It’s a rare Nakamichi turntable from 1981. 35 kg, airborne feet, correction of non centric lps ( with platter adjustment).
I doubt the Lp12 could compete.
The Goldmund Master Reference was probably the Everest of the golden analog era.
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@frenchrooster the Goldmund Reference was the Absolute Sound standard in its day. HP went bananas.
Does it still exist? Were many of them sold, I wonder?
I heard they produced a few hundreds only at that time. Then a few thousands Nakamichi Dragon.
The last tx 1000 sold went at 20k.
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HP went bananas ? What do you mean ?
HP = Harry Pearson. He loved the Goldmund.
As for the Nakamichi, I just love the idea of a turntable that can self centre an LP as my greatest loathing is for an LP pressed with the hole slightly off centre.
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Harry Pearson. The owner and Editor in Chief of the Abdolute Siound. He was referred to in the magazine as HP. In its heyday, a review could make or break a manufacturer. A favorite part of the magazine was HP’s list of favorite LPs and later CDs.
@Richard.Dane The big debate at that time was Direct Drive VS belt drive/suspension TTs.
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The LP12 Klimax sounds “broken” in comparison
Yes, I know who was Harry Pearson. I read Absolute Sound since 2002.
Went bananas ?
I watched another video on it. The guy said that a majority of lps are off centered, the why the arm moves regularly on left and right.
Oddly enough, I feel like that’s more of a problem now than it was back in the day.
Most of my old discs are actually okay. A high percentage of new post revival pressing have multiple problems including very off centre holes.
I’m surprised with all the paraphernalia available like ultrasonic cleaners and disc flatteners, there isn’t a machine that fills in the hole with hot vinyl and then punches a new hole measured from absolute spiral centre.
Of course now I’ve said it, it’s a matter of time before someone makes it.
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Hi FR,
went bananas = near crazy ultra positive reaction
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I’ve had a few and returned them for new. Then fine. Not going to persevere with substandard products
Martin
Thanks Mulberry.
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I agree - since getting back into vinyl about a year plus ago, so many if my new records are crap pressings with mediocre or worse quality.
Exactly, this is why I have a bit of mixed feeling about vinyl these days; in many cases, the expenses do not match the quality …
But there are still some great use cases for vinyl. Obviously, an expensive deck is justified for those with already reasonable collections of good quality. But if you carefully inspect discs from the second hand bins in your local shops you can still find great quality pressings and nearly good as new gems from the 60s to early 90s. So you can get plenty of use out of even a mid range deck.
My dealer sells superb condition new vinyl but it’s all classical and Jazz and I have no real interest in that. Bargain bins are my friend.
Good to hear that and fully agree @feeling_zen my problem is that there are no record stores near where I live. If I want to buy vinyl, I either do it online - where I’ve often returned LPs due to quality issues, or during a family day out.