For Sale: Tested and working extra nice condition vintage stereo turntable / record player. Made in Japan around 1979.
Working 100%, no issues. Very very little wear- almost in "time warp" condition. Direct drive. This is a fully automatic turntable which means to play an album you just push the start lever. The tonearm raises, moves to the first track, gently lowers, and plays until the end of the album. Tonearm then raises, moves back to holder, lowers, and powers off. Or if Repeat is switched on will keep replaying. Works correctly each and every time.
Speed sounds dead on with 33 RPM and sound quality is excellent with the included Shure RS 9E stylus/needle. No skipping, no hum, great bass and highs. 33 and 45 speeds are adjustable internally if needed. 45 RPM adapter included.
Original box included shows some wear but great for storage. The two pieces of styrofoam allow you to remove the dust cover and heavy platter and pack separately on top, isolating from the turntable and allowing for most secure shipping.
Video of the turntable being tested: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1JS6RpaWRSUebxsG8ZSGWLvxfMWdGFK6v
Manual, service manual, and reviews here: https://www.vinylengine.com/library/realistic/lab-500.shtml
Specs from the web:
The Realistic LAB-500 precision quartz-lock, direct-drive turntable is designed to meet the high standards of performance that audiophiles expect for superior sound reproduction of their disc recordings.
The turntable is driven by a special motor and circuit which maintain constant speed regardless of supply voltage variations or changes in load caused by cartridge/tone arm drag.
The motor is a DC type, with special permanent magnet pole pieces which self-generate a signal used to compare with an internal quartz crystal frequency standard. This comparison function is accomplished by a Phase Locked Loop (PLL) circuit. The resulting turntable speed is continuously sampled and corrected to assure precisely accurate speed. Two special Hall-Effect semiconductor devices are built into the Motor to allow speed control of this powerful, brushless DC Motor.
The automatic return function is tripped by a special optoelectronic semiconductor device - assuring no change in turntable speed, even at the end of the record.
Most of the LAB-500's functions are electronically controlled - fewer mechanical parts to break down or wear out The S-shaped tone arm keeps the stylus of the cartridge perpendicular to the radius of the groove over the full surface of the record, which means low distortion and excellent tracking at less than 1-1/2 grams.
The turntable comes complete with an R-9000ELWS moving-magnet type cartridge with a nude bi-radial 5 x 18 micron elliptical diamond stylus that faithfully produces frequencies between 20-20,000Hz while maintaining good channel separation. Thus providing extremely linear frequency response.
Specifications
Type: 2-speed, quartz lock, direct drive, fully automatic
Platter: 320mm, 1.4kg, aluminum alloy die-cast
Motor: 12 pole brushless dc servo type
Speeds: 33 and 45rpm
Rumble: 70dB
Wow and flutter: 0.04%
Tonearm: static balance type, tubular
Effective length: 227mm
Overhang: 14mm
Effective arm mass: 19.8g
Dimensions: 156 x 480 x 386mm
Weight: 10kg
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