Please help identify this Rotel TT
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Laserdude
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Looks like a RP1000, you can take a look at Rotel TT,s Here: http://www.vinylengine.com/library/rotel.shtml
Most likely made by CEC.
http://www.vinylengine.com/library/cec/bd-1000.shtml
http://www.vinylengine.com/library/cec/bd-1000.shtml
boreas
"If it sounds good, it IS good." E.K.E.
I don't think there's any doubt that it's the same table as the TP 626, semi-automatic belt drive and a really well-made nice sounding table.
The Plinth on the Rotel's a tad different. It's broadened slightly on the right side and features what looks like a socket for a spare headshell.
Another thing I notice about the Rotel is the orientation of the "Reject" lever. It appears to be pointing to 4 or 5 o'clock, whereas the Sanyo is at 3 o'clock. May indicate a problem, may not.
As to the CEC, I have to admit that it does look similar to many CEC tables but I've never seen that arm on a CEC. Also, on the back of my Sanyo the label reads "Manufactured By Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.". If Sanyo didn't actually make the table I think they couldn't say that.
John
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I'm not sure about the legal aspects of that "manufactured by..." thing. Perhaps it's a percentage issue. New Balance is having a problem because not enough of some of their footwear is "Made In The USA". My Realistic LAB-400 (CEC) does say "manufactured for..." on the back.
There are many styling cues that give away a CEC table. The high relief double rings of their platter mats, the tapered attachment of the tonearm wand, their counterweights (not always), headshells and especially their fingerlifts with that little rearward facing "hook". They did use a wide variety of pivot/gimbal designs to customize their arms, but basically... Incidentally, my opinion of the lateral weight and counterweight style of antiskating on the Sanyo arm is that it's there for "bling" and not function. It is pretty though.
Noticed the reject lever position too and I think you're right about a possible problem.
Edit: I'll trade you my mint spun aluminum platter mat center trim for your dustcover.
No, huh?
There are many styling cues that give away a CEC table. The high relief double rings of their platter mats, the tapered attachment of the tonearm wand, their counterweights (not always), headshells and especially their fingerlifts with that little rearward facing "hook". They did use a wide variety of pivot/gimbal designs to customize their arms, but basically... Incidentally, my opinion of the lateral weight and counterweight style of antiskating on the Sanyo arm is that it's there for "bling" and not function. It is pretty though.
Noticed the reject lever position too and I think you're right about a possible problem.
Edit: I'll trade you my mint spun aluminum platter mat center trim for your dustcover.
No, huh?
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boreas
"If it sounds good, it IS good." E.K.E.
Yes, and the CEC made Marantzes say something like "Designed by Marantz in the USA - Made in Japan"
The Sanyo certainly has a lot of those CEC cues but not all of them. It wouldn't be hard to convince me that the Sanyo was a CEC but I'm not there yet. In addition to the "Manufactured By..." there's the fact that Sanyo made a lot of stuff for other companies but I'm not aware of anything they had made for them by someone else.
Agree on both counts.
Yeah, and looking at the Vinyl Engine, I'm basically convinced. Check out the RP-1000 and RP-1000Q. The turntable in this thread is neither of those but it's a close cousin. (Also concluded it's not the same as the Sanyo.)
John
