Dual Turntables

[Elite-ist]

Here's a thread dedicated to Dual turntables. Yesterday, I bought a Dual 701 from my friend, Keith - from whom I've purchased a bunch of vintage audio gear in the past year. He offered me his Dual 701 and a bunch of his records for $200 and I didn't need to spend time to consider the offer. I will be bringing the 701 to the technician for a servicing sometime this month.








Nando.

 

[Vintage 700b]

Very Nice Nando!

 

[J!m]

“Dual turntable and a microphone.”

 

[pioneercollector]

Hi Nando, At that price it would have been rude not to!!!!

Shaun

 

[e30m3mon]

Any of you Dual fans own a 1218 ? That was my first TT back in '75.

I no longer have it, but have the original OM, a review reprint and an original product brochure. Also have the stack spindle out of the 1218.

PM me if you want it ... pay for shipping.
Al

 

[vince666]

the vinyl LP I am seeing there in front in the box does justify by itself the whole purchase.

 

[FredR]

Dual 7 series turntables are awesome. Have two 721s, one of them since college.

 

[Bob Boyer]

The 7 series is direct drive, correct? I had a 5 series (belt drive) and loved it. So did a friend who gave me near-to new money for it when we moved back from North Alabama. Dual made good stuff always, I just waited until they added belt-drives to their lineup.

 

[Bob Boyer]

the vinyl LP I am seeing there in front in the box does justify by itself the whole purchase.

Not to mention giving Nando a seat at the Mo-Fi scandal thread now...

 

[Elite-ist]

Yes, the 701 is a direct drive turntable.

There are plenty of quality records in the box I got along with the Dual 701 turntable. Originally, Keith was going to hold onto one turntable (Dual 701) and the box of records shown, but with his tinnitus and slight hand tremors from the brain surgery he felt it was time to let go. Previous to this, I had received a major part of his record collection and most of it in quadraphonic format.

Nando.

 

[Bob Boyer]

Yes, the 701 is a direct drive turntable... Previous to this, I had received a major part of his record collection and most of it in quadraphonic format.

Nando.

Whoooa - that's really cool. Did not realize the bulk of the collection was quad. That makes for some excellent vintage listening. I think he knows it's going to a good home.

Sorry to hear of Keith's tremors. We have a friend who's had a couple of surgeries trying to help a disease (not Parkinson's) that manifests itrself with serious tremors as he ages. The second one has done more to improve his situation so there's hope.

 

[Gepetto]

Dual turntables have a timeless look to them. Even though they are vintage, they look clean and modern, not dated like many other brands do.

 

[Elite-ist]

Dual 604

I owned this Dual 604 for a short time and swapped it for some other vintage gear I was interested in at my local record & stereo store (long since closed).




Nando.

 

[mr_rye89]

I have this semi functional Dual 1019 inside my RCA console TV

 

[WOPL Sniffer]

I have this semi functional Dual 1019 inside my RCA console TV
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is that a nickle or a quarter on the tonearm?????

 

[Vynuladikt]

Looks like a quarter, 6 grams of additional tracking force for those hard to track recordings.

 

[mr_rye89]

Yes a quarter, no cart or carrier is present on that tonearm yet.......

 

[Gepetto]

I have this semi functional Dual 1019 inside my RCA console TV
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Nice that they put a dual into that setup instead of the usual BSR record changer...

 

[mr_rye89]

Oh no the original record changer is the fender of some Kia now. I stuck that one in there.

 

[e30m3mon]

Looks like a quarter, 6 grams of additional tracking force for those hard to track recordings.

Probably needs a half-dollar for anti-skating