So I inherited the sweetest turntable from my grandpa (and the most beautiful amp, radio, cassette combo as well). Classic 80s Japanese over design, an AIWA LX-70. It's freaking amazing, it has all the features of CD players (you select tracks, it seeks, repeats, etc. for LPs) and it even has a beautiful red stroboscope and all these wicked analog things... EXCEPT IT'S BROKEN
Does anybody use turntables, like super high quality 80s era audio gear, or good with repairing these things? Is there a place I can goto in Calgary? Is it worth it to get it fixed? I would like to do so as it also has sentimental value as I remember being enraptured by the slow strobing stroboscope that matches RPMs with output frequency on it when I was a kid.
It's the unit in this video but in piano black with red and metal trim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH4a2...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Ho5...eature=related
I found this LP Gear website but I don't know if these are the parts I need to replace. The turntable is making a lot of noise when spinning and the tone arm seems to be too low (needle is sliding and scratching across the disc when it is seeking tracks).
http://www.lpgear.com/Merchant2/merc...ategory_Code=A