Saba 785

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General

  • Manufacturer: Saba
  • Model: 785 (OEM: Dual CS 1229)
  • Type: Turntable
  • Years of manufacture: 1972 - 1975
  • Made in: Germany
  • Color: silver / black, housing walnut or matt white
  • Remote control: no
  • Power consumption: 8 W
  • Dimensions: 490 x 180 x 355 mm (WxHxD)
  • Weight: 12 kg
  • Original price approx:
    • Housing Walnut: 678 DM
    • Housing matt white: 694 DM


Connections

  • Outputs: Sound cell Shure MM M-91 MG-D, 3 mV, 50 kOhm


Technical Data

  • Drive: servo-controlled direct drive
  • Motor: brushless DC motor
  • Speed: 33 ⅓, 45, 78 rpm.
  • Synchronous fluctuation: 0.06% WRMS.
  • Rumble noise ratio: 60 dB
  • Turntable: injection-molded aluminum
    • Diameter: 305 mm
    • Weight: 3.2 kg
  • Operating mode: Fully automatic
  • Fine speed control: ± 2
  • Start-up time:
  • Tonearm: S-shaped universal tubular tonearm, statically balanced.

Effective length: 222 mm Overhang: 15 mm

    • Tracking error angle: 0.16
    • Contact pressure adjustment range: 0 - 4 g
    • Weight of the pickup: 1 - 12 g
    • Weight of tonearm head:
  • Cartridge:
    • Type: MM standard system as original equipment, M-91 MG-D
    • Frequency response: 20 - 20'000 Hz
    • Output voltage: 3 mV (1 kHz、50mm/s).
    • Impedance: 50 kOhm
    • Channel separation: 25 dB
    • Needle fillet: 10x10-6cm/dyn.
      • Diameter: 0.5 mm
    • Weight: 5.3 g
    • Recommended contact pressure: 1.5 g
    • Replacement needle: N-91 MG-D


Special Features

  • Stroboscope display
  • Directly readable contact force adjustment
  • Adjustable anti-skating device
  • Viscosity damped tonearm control


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Pictures[edit]

  • Extract from brochure: Saba 785

Saba 785-Prospekt-1.jpg


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