Vega 3431

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General

  • Manufacturer: Wega
  • Model: 3431
  • Type: Record player
  • Years of manufacture: 1973 - 1976
  • Made in: Germany
  • Color: walnut, sanding varnish white
  • Power consumption: 2,5 Watt
  • Dimensions: 420 x 147 x 365 mm (WxHxD)
  • Weight: 10,9 kg
  • Original price approx.: 1'000 DM


Connections

  • Outputs: 1 (5-pin DIN plug)


Technical data

  • Drive: Direct (EDS-1000)
  • Speed: 33 1/3 and 45 rpm
  • Synchronous speed fluctuations: ± 0.03 %
  • Rumple-noise-interval: > 50 dB
  • Rumple-to-noise ratio: > 70 dB
  • Turntable:
    • Diameter: 305 mm
    • Weight: 2,9 kg
    • Moment of inertia: 460 kp / cm2
  • Operating mode: Fully automatic
  • Pitch: ± 8
  • Tonearm : torsionally stiff, extra-long tubular aluminium tonearm in super-flat cardanic four-point pivot mounting
    • Tonearm balance weight with double effective vibration damping (2 x anti-resonator)
    • Effective tonearm length: 222 mm
    • Offset angle: 25° 20'
    • Tangential tracking error angle : 0.16°/cm
    • Tonearm bearing friction (relative to the scanning tip)
      • Vertical: < 0.007 p

Horizontal: < 0.015 p

    • Tracking force continuously adjustable from 0 to 3 p with 1/10 p calibration in the range of 0-1.5 p operationally reliable from 0.25 p tracking force
    • Pick-up head (system carrier) removable, suitable for all pick-up systems with 1/2" mounting and a weight of 2 to 10g (incl. mounting material)
    • Adjustable overhang : 5 mm pick-up system


Special Features

  • Pickup system: Shure V15 Type III (compared to CS 70 Ortofon M20E)
  • Hood can be moved to any position (CS 70 only "close", "open" or completely "take off"). Otherwise there are no differences


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Pictures[edit]

  • Picture: Wega 3431

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