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Victor, the renowned Japanese manufacturer known in the Western market as JVC (Japan Victor Company), presents this turntable, which boasts exceptional aesthetic and functional qualities. A turntable without compromise.
In the 1980s, whilst Europe was still clinging to the traditional belt-drive system, Japan was light years ahead, and when it came to high-quality turntables, one could only refer to direct-drive models. In fact, all turntables of a certain calibre from those years were electronically controlled. This model was no exception. The platter speed was controlled by a microprocessor-driven quartz system, and the revolutions were detected by a sensor that communicated with the electronics for unrivalled precision.
This turntable was fitted with a platter measuring 32.7 cm in diameter. The inertial mass of the large turntable was 20% greater than that of conventional machines of the same type, a design that helped to increase rotational smoothness and overall mechanical stability. The use of a high-torque, low-vibration coreless direct-drive motor ensured very low wow and flutter values and a high signal-to-noise ratio, characteristics which at the time set the benchmark for high-end turntables.
The stability of the quartz block was further enhanced by the closed-loop FG speed detection method and the dual quartz servo circuit, an electronic control system designed to maintain an extremely stable rotation speed over time and under various operating conditions.
This model was also equipped with an automatic record presence and size detector, a system used to control the tonearm — which also featured fully electronic automatic lift — ensuring it was positioned correctly in a fully automatic manner. Seeing it in action was simply mesmerising!
The QL-Y44F was equipped with a highly rigid conical straight-tube tonearm utilising an electroservo system. In the electroservo system, a linear motor was connected directly to the horizontal rotating shaft, whilst a microcomputer controlled its fully automatic operation, suppressing the ultra-low-frequency resonance that occurred in the horizontal direction. This was the Q-Dump electronic system, a solution developed to prevent needle skipping and distortion and to improve the stability of the cartridge’s tracking. The anti-skating was also electronic, a solution that reflected the advanced technological approach adopted by JVC in those years.
The cartridge used was an Empire 2000, still in excellent condition.
The unit presented here has been fully refurbished and is in excellent condition.
