When more is more. One of JVC's Best, the QL-Y7.
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here is another picture of 2 JVC/Victor's best turntables- the QL-A75 and QL-Y77F
regards, jvc_graz
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I know this was posted several years ago. Anyone familiar with the turntable that can give me some advice on the STOP "Brake" - when you press stop the brake extends up under the platter to help slow it down. Mine makes a scrapping sound - I can't figure out if this is normal or not. Any help would be great!
Hey Guys,
My fascination with JVC started with a middle of the line Integrated amp and tuner I got at a thrift store. Its build quality and performance blew me away considering how abused it looked and the fact that it used "darlington power pack" drivers. I made a thread about it, and many people came out of the "JVC Fan closet". http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=204813
My brother then came home with an interesting integrated amp, the A-X5. It has some trick circuitry that lets it play Class-A for the most part, with little to no crossover distortion. The sound was laser sharp, clean, and extremely revealing. It was love from then on. I had to have the bigger brother, the A-X9, and I finally came across one a few months ago. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/3214918920_bd20cdda4f_b.jpg . Hooked up to an extremely unforgiving pair of Infinity speakers, the JVC still held its own.
I then found a pair of speakers I never knew Victor/JVC ever made. http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=219087 Back loaded horn cabinets with heavy duty drivers, and again...a complete pleasant surprise.
Where does this lead me? Well...I think I finally found a turntable that matches the performance of the above items. The JVC QL-Y7. It's a direct drive turntable, with a servo operated tonearm, and semi-automatic control.
Most purists go for belt drive with a fully manual tonearm. Remove ALL chances of distortion in the signal path, just pure analog. While the british press ridiculed direct drive turntables, the japanese manufacturers soldiered on, and brought us some gear that kept up with or out performed the purist turntables in most any measurements. The QL-Y7 was one of them.
The direct drive system was the standard in japan for radio broadcast. Very heavy duty, absolute speed, and no motor noise were some hallmarks of this drive system. Denon and some other companies used this drive system in some expensive decks. The servo controlled tonearm is semi automatic, but fully motorized. The goal was to reduce resonance, and keep tracking forces as accurate as possible. Damping, tracking force, and anti skate are all electronically controlled, and adjusted by knobs that take the guesswork out of adjusting. There are two more adjustments that are manual. A knob adjusts the VTA, and there is a traditional counterweight installed to get the tonearm to balance at zero. The plinth is mirror gloss, rosewood veneered, and acoustically deadened enough to contribute to its 30+pound weight.
The result? Well...its wonderful! I am swapping between a Shure M95ED and a Grado silver, and its real cool to have a table that reveals the character of each cartridge. I still prefer my Beogram 8000's cartridge, but that cartridge cost me more than the whole JVC! And while i'm still a linear tracker kind of guy, the gadgetry in this "traditional" JVC is a great compromise for a geek like me. I can swap cartridges, and put less wear on the beogram. Plus I can fit in, with a non B&O turntable
Does anybody else have experience with this turntable? I'd love to get more opinions. Does anybody have magazine reviews? From what I have read, this table tested at the top or near the top in magazine reviews.
Some shots...
Love seeing god JVC posts!!
it's fantastic gear! Beautiful table. Thanks for sharing and the pix.
TobascoKid
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At the end of a record, the the brake engages and the platter instantly stops. The brake makes soft “poot” sound then releases so the platter is free to spin. Around the pushing metal brake finger, there is a small felt pad. It reminds me of carpet padding – the brown fibrous kind.
totem
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Reading this older post brings back some of the earlier Victor/JVC AK fans seldom seen today
or no longer participating.
Top at that particular time and certainly one you could surmise was a design and development statement for the company
gong forward.
Primarily in Japan was Victor known to be one of the primary supplier's and dispenser's of Table engineering and expertise
used by other companies when TOTL products were required. That convoluted web of the "secret society" tags and labels.
The point, none really other than shedding light on historical accuracy.
or no longer participating.
Top at that particular time and certainly one you could surmise was a design and development statement for the company
gong forward.
Primarily in Japan was Victor known to be one of the primary supplier's and dispenser's of Table engineering and expertise
used by other companies when TOTL products were required. That convoluted web of the "secret society" tags and labels.
The point, none really other than shedding light on historical accuracy.
That's an end game setup for sure. I'd put that deck up there with the DP-80, SP-10mk2 etc. Really a fantastic piece of engineering.
Thankfully Japan Victor Corp utilised their Direct Drive motor engineers to blueprint superb motors for other corporations. The motor and motor control electronics in the Yamaha GT 2000 being only one of the products of one such collaboration.
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I have repeatedly said that the motor/motor control electronics are the beating heart of the Yamaha GT 2000. That is the greatness of the GT 20000. That greatness came from the mind and fingertips of a JVC employee. Everyone might think that I acclaim Yamaha since I acclaim the Yamaha GT 2000. The Yamaha GT 2000 is great because Yamaha had the good sense to approach Matsushita Corporation and purchase a design via their factories(National and Victor).
I have a number of JVC's including one with the same tonearm just a slightly different platter arrangement. I also have the QL50 great DD but you install the tonearm of your choice, of which I have the SME 3009 III, a great tonearm. But my favorite is my JVC QL Y66L a beast of a table with Mag levitation on the platter, which is oversized as well. A choice of three types of tonearms, one extreme low mass, one low mass, and one mid mass. Servo controlled fully auto tone arm.
Stanton681EEES
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Are you saying that their are 3 arm wands for the Y66? I only know of two. Could you elaborate?