Technics SL-QD33 Automatic Turntable w/NIB Audio Technica Elliptical Cartridge!

Description

This Technics is one of my favorite. I have refurbed and sold over 12 of them within the past 2 yrs.
Their design is impeccable, a fully automatic quartz direct drive that operates silently and is inaudible in the path. There are 3 circuit boards in it and a small chassis which holds a 2nd motor which control all arm functions: Start/Stop and Cue up/down. This motor was flushed out and upper/lower bearings lubricated. It now runs silently without purr. Also there is a timer circuit which actuates return at end of play. Very few moving parts here but lots of electronics which require calibration. When it’s out of cal. you get a flashing red light and it doesn’t work.
These were in production between ‘89-‘99, which seems insane by consumer audio mfg standards: But there wasn’t any demand for record players since the production of records had already died. Technics/Panasonic needed them cheap so instead of using Panasonic electrolytic capacitors, they used a cheaper brand when they could: I replaced All (15) caps.
They are the easiest of all to work, just open the cover, place the record on the platter and close the cover: Press ‘Start’. At the end the arm returns and the player goes idle. All controls are located outside the cover. No speed controls required, it has a quartz oscillator built- in to keep it accurate but has a strobe light for visual verification.
It’s arm is one of their best; 4-pt gimbal mounted into a zinc base for vibration isolation. Its low mass using the set it and forget it P-Mount cartridge format. Just pre set for 1.25 gr. and that’s it (Anti-Skate pre-calibrated).
The cartridge is brand new and I like the way it sounds in this arm. It’s .4x.7 mil elliptical stylus will bring out the best in your older records; it tracks on the upper, unused section of the groove -vs conical a stylus which tracks deeper along with old noisy dirt.
The Dustcover and hinges are also in VG Cond.
All in all, it will probably last another 40 yrs.
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