Denon - DP-50L Turntable

Item Description
DENON DP-50L Direct-Drive Record Player Turntable (Released June 1978)
The DENON DP-50L is an exceptional direct-drive quartz-lock turntable from DENON's celebrated "Golden Era" of Japanese high-fidelity audio engineering. Originally released in Japan in June 1978 at ¥67,000, this model represents the pinnacle of late-1970s turntable craftsmanship and remains highly sought after by discerning vinyl enthusiasts worldwide.
Key Technical Highlights:

Drive System: Direct-drive with AC servo motor featuring a large-diameter 10mm shaft for exceptional load resistance
Servo Circuit: Proprietary DENON Quartz system using magnetic recording detection — 1,000 precisely-encoded pulses on the turntable rim are read by a magnetic head, enabling bi-directional servo correction and electronic braking for ultra-stable rotation
Rotation Accuracy: Wow & Flutter ≤ 0.015% WRMS | Speed Deviation ≤ 0.002% | S/N Ratio ≥ 75 dB (DIN-B)
Auto-Lift Mechanism: Non-contact optical sensor system that automatically lifts the tonearm at the end of a record, regardless of record size — a sophisticated and rare feature for this era
Tonearm: Static-balance S-shaped universal tonearm (effective length 244mm, overhang 14mm) with gold-plated connector contacts and adjustable arm height (~5mm range)
Headshell: Included DENON PCL-3 aluminium alloy headshell (8.5g), designed for low resonance
Platter: 30cm aluminium die-cast platter with a newly developed turntable sheet engineered through laser holographic vibration analysis to minimize record micro-vibrations
Cabinet: 20mm thick high-density particle board with solid horizontal internal bracing; finished in amaranth rosewood grain — both beautiful and acoustically inert
Strobe: Crystal-oscillator-driven strobe lamp for highly accurate rotation monitoring, independent of AC mains frequency variation

This unit comes complete with its original dust cover and power cord. Power supply: AC 100V, 50/60Hz — a voltage transformer is required for use outside Japan.

Size
Height: 16.3 cm
Width: 49.3 cm
Depth: 40.2 cm

Weight
11,500 g / 11.5 kg

Condition
Power-on, audio output, 33/45 RPM playback, and all panel button operations have been confirmed working using the seller's own cartridge.


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