The Mitsubishi LT-20 is the perfect turntable for those serious about vinyl, with a reasonable budget. Just shy of Mitsubishi's flagship in 1982, the LT-20 features an all mechanical linear tracking mechanism with rave reviews. Mounted with an Audio Technica AT-450, and fully tested, this turntable is ready to be put to work.
- Production
- 1982
- Condition
- 9/10
- Serial No.
- 0-1793
- Orig. MSRP
- $350
- Restoration
- Full 30-point service check
- Cleaned controls, switches, and chassis
- Factory Specs
Type Direct drive, linear tracking turntable
Motor quartz PLL
Drive mechanism direct drive
Platter 304mm, 1.3kg, aluminium diecast
Speeds 33 and 45rpm
Wow and flutter 0.025% WRMS
Signal to noise ratio 60dB
Tonearm straight type
Overall length 220mm
Effective length 171mm
Tracking error less than 0.1 degrees
Headshell GFRP 6.2g
Cartridge Audio Technica AT 450
Cartridge weight 10 to 21.5g
Dimensions 16.75"W x 5.75"H x 16.5"D
Weight 22 lbs.
- Liner Notes
Like the top-of-the-line LT-30, the LT-20 uses the same Mitsubishi linear-tracking technology. Freed, by this important technical innovation from the tracking errors and unbalanced inside forces that affect conventional turntable units, there is a truly remarkable increases in the transparency and clarity of the audio image, and in the spatial definition of the stereo sound field. The stylus follows the same straight line across the disc as the cutting head that made the original master recording, so that tracability is at a maximum and distortion at an absoulte minimum. A high precision Dc servomotor drives a worm-reduction gear attached to a spring-loaded multistrand nylon coated stainless-steel wire to move the tonearm assembly. The whole system is located firmly in position, unlike linear motors where the assembly is free to slip and slide.
The precise amount of movement needed to maintain tangential tracking as the groove spirals inward is determined by two sensitive optical sensors. These detect when the tonearm moves even a fraction of a degree from the tangent position.
- Stock No.
- 7744645497053
The Mitsubishi LT-20 is the perfect turntable for those serious about vinyl, with a reasonable budget. Just shy of Mitsubishi's flagship in 1982, the LT-20 features an all mechanical linear tracking mechanism with rave reviews. Mounted with an Audio Technica AT-450, and fully tested, this turntable is ready to be put to work.
