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RE: Dual 1019

The Dual 1019 was my first turntable when I was in the 9th grade. Sounded pretty damn good with the Shure M55E(?) when new. I wouldn't put a lot of money into it now, though, the arm and headshell can be troublesome on older Duals. I've worked on a few Duals the last few years. The best sounding one was a 1219 with the auto mechanism removed and a Linn Basic arm installed. I couldn't get rid of the noise/hum until I removed the Dual arm. Even rewiring didn't improve it. The headshell had some grounding issues as well.

My experience is different than Poinzy's, I thought the idler drive was the best part of the 1019. If you can get it going with some minor adjustments and some lube here and there, it's worth the effort.

TR
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