On the bench yesterday. JVC QL-A7. (TT-71 motor unit) This hadn’t run for a few years and although it would turn, didn’t keep good speed. I recapped all the electrolytics as some of the smaller ones had corrosion on their legs.. set up the adjustments and it runs well again.
I thought this may be the same internals as a TT-101 (QL10) but without the counter module…as we did 2 of those last year, but it is a totally different machine. The TT101 is all transistors, maybe 100 of them..no IC’s. The QLA7 has just 1 IC.
We see many of this type of early direct drive deck from a range of manufacturers. Almost all can be restored to running condition.
