Hello!! Probably,several years ago,there were many overseas mails regarding inquiries and orders received,but no one in charge for overseas business at that time. I said to the shop manager, "Can I send back ?" He said "OK,Do it. Can you understand it ?" It is the whole story why I am in charge for overseas jobs. Now, we receive inquiries and orders from many countries everyday. At first, I made all the jobs to packing and shipping by myself. They were big troubles, because I did not know how to pack the big speakers for overseas. It was serious Headache ! But now there are specialists for overseas business. in Hi-Fi DO. No problem at all. Well, I'd like to introduce "Micro", world famous 3 players in which world analog audiophiles are interested. By Munetika Kurohiji |
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1)"SX-8000" Introduced in Dec.1980. Price:JPY780,000. Supreme model. Weight:54Kg(Plinth)+20Kg(Platter). Totally 74Kg!! How heavy turntable! Special features are as follows. *Air bearing(floated the platter by the air) *Vacuum system *The right-side picture is with Air-bearing and Vacuum system. *Same blue colored tone-arm was released by Dynavector. It is very rare. World audiophiles are seriously looking for .. One of the best in the world ! |
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2)"RX-5000" Introduced in 1979. Price:JPY470,000(system) RX-5000 is the system based on gun metal platter. It is the key material of Micro. Special features are as follows. *material of platter: gun metal. *material of plinth: zinc The stable sound comes by Heavy weight(Plinth 22.2kg with foot assembly + the platter) and stability. It is the big different with RX-1500 series that increasing the total weight using the Dead weight/RW-1500. Therefor,recommended the up-grade to RX-5000 from RX-1500. RX-5000 is simple model,but if you prefer to enjoy high quality Micro sound based on gun metal. It is only this one,RX-5000. |
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3)"RX-1500 series" Introduced in 1982. Price: Based on assembled components Well-arrived in Hi-Fi Do. Not so rare. Enjoyable system construction、such as Gun metal platter,Aluminum,vacuum unit, Air bearing, Dead weight for chassis(RW-1500/7.8Kg), Arm base(9choice) for long or short tonearm,Stabilizer(st-20/st-10) , Hi-Speed Inertia unit(HS-80), etc.. Some of them are common parts with 8000 or 5000. Users could choose them with their like. They had to have big fun!! |
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Also, there are some famous variations such as RX-8000-2, RX-5000-2, etc. Sorry, not described all ! Next time, I 'd like to introduce the Micro player system with cabinets such as 111. I think SZ-1 would be including wih cabinet. So I will write some about it. Please let me know if you have any requests. Overseas reputation of Micro players is much higher than in Japan. Micro is historical Japanese turntable. There are many players with heavy turntable on these days. But I don't think it is possible to re-produce the precise high quality machines like Micro!! I 'd like to recommend these High quality machines for you ! To be continued. |