Quartz Lock Record Player QL-A5

JVC - Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.; Tokyo

  • Year
  • 1980
  • Category
  • Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 143050

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • Semiconductors present.
  • Semiconductors
  • Wave bands
  • - without
  • Details
  • Record Player (not changer); Hi-Fi equipment
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 60 Hz, 120 V or 50 Hz, 220 V or 50 Hz, 240 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • - For headphones or amp.
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Quartz Lock Record Player QL-A5 - JVC - Victor Company of Japan,
  • Shape
  • Tablemodel, with any shape - general.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 438 x 130 x 380 mm / 17.2 x 5.1 x 15 inch
  • Notes
  • JVC QL-A5 Record Player

    The JVC QL-A5 is a Japanese-made, quartz-locked direct-drive turntable from 1979–1980. It sits in JVC's late-1970s quartz-controlled range and combines quartz speed control with a  semi-automatic mechanism.

    Technical Data

    • Drive: Quartz direct drive
    • Motor: DC Servo
    • Speed: 33 1/3 rpm, 45 rpm
    • Speed control (pitch): ± 6
    • Synchronization fluctuation: < 0.025% WRMS
    • Rumble noise ratio: over 75 dB
    • Turntable: 308 mm aluminium alloy die-cast
    • Operating mode: Semi-automatic with limit switch
    • Tonearm: Statically balanced tonearm, J-shaped tube
    • Effective length: 220 mm
    • Overhang: 15 mm
    • Pickup Z-1S MM
    • Output voltage: 3 mV
    • Frequency response: 10 Hz - 25 kHz
    • Needle: DT-Z1S 0.6mil diamond
    • Tracking force: 1.75g (± 0.25 g)


    Special Features

    • Limit switch
    • Oil-damped tone arm lever
    • Anti-skating device
    • Height-adjustable, rubber-mounted damping feet

    Quarz-Plattenspieler mit Rückführautomatik.

    • Doppelservo-Quarzsteuerung
    • Tonhöhenregler (±6%) mit LED-Anzeige
    • Plattenteller 308mm Alu-Spritzguss
    • Tonabnehmer Z-1S

    Siehe auch JVC QL-A5R mit Fernsteuer-Option.

  • Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
  • 6.5 kg / 14 lb 5.1 oz (14.317 lb)
  • Source of data
  • -- Original prospect or advert
  • Author
  • Model page created by Franz Scharner. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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