Philips GA 202 Vintage turntable

[stillsearching..]

i was looking for an S-arm turntable which i thought i had but found this instead.

 

[Record Player]

Congratulations. Looks mint in condition! How does it sound?

Cheers...

 

[sudhirbhosale]

Congrats !
I would like to have one like this !

 

[kuruvilajacob]

Looks like a Holland or Belgium made TT. Never seen one before. Curious to know more about this TT..

 

[shafic]

May be German made like Philips 406!!

 

[reubensm]

Wow, this is a Philips original, congratulations!!

 

[stillsearching..]

its a Dutch make. still smiling like a cheshire cat..couple of wires have come loose. waiting for technician to arrive .

 

[analogadikt]

It is a suspended subchassis type belt drive turntable. It should have a steel subchassis with compression type springs. If it has that steel subchassis it is almost on par with the more famous Thorens and AR turntables. You have to ensure that the transport locking screws are completely backed off and the subchassis is floating free. Check the belt. The foam inserts in the springs may have perished and in that case you need to replace them.
with some tweaks this tt can be as good as any Thorens or AR.

Regards,

 

[stillsearching..]

yep. all that. everythings perfect except for the wires that need soldering.

 

[kuruvilajacob]

I have seen several Philips models and I prided in using one Direct control model 7312 for a long time during my initial days. One I got from John.K. Anthony's father. I thought that was the best Philips had made. This looks superior with the suspended system. All the best and take good care of a very rare turntable

 

[reubensm]

Still looking at this turntable, the build quality is simply amazing. One can never get to see such quality in the new turntables available today (at a similar or even higher price point)

 

[stillsearching..]

I have seen several Philips models and I prided in using one Direct control model 7312 for a long time during my initial days. One I got from John.K. Anthony's father. I thought that was the best Philips had made. This looks superior with the suspended system. All the best and take good care of a very rare turntable

Thanks. still trying to get it serviced(my techie been pretty busy of late ).if i remember right , the last i used it was in 2005. then i went and bought the project debut3, which on hindsight was a mistake i think.

 

[stillsearching..]

Still looking at this turntable, the build quality is simply amazing. One can never get to see such quality in the new turntables available today (at a similar or even higher price point)

seriously agree. i paid about 5K some 25 -30 years back.

 

[stillsearching..]

pic of inside.

 

[kuruvilajacob]

Get he best guys to service it. Philips made things very complicated those days . Especially their automatic players. It will drive any technician crazy to fix their complicated models. Every thing is connected by long thin and flimsy things which used to get stuck in transit.i recently got a player like that which was difficult to service. Is this model automatic?

 

[stillsearching..]

Get he best guys to service it. Philips made things very complicated those days . Especially their automatic players. It will drive any technician crazy to fix their complicated models. Every thing is connected by long thin and flimsy things which used to get stuck in transit.i recently got a player like that which was difficult to service. Is this model automatic?

if i remember right, its only auto-stop.i may need to change the cartridge though. not to worry, i know loads of techies. and my regular guy is pretty darn good.

 

[reubensm]

Philips made things very complicated those days

Agree 100%, I have repaired a number of transistor radios and cassette tape recorders for friends during my school and college days and found Philips models to have more complicated non-standard circuitry. Guess that's what brought out the good sounds from them.

 

[reubensm]

pic of inside.

Nice to see that largish PCB, Philips used to call it "Electronic Brain" back i the day