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JVC JL-F50 Worth Fixing?

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BigA

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I have a JVC JL-F50 Turntable with a Pickering XSV 3000 cartridge. This turntable has not seen much use over the past 10 years. I occasionally used it to to play old favorite albums that I never downloaded or replaced with re-mastered CD's.

I recently upgraded my receiver and speakers, and I discovered that records sounded great on the new setup. Unfortunately, with recent use, the direct drive turntable is not playing correctly, as the speed is modulating.

I am wondering if it is worth spending anything to have this turntable fixed (if it can fixed) or if I should consider getting another used or new turntable. It appears that the Pickering XSV3000 cartridge has some value. I can't find much information on the value of turntable.

Thanks in advance for your opinions.
 
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It is worth repairing. Most likely the speed adjustment control just needs cleaning. You can tell by working the control back and forth about 30 times and see if the problem clears up.
 
I sprayed a bit of contact cleaner on the speed control and manipulated the control and that did the trick.

Thanks
 
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