kuruvilajacob
Well-Known Member
My dear friends,
Couple of days back, I got a fairly large wooden based TT from one of my contacts (who had offered me a EMT sometime back but I did not take it as I did not know it's value at that time!). He told me this looks as special as an EMT but had no idea about it's pedigree but informed it's belt drive with a huge motor and it's name is JP. I decided not to pass it and make the same mistake i made last time. I got it couple of days back and my mechanic who has serviced several hi end players like Garrard 301 , Dennon DP 60 L and several others told me the moment he opened the bottom cover that this is so special that he predicted this will outperform all your other players by a mile if not more. He was dead right! It has changed my vinyl listening to a much higher level. Unfortunately, due to some technical problems ,I cannot post pics right now. I will post about the TT which appears nowhere on the web because it has never sold commercially and no cost restraint on the quality of the motor, platter or arm. I will request John.K.Anthony to post pics he took when he came to my home yesterday and also post his experience on the difference in listening level om this player which was hooked on to a modest Sansui G-5500 receiver and AR 925 speaker with no room acoustic and with the worst speaker placement possible. If anyone can get me some information for the player, i will be grateful. It's model no is JP Belt Drive player model T-500 . I know JP stands for Japan Phonomotor Co. One of our forum member informed me that he once saw a JP player in an AIR radio station way back in 1988 when he was in the 6th standard and he can still remember it's description vividly etched in his mind. Long live vinyl!
Couple of days back, I got a fairly large wooden based TT from one of my contacts (who had offered me a EMT sometime back but I did not take it as I did not know it's value at that time!). He told me this looks as special as an EMT but had no idea about it's pedigree but informed it's belt drive with a huge motor and it's name is JP. I decided not to pass it and make the same mistake i made last time. I got it couple of days back and my mechanic who has serviced several hi end players like Garrard 301 , Dennon DP 60 L and several others told me the moment he opened the bottom cover that this is so special that he predicted this will outperform all your other players by a mile if not more. He was dead right! It has changed my vinyl listening to a much higher level. Unfortunately, due to some technical problems ,I cannot post pics right now. I will post about the TT which appears nowhere on the web because it has never sold commercially and no cost restraint on the quality of the motor, platter or arm. I will request John.K.Anthony to post pics he took when he came to my home yesterday and also post his experience on the difference in listening level om this player which was hooked on to a modest Sansui G-5500 receiver and AR 925 speaker with no room acoustic and with the worst speaker placement possible. If anyone can get me some information for the player, i will be grateful. It's model no is JP Belt Drive player model T-500 . I know JP stands for Japan Phonomotor Co. One of our forum member informed me that he once saw a JP player in an AIR radio station way back in 1988 when he was in the 6th standard and he can still remember it's description vividly etched in his mind. Long live vinyl!