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This turntable is for local pickup only at our shop in Milwaukee, WI.This is a vintage Micro Seiki DD-35 turntable. This a remarkably well-preserved 48 year-old direct drive turntable. Were it not for a a few tiny corner dents (shown in photos) this thing would yield an Excellent rating. Otherwise this deck is rather minty, regardless of age. It works and sounds just as great as it looks. Just back from our local turntable tech who:Balanced the tonearmAdjusted the cueing leverReplaced the original RCA connectors with new, modern RCA jacksService History: No service records were included from the prior, original owner but we do have the original receipt and manual. Our local tech did the bulleted points above.Cosmetic Condition: Overall we rated this at Very Good, with very small signs of wear.In the Milwaukee Area? Stop in our shop to inspect/demo.
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Micro Seiki was a Japanese precision-engineering company founded in Tokyo in 1961. Its heritage is firmly rooted in the analog era, and the brand became especially associated with technically ambitious, well-made turntables and related vinyl hardware rather than a broad consumer-audio catalogue.
The company is best known for turntables, turntable drives, plinths, and tonearms, along with a smaller amount of electrostatic headphone production in its earlier years. Sources consistently describe Micro Seiki as a maker of mid- to high-end and later reference-class turntables, with models that became especially prized by serious vinyl listeners.
In market terms, Micro Seiki sits in the high-end vintage and collector category. It is not a current mainstream audio brand in the modern sense; instead, it is remembered as a legendary specialist name, with its most sought-after decks and components commanding strong interest among analog enthusiasts and collectors.
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