Your choice between these new LUX turntables depends on how you feel about bearing arms.
Although these two turntables are being introduced simultaneously, the PD-272 (with integrated tonearm) was actually designed and produced first.
Its operation is purely manual-no automatic assist whatever. So if you believe that any amount of automation implies compromise, the PD-272 should appeal to you.
The performance will certainly appeal to purists. The servo-controlled direct-drive brushless DC motor with its gapless pole design is totally free of the cogging (pulsing) that plagues many other direct-drive motors.
The straight, statically-balanced tonearm has several important design features. For example, the vertical pivots extend through the arm rather than simply suspending it from the outside. This minimizes lateral play and assures that the stylus will always remain perpendicular to the record.
Also, the arm's nested tube construction and internal damping deal very effectively with resonance.
Then for those audiophiles who like to go their separate ways, we produced the PD-270 (like the PD-272 but less tonearm) and the TA-1 (separate tonearm). With TA-1, you change cartridges by changing the entire tonearm tube. This system is much better than changing headshells since it minimizes mass at the critical point of the tonearm. The TA-1 also has a built-in stabilizer below the arm base which damps out vibration.
This additional flexibility has its price. The PD-270 drive system is $285; the TA-1 to-warm, $125. Tit e complete PD-272 is $345. And for either tonearm, the new 115-C moving coil cartridge, $195.) As you can see, you do have to decide how likely you are to want interchangeable tonearms n the future. Think about it on your war to your LUX dealer. If it's still a proem when you get there, he'll help you bear up under it.
-----------PD-272. Effective tonearm length: 240mm. Tracking force calibrated 0-3 grams. Accepts cartridges from 4-11 grams. Anti-skating, viscous-damped cueing, adjustable height. Illuminated strobe, pitch variable ±4 won and flutter less than 0.03% (WRMS); rumble more than 60 dB. Same drive system specifications apply to PD-270. Both include removable dust cover.
TA-1. Straight, tubular, static-balanced. Interchangeable tube. Stabilizer. Otherwise similar to tonearm of PD-272.
Your choice between these new LUX turntables depends on how you feel about bearing arms.
Although these two turntables are being introduced simultaneously, the PD-272 (with integrated tonearm) was actually designed and produced first.
Its operation is purely manual--no automatic assist whatever. So if you believe that any amount of automation implies compromise, the PD-272 should appeal to you.
The performance will certainly appeal to purists. The servo-controlled direct-drive brushless DC motor with its gapless pole design is totally free of the cogging (pulsing) that plagues many other direct-drive motors.
The straight, statically-balanced tonearm has several important design features. For example, the vertical pivots extend through the arm rather than simply suspending it from the outside. This minimizes lateral play and assures that the stylus will always remain perpendicular to the record.
Also, the arm's nested tube construction and internal damping deal very effectively with resonance.
Then for those audiophiles who like to go their separate ways, we produced the PD-270 (like the PD-272 but less tonearm) and the TA-1 (separate tonearm). With TA-1, you change cartridges by changing the entire tonearm tube. This system is much better than changing headshells since it minimizes mass at the critical point of the tonearm. The TA-1 also has a built-in stabilizer below the arm base which damps out vibration.
This additional flexibility has its price. The PD-270 drive system is $285; the TA-1 tonearm, $125. The complete PD-272 is $345. And for either tonearm, the new 115-C moving coil cartridge, $195.) As you can see, you do have to decide how likely you are to want interchangeable tonearms n the future. Think about it on your war to your LUX dealer. If it's still a proem when you get there, he'll help you bear up under it.
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LUX Audio of America, Ltd.
160 Dupont Street, Plainview, New York 11803
(Audio magazine, Nov. 1978)
Also see:
Lux Audio PD-277 fully automatic direct-drive turntable (Aug. 1979)
Lux K-12 Stereo Cassette Deck (Jun. 1979)
Hitachi Unitorque direct-drive turntable (Aug. 1979)
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