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Turntable ID please!!!

bichitus

bichitus

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Hi everybody,
I saw this turntable in craigslist. I can't to recognize it. Can somebody help me? What brand is and what model is? It looks like to have good quality with wooden base and it have not counterweight.
I appreciate any help about it. Thank you very much.
 

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Certainly, the tonearm looks very good quality, but I don't think that is a Micro Seiki. I will try to contact with the seller. Thank you.
 
That's an ADC arm if I'm not mistaken, the LF series. They also made turntables, so maybe that's one of theirs.
 
Style of a Denon or Micro Seiki? Many had just mounting points so any arm could be used.

Couldn't find anything that was close from Denon, MS, Kenwood, Luxman. ADC has something kinda similar but with 1 control knob at each corner, not two on right and 1 on left.

So, I got nothin'.
 
It looks to me like it's based on an ADC of some sort and I'd say the owner has covered the original plastic base with some kind of wood-effect wrap. If you look at the control knobs, there are no markings around them at all which is a giveaway!

Like mech986, I'm struggling to work out the exact model - it's very similar to an ADC 1600 but has an extra control knob, although BSR/ADC did OEM these decks for a numbr of manufacturers so it could be a lesser known 'special'

Either way, it's nothing to get too excited about IMHO..
 
Looks to me like an NAD made by ADC. I have one and it had similar looking speed controls, anti skate control, tonearm layout, strobe window, base plate, etc.

Here is a photo (not my table):
http://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_forum/gallery/image_page.php?image_id=15319

It was an OK table. Nice arm, but the motor speed control went out. New belt and lubing the bearing, cleaning controls didn't help. It also started to have a motor rumble (perhaps dried out rubber bushings on the motor mount) - or maybe the rumble was why speed varied. I replaced with a used KD550 two years ago, and it was much better.

I've thought about moving the arm to the Kenwood as I think the arm is the best part of the NAD.
 
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cgutz, I think you nailed it, with additional wood veneer covering the original plinth. Nice!
 
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