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Bang & Olufsen Re-Releasing Classic Turntable Design from 1972
Yes Mike. The light ensured that media was present before lowering the stylus. And it always lowered it at the precise location. So if an album was not present and PLAY was depressed the two arms would servomotor drive towards the center. Not finding any media the arms retired back to their resting location. Thus one didn’t have $200 to $$$ sapphire cantilevered styli bouncing along the radial disc supports. Ouch!
Long ago, slightly out of warranty, they replaced the motor and proactively replaced a misbehaving dust cover to ensure that It landed delicately, silently when released from 4 inches. Without the 1.5 gram stylus skipping on the record. They charged me $2 since the belt they replaced was considered a “wear and tear” component like tires. They ran a motor test for several hours to guarantee the speed precision. $500 and $375 for receiver and turntable respectively in 1976 and worth every penny. Luckily I have two cartridges. Hope they still work. New ones now equal or vastly exceed the cost of the original turntable with MMC20 cartridge. Design, engineering and manufacturing excellence at this level is worthy of worshipful admiration.
Time to un-mothball my Beomaster 3000, Black with rosewood and a matching Beogram 1800 turntable. 1976 acquisition. My first “Hi-Fi” , I mean Stereo. 100 watts with simulated quad sound. Operating the muscular toggle switches and the verniers (like the cursor on a slide rule but with little knurled wheels) for volume, tuning, balance was a real haptic joy.
Is that a little track detecting camera on the left of the needle?