Which is the best Dual and why?

That's the part I had to order from Canada.

 

Same here, with the 1220-something (the same as Elvis Presley's turntable on the cover of Annie Leibovitz' American Music). It was "restored," but the arm would skip as I walked back to my chair.

 

Is his nickname "Booey" or something like that?

 

I have a Dual 1219 collecting dust. Sounded great when I used it last. The 'auto' part is a little messed up since I moved it without it being locked down. I don't have a good cart for it anymore and I had to order a new (used) headshell because the little black 'clip' that hold the wires in place into the headshell broke off. The one I bought had it glued on, don't know if this was after market or what Dual decided to do. I had it for sale here for local pickup in the Charlotte area, but nobody wanted it. One day I might fix it. This Dual got me back into vinyl about 5 years ago.

Pat

 

Its 'bohhey'. "Booey" is the guy Howard Stern yells at every day...

 

Got mine repaired quite a few years ago by a guy in Seattle. I might have posted about it on here...need to check. He seemed to have some parts for them that he claimed were difficult to get.

 

Ah the Dual! I have fond memories of the CS505!

JG

 

My old 505 and 503 were bloody awful, terrible build, pain to
change carts, yet they sold by the bucket load, in hindsight I would have
got a P2.
It's put me off them in general.

 

I know this is an old thread but I'm a new member and I have to put my two cents in. I bought a Dual 701 with a Shure V-15 III from Bill "bohhey" Neuman a few months ago and it's a fantastic turntable. It came with an Ed Saunders stylus which I later replaced with a Jico SAS stylus. The 701 is the only Dual I have owned but I think it's a winner.

 

This may well be regarded as heresy, but I think Duals are over-rated, and my experience in repairing them has involved way more time per unit than any other brand of turntable (except, perhaps, Bang & Olufson). They're not bad when they're converted to manual use only, but their automatic mechanisms are over-complicated and would even frustrate Rube Goldberg.

 

I don't think they are overrated here in Europe, where the classic Dual models (not the plasticky ones from the 1990s) are regarded as solid entry-level turntables, no more and no less. They are no match for a Thorens TD14x/16x.

 

I like my 506-1 in my second setup.

 

I have a 1228 that has never been lubed as of yet, and still runs like a dream. I payed 4 dollars for it at a Thrift last year and its served me well. However, i had a 505-2 and i hated that model for various reasons.

 

THIS.

My 5000 sits gathering dust in a closet for this reason alone. Turned me off to automatics permanently.

 

Oops. I meant 506-2. I never had the 505.

 

Dual

Not sure what all the negative posts are all about.

I've owned 4 vintage Duals, all from the 1970s and they were ALL great, great tables that all sounded wonderful. Dual really knew how to make tables.

I currently use a Dual 510 with a Denon Dl-160 for "challenged" Lps and 45s and it works perfectly in that role. It will never take the place of a Rega P3, but I believe the 70s Duals, reconditioned, are better sounding than the bottom/entry level tables of today.

 

my 606 with the ULM thingy is a nice TT that will play those Classic Records (you know which one). Not super hi-fi but pleasant sounding.

 

http://www.theturntablefactory.com/

 

I have had one for years with no tracking problems.

 

Enjoyed a 1019 for years.

 

My system in the later 70's consisted of a

Yamaha CA-2010
Dual 701 (with Shure VR-15)
Technics Tuner (can't remember the model)
Pioneer RT-707
Akai GXC-570D cassette Deck
JBL L-100 speakers

Loved it. The 701 was a great table. A classic.

Someone broke into the house during the day in the summer of 1978 and stole everything but the speakers.

I DIDN'T love that.

 

What a shame. I had a similar burglary experience but did not lose as much. It was terrible when I was just a college student living off campus but had some relatively expensive audio equipments at the time ...

 

I have only owned 2 DUAL TT's over the past 30 years and both are still operating fine. CS-721 and CS-750, a DD and a belt-drive.

 

My 701 has seen more vinyl grooes than any other table on his planet and the revolutions combined probably amount to one time around the planet. 44.100 Kilometer. Just joking. But a VW beetle that runs 1. million KM is not so rare as well. Volkswagen shied away from giving everyone with 1 million the same engine a prize..LOL
Saame for this DUAL Direct Drive. Belts will break. the Direct Drive runs not very strong but once at the right tempo it stays on point at 0,03 - the automatic needs 2 parts, that have to be changed every 25 years or so... "Steuer Pimpel" they are called- 2 small plastic parts that lift the automatic at the right spot. If they are missing or too flat from use the automatic stops working. Me , I am happy with my TA returning after a normal LP is played, but this can also only work if the LP is cut accordingly. The groove must have a kind of stop/turn over mark - if that is missing no automatic will work, unless regulated by optical signals and that will fail after a few years . So whre is the prob ? You can use any DUAL like a normal tt any day. The motor starts running once the tonearm got lifted, I did that all the time, even when the automatic was spot on. This function was only used when tin bed back in the LP only days...