JVC QL-A5

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JVC semi-automatic record player QL-A5


General:

  • Manufacturer: JVC (Japan)
  • Type: Semi-automatic (tonearm retracts automatically, unit then switches off)
  • Power supply: 220 V, 50 Hz, 9,5 Watt (Europe)
  • Size: 43,8 x 13,1 x 38,0 cm (WxHxD)
  • Weight: 6,5 Kg
  • Year of manufacture: 1979 - 1981
  • Color: silver
  • New price: about 500, - DM ( who knows it better, please change )


Technical data:

  • Motor: Quartz-locked core-less direct current servo motor with frequency generator
  • Drive system: Direct drive,
  • Speeds: 33.3 and 45 rpm
  • Control range: ± 6
  • Synchronisation fluctuations: 0.025 % (WRMS)
  • Interference voltage distance: >75 dB (DIN B)
  • Starting torque: 650 g-cm
  • Speed deviation: within 0.002 % * Drift per hour: 0.005 % (WRMS)
  • Drift per hour: 0.0001 %/ h
  • Turntable: 30,8 cm
  • Output: fixed RCA cable with ground
  • Cartridge:
    • Z-4S: 3 mV (1 khz, 50 mm/ s)
    • Z-1S: 4 mV ...
  • Accessories: single puck and needle protection cap


Tonearm: Type: TH tonearm (S-shaped tubular tonearm) Effective length: 220 mm

    • Overhang: 15 mm
  • Permissible pickup weight: 12.5 - 18.5 g (including system carrier)
  • pickup: Z-1S (MM) 10 - 25.000 Hz, powerful bass (picture 1)
  • Pickup: Z-4S (MM) 10 - 25,000 Hz (picture 3)
  • Optimal contact pressure: 1.5- 2.0 g


Remarks

  • even after 35 years it still runs perfectly,
    • Only a small foam rubber part, which was totally rotten, had to be replaced by a felt strip.
    • Hinge housings tend to burst due to age related material fatigue. Repair instructions as well as new hinges are available online at widely varying prices.
  • A panel weight is recommended, be sure to note the height,
    • so that the weight does not drag on the closed lid, ( Ebay from 25, - Euro )


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