Vintage DUAL 1229 Turntable
Here for sale Vintage DUAL 1229 fully automatic turntable, it’s been fully restored and serviced, comes also with brand new cartridge Shure N-75 and new RCA/ground cable fitted.
The Dual 1229 is a legendary 3-speed, fully automatic record changer and turntable manufactured in Germany between 1972 and 1974. Widely considered one of the pinnacles of Dual's "golden age" engineering, it features a heavy-duty idler-drive system that directly couples the motor to the platter via a rubber wheel, resulting in punchy bass and dynamic, warm sound reproduction.
Core Specifications:
Drive System: Synchronous continuous-pole motor driving an internal rubber idler wheel.
Platter: 3.1 kg (7 lbs) non-magnetic, dynamically balanced cast platter.
Speeds: 33 ⅓, 45, and 78 RPM with a 6% pitch control adjustment variation across all speeds.
Tonearm: 8 ¾ inch torsionally rigid, extra-long all-metal arm featuring an ultra-precise four-point gimbal bearing suspension system.
Wow & Flutter: 0.06%.Rumble: -63dB (weighted).
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