IT HAS BEEN SOLD! Cleaned up and repaired great little Technics semi-automatic turntable. New drive belt, new stylus, new audio leads, new ground lead. Repaired cuing device.
I just bought one yesterday from this phone repair store with random used stuff. I don’t need another tt and have like 10 in my collection and only use my Technics SL 1400 that’s from 1976. Everything seems to work fine, but when I drop the needle, it sort of jumps into the first track and I’m not sure how to adjust the anti tracking and the weight on the back of the arm, but just yesterday, I adjusted it a little and the same happens. I’ve had many tts and don’t recall the needle running across the grooves at the beginning like that. Anyway, i asked the guy how much and if it was working and he said he hasn’t tested the BD20d. So we plugged it in and the belt was laying on the platter. And I remember putting them on in the past and it all came back to me and took 5 mins. I’m not sure how I new that but had 2 BD22 back in the late 80’s when I wanted to be a dj. The BD22 is the same unit as the BD20D but has a pitch control and a red lit indicator and a different platter with the speed bumps on the edge to work with the red light for speed accuracy. But the BD22 was a workhorse and had for many years with no issue. I didn't even need to change the belt and I think I change the needles to a shire with a brush on the tip from radio shack. Miss that place and you could get almost anything electronic. I got my 2 Technics BD22 from this discount electronic store and I paid like $119. or $129. each around 1987. Like I said, they were a workhorse and had for about 15 years and still working great when selling them when up grading to the Technics 1200 MK2. The only minor problem I had from new was the dist cover would not stay up on both units. And since they both did that, I figured the batch this store had were all like that and didn’t take back and kept and the box was sealed when getting them. Cont. don’t want to lose this long post from my phone and the cancel button is too close to the box when editing.
I find it funny you are selling that turn table for 125.00 that's was the price I pay back in the day for it. Mine still works I have never changed the belt it's shockingly in good condition.
I found this model at an Antique Shop for $120. I have yet to buy it because I have never owned a turn table before and it’s missing wires. Should I buy it?
I have a Kenwood KR5600 receiver and a Technics SL 1400 and both from around 1976ish. On radio it sounds incredible and like a Marantz and love my Kenwood receiver. But on phono, it’ll sound like the channel has an issue and sounds a lot lower or only plays out of one speaker and the same happens when I hook up another tt and at first I thought it was the turntable but haven’t tried on a different receiver. So now I fuss with the knob that changes from radio to phono and aux and that seems to work but the volume is still lower than when I set h back to radio. So I think my receiver needs to be serviced but one day i will try another receiver and see if it’s the turntable or receiver. So until you test it on a different receiver to see if the same thing happens to narrow down issue, it’s hard to tell. In the old days all you had to do was go to your friends or neighbors to test out on their system bc everyone had a stereo and receiver.
I have one of these turntables but when connected to a stack system it barely makes it through to the speakers, does it need a pre amp? Could it be poor cables? Any advice would be welcome
These need a receiver that has a phono input and with a built in pre amp. Not sure what a stack system is that you got, but actually all turntables need a receiver with a phono input with a pre amp. Many of the receivers from the mid 90’s and up did away with the phono input to save money plus record players were not very popular in the mid 90’s and up. When I was a teen in the late 70’s, I had this top of the line Sanyo boombox with the 2 detachable mics. I used to have a tt plugged in and I think it had a phono input or aux and it ran the tt and like a fill in stereo receiver. So in the mid 80’s i bought a small JVC boombox to do the same and you could barely hear the records on the TT and then when you switch back to the radio, it was like full blast. I took the boombox back not knowing back then what the issue was and got a Sony boombox and the same thing, but kept the boombox but didn’t try to connect the tt to the boombox. I guess the Sanyo I had, had a phono preamp and since it was top of the line. Later around 1998, I bought a mid range Sony receiver and it didn’t have a phono input and when you ran it through the aux, nothing came out. So that’s when I learned about the preamp to support the tt through that channel. Sorry for the long story and hope I made sense. So I would look into getting a preamp and that should get it running unless you get a vintage receiver with a phono input and with a built in preamp. Amps should work the same, but I don’t have much experience with them but should power everything.
@jacknjill3000 Thank you for the details, I had found my way to a pre-amp and sorted the issue, at some point I will go the extra mile and upgrade to a new system when budget and time allows for this guilty pleasure
I just bought one yesterday from this phone repair store with random used stuff. I don’t need another tt and have like 10 in my collection and only use my Technics SL 1400 that’s from 1976. Everything seems to work fine, but when I drop the needle, it sort of jumps into the first track and I’m not sure how to adjust the anti tracking and the weight on the back of the arm, but just yesterday, I adjusted it a little and the same happens.
I’ve had many tts and don’t recall the needle running across the grooves at the beginning like that.
Anyway, i asked the guy how much and if it was working and he said he hasn’t tested the BD20d. So we plugged it in and the belt was laying on the platter. And I remember putting them on in the past and it all came back to me and took 5 mins. I’m not sure how I new that but had 2 BD22 back in the late 80’s when I wanted to be a dj. The BD22 is the same unit as the BD20D but has a pitch control and a red lit indicator and a different platter with the speed bumps on the edge to work with the red light for speed accuracy. But the BD22 was a workhorse and had for many years with no issue. I didn't even need to change the belt and I think I change the needles to a shire with a brush on the tip from radio shack. Miss that place and you could get almost anything electronic.
I got my 2 Technics BD22 from this discount electronic store and I paid like $119. or $129. each around 1987. Like I said, they were a workhorse and had for about 15 years and still working great when selling them when up grading to the Technics 1200 MK2. The only minor problem I had from new was the dist cover would not stay up on both units. And since they both did that, I figured the batch this store had were all like that and didn’t take back and kept and the box was sealed when getting them.
Cont. don’t want to lose this long post from my phone and the cancel button is too close to the box when editing.
Practically everyone had that turntable. It was the first I know of that was good quality but not audiophile expensive.
That is the first of that model I've come across. I did have an sl-220 which I heavily modded. I sold it and now I wished I hadn't
Cuenta con perilla para ajustar el peso del brazo?
What stylus is that? Is it considered an upgrade from the stock one?
I find it funny you are selling that turn table for 125.00 that's was the price I pay back in the day for it. Mine still works I have never changed the belt it's shockingly in good condition.
When did you buy it? I bought mine a couple of years ago, second hand and is still working almost perfectly
@@brambaas999 I bought mine back in the late 80's
I found this model at an Antique Shop for $120. I have yet to buy it because I have never owned a turn table before and it’s missing wires. Should I buy it?
It seems a bit pricey, seeing as how its incomplete. It might not even work! Maybe check Kijiji or market place for an alternative
i have a old KENWOOD KA-1010 Stereo Integrated Amplifier. When ever i connect the speakkers its make noice after some time .
Well it does need service. Can't tell much by remote control
@@dontheoldradioguy7180 Okay sir i want to fix it myself.
I have a Kenwood KR5600 receiver and a Technics SL 1400 and both from around 1976ish. On radio it sounds incredible and like a Marantz and love my Kenwood receiver. But on phono, it’ll sound like the channel has an issue and sounds a lot lower or only plays out of one speaker and the same happens when I hook up another tt and at first I thought it was the turntable but haven’t tried on a different receiver. So now I fuss with the knob that changes from radio to phono and aux and that seems to work but the volume is still lower than when I set h back to radio. So I think my receiver needs to be serviced but one day i will try another receiver and see if it’s the turntable or receiver. So until you test it on a different receiver to see if the same thing happens to narrow down issue, it’s hard to tell.
In the old days all you had to do was go to your friends or neighbors to test out on their system bc everyone had a stereo and receiver.
Hi Don, is this still for sale?
HI. No. It's been gone for quite a while
I have one of these turntables but when connected to a stack system it barely makes it through to the speakers, does it need a pre amp? Could it be poor cables? Any advice would be welcome
Not knowing what kind of system i don't know for sure, but the cartridge in that turntable does require an riaa compensated magnetic preamplifier
These need a receiver that has a phono input and with a built in pre amp. Not sure what a stack system is that you got, but actually all turntables need a receiver with a phono input with a pre amp. Many of the receivers from the mid 90’s and up did away with the phono input to save money plus record players were not very popular in the mid 90’s and up.
When I was a teen in the late 70’s, I had this top of the line Sanyo boombox with the 2 detachable mics. I used to have a tt plugged in and I think it had a phono input or aux and it ran the tt and like a fill in stereo receiver. So in the mid 80’s i bought a small JVC boombox to do the same and you could barely hear the records on the TT and then when you switch back to the radio, it was like full blast. I took the boombox back not knowing back then what the issue was and got a Sony boombox and the same thing, but kept the boombox but didn’t try to connect the tt to the boombox.
I guess the Sanyo I had, had a phono preamp and since it was top of the line. Later around 1998, I bought a mid range Sony receiver and it didn’t have a phono input and when you ran it through the aux, nothing came out. So that’s when I learned about the preamp to support the tt through that channel.
Sorry for the long story and hope I made sense.
So I would look into getting a preamp and that should get it running unless you get a vintage receiver with a phono input and with a built in preamp. Amps should work the same, but I don’t have much experience with them but should power everything.
@jacknjill3000 Thank you for the details, I had found my way to a pre-amp and sorted the issue, at some point I will go the extra mile and upgrade to a new system when budget and time allows for this guilty pleasure
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Don, do you have any 1200s that you wanna sell?
Does it have a built-in phono stage? Can it be connected to active speakers?
Easy answer. No to both. You need a receiver with a mag phono stage or an outboard mag phono preamp and then an amplifier
@@dontheoldradioguy7180 Thank you.
NICE.
Yes it is nice. I've always liked technics turntable