garrard Hog Grease. Consider these servo arms are getting very old, and the lack of spare parts, and service support.
 
Thank you very much for your reply.
The models I mentioned don't have this problem; it affected the Ps-x65 and Ps-x75.

We'll wait for answers; perhaps another turntable with fully automatic tonearm balancing has been manufactured somewhere.
 
I love these turntables for their ease of use. No adjustments are required after replacing the headshell. The PS-B80 also features a stylus cleaner and a track repeat function, a rare feature in turntables.
 
yano51 said:
Good morning, what turntables do you know of with fully automatic tonearm balancing? I only know of three: the Sony PS-B80, PS-X800, and PS-X700. Besides Sony, Denon and JVC also had electronically controlled tonearms, but most of them didn't have a fully automatic process, only a "0 balance" button that required the tonearm to be leveled. I'm not interested in such models. Please suggest models with fully automatic balancing. I'd be grateful for any information.
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This is an interesting concept. How does it work? Does it automatically set the tracking force? Or is it balanced to zero grams VTF?
 
yano51 said:
I love these turntables for their ease of use. No adjustments are required after replacing the headshell. The PS-B80 also features a stylus cleaner and a track repeat function, a rare feature in turntables.
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Ease of use, I understand. But big issue is A: Sony, B: Automatic, and C: Too complex to be maintainable. Sony grease is horrible (especially in the South). That grease is anywhere from gummy to cement. The same failure modes I see when they've come out of attics. And Biotracer arms are high risk on a good day. Parts long extinct, as is support from Sony. I don't see near the issues with Sony semi-automatic turntables (those usually give far less trouble) or the manual models.
 
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