The Kenwood KD-500 is a 2-speed, direct drive turntable featuring a stroboscope with lamp, fine speed adjusting control, height adjustment and free stop action dust cover. The Kenwood plinth is made from a synthetic marble, or granite, called ARCB, which makes the deck visually stunning and heavy. The sound quality and use is delight to use being a fully manual deck, you get to raise and lower the arm yourself, cueing the lead-in groove and returning the arm to rest at the end of a record. This is proper turntabling and, because it’s manual, nothing interferes with the tonearm with a sought after moving magnet cartridge and its ability to extract information from the groove. I have selected a Grace G727 low mass tonearm with a stanton 500mk2 cartridge and pre installed a new stylus for you to plug in and play. She is missing her front decal sadly. Otherwise she is in excellent sonic condition. There are no garantees on vintage electronic items what you see is what you will receive. Lp is excluded from the sale. Packaging will be a bit pricey as she is HEAVY. SPECS: Drive: direct-drive system Motor: 8-pole 24 slot brushless DC servo motor Platter: 30cm, 1.5kg aluminium alloy die-cast Speeds: 33.33 and 45rpm Wow and flutter: less than 0.03% WRMS Signal to noise ratio: more than 60dB Tonearm: static-balance type, s-shaped pipe arm, eia plug-in connector Effective length: 237mm Overhang: 15mm Stylus pressure range: 0 to 4g Usable cartridge range: 5 to 12g Dimensions: 502 x 382 x 162mm Weight: 14.9kg #JapanWeek