An excellent sounding turntable, in fact, it holds it own against the Rega P3. The trick with the old Duals is twofold: 1) You have to find one in good condition, and 2) You need to mate it with the right cartridge. A Denon DL-160 is a great match for a Dual, as is a nice midline Shure with a conical stylus.
I'm interested in hearing from any of you who have bought any of the new line of CS turntables from Dual. I'm also having a hard time deciding between the belt drive CS 518 at $799 or the direct drive CS 618Q at $1299.
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This is a great turntable. by jurma. Pros: fully automatic pitch control, enhanced mechanics, direct drive, ultralight tonearm. Cons: plastic parts inside are mostly about to brake. To install other cartridge than TK you need to buy and replace headshell and this requires some skills. Platter rocks a bit together with motor spindle.Dual CS-620-Q 1st Release English Technical Manual - Immediate Download. This CS-620-Q Standard-Primary Release (not an addendum) Technical Service Manual for your Turntable Record Player generally includes most of the following(for qualified technical use): schematics, parts diagrams, block diagrams, lubrication points, exploded mechanical views, part numbers, adjustments or alignment info Super Member. Nov 25, 2006. #1. I have a Dual CS-607 I used for years, with no particular problems. Set it aside to use a linear tracking p-mount Nikko. Then the Nikko got briefly kicked to the curb for a Yamaha, because I like the standard cartridges better than the p mounts. The Dual seems like a pretty run of the mill TT (although some guy Default Title. pdf Dual-CS-620-Q-Service-Manual · pdf Dual-CS-626-Owners-Manual · pdf Dual-CS-626-Service-Manual · pdf Dual-CS-627-Q-Service-Manual Jul 2, 2009 — Dual CS 627Q owners manual, service manuals and schematics are for reference only and the Vinyl Engine bears no responsibility for errors or PDF - securely download the Dual CS The best place to start though is to reseat the plugs. It could be something as simple as corrosion on pin 3 or 4 of BR 02. Look on the picture of the control board in the upper right hand corner and you will see BR 02. Gently remove it from the board and reinstall it. Then try it and see what happens. The CS 626 is an '80s era Dual table. Not bad by any means, but not as well engineered or desirable as the 1200 series (the crown jewels of which are the 1219 & 1229). That said, it's going to run rings around your LP60 at every level. And it will probably better than any new sub$500 table. egJck.