The Dual 1229Q. Why many music lovers will settle for nothing less.
Many serious music lovers are not satisfied unless every component in their system is the very finest in its class, with cost secondary. The 1229Q, Dual's highest-priced multi-play turntable, is one of these "no compromise" components.
The 1229Q is a full-sized turntable with a twelve-inch dynamically balanced platter that weighs a full seven pounds. Its massive bluffer is driven by Dual's powerful Continuous-Pole/ synchronous motor.
The 8-3/4" tonearm is mounted in a true gyroscopic gimbal that centers and balances in within both axes of movement. All four tonearm pivots turn on identical low-friction bearings permitting flawless tracking at as low as 0.25 gram. And since a turntable of the 1229Q's caliber is used most frequently in the single-play mode, the tonearm is designed to track at precisely the correct angle in that mode. With the exclusive Mode Selector, tracking angle can be instantly adjusted for correct tracking at mid stack in the multi-play mode.
Low capacitance tonearm leads and an anti-skating system with separate calibrations for conical, elliptical and CD-4 styli, make the 1229Q compatible with any stereo and four-channel cartridge available or likely to be available in the foreseeable future. Other features include a calibrated illuminated strobe with adjustable viewing angle, and cueing damped up as well as down to prevent bounce.
The 1229Q is too new for test reports to have appeared, but reports on its immediate predecessor, the Dual 1229, indicate why it was the largest selling quality turntable ever made.
Stereo Review called its rumble measurements "among the best we have yet made on a turntable:" High Fidelity said, "It takes one step further the progressive improvements that have made top Dual models among the most popular turntables in component systems for the better part of a decade, to judge by readers' letters."
Stereo & HiFi Times' noted, "I unhesitatingly recommend it to anyone looking for the best possible record playing equipment: And Popular Electronics rated it "the equal of any combination of record playing components known to us:
Of course, not everyone can afford the 1229Q's price: $259.95. But every Dual turntable, starting with the 1225 at $129.95, provides the same high quality materials, carefully finished parts and meticulous quality control that have long earned Dual its reputation for reliability.
Thus which Dual you select is not terribly important. Your choice can be made in terms of the level of refinement you require. And if, like many music lovers, you require every refinement it is possible to have in a multi-play turntable, chances are you too will choose the Dual 1229Q.
United Audio Products
120 So. Columbus Ave., Mt. Vernon, N.Y. 10553
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(Source: Audio magazine, Jan. 1975 )
Also see: Dual turntables (April 1974)
Dual turntables (Feb. 1978), KLH Research X Model Sixty Turntable (Jan. 1975)
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