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NAKAMICHI TX-1000 Computing/Centering TURNTABLE???

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No local location given...seems a bit fishy....$2000 clams too...Ouch!

looks cool though....

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/ele/469547888.html

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NAKAMICHI TX-1000 Computing/Centering TURNTABLE -Rare! - $2000
Reply to: sale-469547888@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-11-05, 12:07PM EST


Nakamichi TX-1000
computing - center following - direct-drive turntable.
2-Speed Quartz controlled with absolute center search system

The TX-1000 was designed by Etsuro Nakamichi and built by Micro-Seiki and sold from roughly 1983 to 1987 before being killed off by the ascendancy of the CD. It is considered by many to be THE most advanced, state of the art, analogue turntable ever manufactured.
 
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Certainly never heard of or seen it either, but I'll be interested to learn more, if anyone knows about it. Definitely and intriguing piece.
 
Never saw one of those in person, but certainly remember pictures of it in some rag like "Audio." Can't believe someone would expect to sell something for $2k when they post such sh*t pictures.
 
Neat deck, auto centers for albums that are pressed off center.

2k? screw that. You can get a VPI and buy correctly pressed vinyl instead.

Evan
 
I saw one of these about a month ago...The guy said that he had turned down $10,000 before.....I don't know if that means much but it was the exact same turntable.

By the way, there are a bunch of green and red lights that flash and it looks really interesting.
 
What was the purpose of two tonearms? And does anyone no whats under the plexiglass (plastic) cover on the left of that Nak deck? Quite the looker isn't it?
 
DaWoofer said:
What was the purpose of two tonearms? And does anyone no whats under the plexiglass (plastic) cover on the left of that Nak deck? Quite the looker isn't it?
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From the demonstration that I saw, the centering device is located under that plastic cover. I believe it slides out and while the record spins around a tone arm looking device centers it.
 
It had an arm whose sole purpose was to center the record. The actual playing arm was separate. I'd be hesitant to claim that a VPI could beat it. I remember the Audio review and the reviewer, who was dubious to begin with, admitted he was surprised at how audible even a small amount of eccentricty was -- and recognise that practicaly every record is somewhat off center. If you think about the money and effort put into making arms and tables nonresonant so that they don't vibrate the cartridge, thus functionally vibrating the cantilever, its shocking how cavalier even nutty audiophiles are to the repeated 33 1/3 vibrations caused by records.
 
I'm kinda skeptical about a second, equally-complex tonearm being needed just for the centering system.

I have to wonder if the second tonearm isn't so that you can have two flavors of phono cartridge in place at one time. Then you can switch to the MC or MM cart of your choice that suits the material you're listening to.

In fact, I just did a search and this site backs that up...
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1464098
 
I think there is some confusion about the number of arms. Apparently this table could have two playback arms mounted, but the tabled pictured in the ad only has one mounted. There was also a simple arm whose sole purpose was to read the record for off centeredness.
In terms of multiple playback arms, Micro Seiki, who apparently made this table, offered this possibility on most of their high end tables. On the ones I've seen this simply meant that boards could be mounted on the suspension towers, so adding the capablilty didn't increase the cost or complexity of the table itself.
And some people want two or more arms, either so that there is one arm for the superaudiophile and another with a cheaper stylus for the less favored members of the family, or alternately, so that audiophiles who favor minimalist preamps can have a sort of tone control -- each arm and cartridge having a different balance of qualities.
If this sort of desire was so odd, why did so many preamps and recievers have two phono inputs -- apparently there are people out there willing to have two turntables (probably an automatic and a manual), which is not that much less nutty than two tonearms (and takes up much more space).
 
Another common reason for the second arm is to have a true mono cart to play older mono recordings. Or one MC and one MM cart, etc.

FWIW, I think that is actually a VERY good deal, I have seen them sell for multiples of that price.
 
IF legit it is a steal, certainly if operational and maybe even if not, IMO. It is very collectable. Its little brother, the Nak CT Computing Turntable, often goes for this much. The record clamp, if OEM and included, is a positive. The lack of the second tone arm is a negative. Probably never be able to find OEM one. If I was in the neighborhood I would at least go check it out ... if only to flip for profit.
 
By way of explaination,as to why they are desirable:
They are supposed to sound awesome.
Their value lies not in the gimmick of the centreing,but in the fact that they are a very good sounding turntable.
 
If it had been a little closer to me, I would've purchased it without question (other than it being operational and decent cosmetic condition).

Barry
 
Doyall has a Dragon CT. The "second arm" is the sensor for the centering process. What is supposed to happen is the platter has a glass sub platter, and a center spindle that can move around in a cup. The sensor arm automatically goes to the lead out groove, and a servo activates a finger that taps the glass to move both record and spindle relative to the platter. Unfortunately I couldn't repair Doyall's centering circuit, despite some help from ESL. I don't suppose there is someone on AK that knows all about the CT? Shame on me for not asking. Anyhow, the TX1000 is supposed to sound good, and it is rare. Some audio is collectable....go figure.
 
barrynsue said:
If it had been a little closer to me, I would've purchased it without question (other than it being operational and decent cosmetic condition).

Barry
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I'm pretty sure it is just another scam. I just inquired on a $3000 SME 20/II with SME V arm from a similar looking Craiglist ad. I was pretty sure it was a scam and it turned out to be exactly that. Typical Western Union Money order request type BS. I think the only reason Western Union is still in business is so stupid buyers have some way to send money to scammers!
 
I inquired about it, and got a response from the seller. He claimed to be in Hawaii on his honeymoon, and assured me that a third party service (ISoldIt) was handling the sale. Offered me a discount of $1900, and a 10 day full refund if I didn't like it.

Never got down to specifics on payment and pickup, but said they would be the standard ISoldIt terms so it could have been real. He did say that ISoldIt would handle the shipping, which I found a bit weird for CraigsList. Personally, I would NEVER buy something like this without being able to play before I purchased.
 
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