The products we usually seek to feature in our Vintage Review pages are those that were among the first to introduce a new format, function, level of performance or design theme. However, this month our subject is the Technics SL-J33 turntable of 1986, one of the last in a series that had a footprint the size of an LP sleeve, which began with the SL-10 [HFN Apr' 19]. Staying true to the original concept, the SL-J33 employed a linear-tracking arm mounted in the player's lid and a quartz-locked direct-drive motor, despite the fact that since the launch of the SL-10 in 1979 many cheaper models had appeared that lacked both these features.
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