Micro-Seiki

Micro-Seiki’s vintage turntables remain in use in specialist analogue systems. Rhinoçéros is one such installation.

Equipment index

Products in the rooms

Venue equipment records, including their original model uncertainties. Shared-system entries retain the full recorded context.

DQX-500
Turntables
Micro-Seiki DQX-500 turntable. High-mass Japanese direct-drive from the late 1970s; separate motor controller. An indexed Instagram still already documents a unit. Brand is historic.
Rhinoçéros

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Berlin / Germany

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Equipment in use

Rhinoçéros lists Micro-Seiki in its turntables setup. The equipment details below reflect the venue record.

Turntable / cartridges: DQX-500; VM740ML and VM750SH — owner-listing specification (Micro-Seiki / Audio-Technica)

Inside the system

Rhinoceros pairs an Altec A7-based system with Thöress amplification and a Micro-Seiki analogue source. The listed Jagusch crossover and JBL supertweeter are important: this is a configured system, not simply an untouched example of a vintage Altec cabinet.

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