The elusive Melco Turntable

[BTH K10A]

These were retailed in the UK by Studio Beko Ltd in the early 80's and I've only ever seen one a long time ago that belonged to the father of one of my friends. Never seen another since.

http://www.topclassaudio.com/web/eng....jsp?gid=7070#

http://www.topclassaudio.com/web/eng...type=Turntable

[Audio Advent]

Is that dealer seriously asking $22,252 for an 80s motor in a box and a heavy platter on a cast iron tripod??

[walpurgis]

Is that dealer seriously asking $22,252 for an 80s motor in a box and a heavy platter on a cast iron tripod??

Yes.

[pure sound]

Yes.

That's the little one. The big version was called 3560.



Studio Beco was run (in part) by Be Yamamura. Besides running a Japanese restaurant in Soho he was importing & building some outrageous systems (the price of a house) back in the late 70's. He brought in the Melco along with Audio Note cartridges & amps as well as other Japanese exotica.

£2345 was a mad price for a turntable back in the 70's.


Here's a pic of a really blinged up 3560 with gold versions of the Ikeda & Odyssey arms. This looks to be a fairly recent pic.

[Spectral Morn]

These were retailed in the UK by Studio Beko Ltd in the early 80's and I've only ever seen one a long time ago that belonged to the father of one of my friends. Never seen another since.

http://www.topclassaudio.com/web/eng....jsp?gid=7070#

http://www.topclassaudio.com/web/eng...type=Turntable

New one on me Clark, never seen or heard of one before.

Far eastern prices for rare items are often high, very high. Personally I wouldn't touch anything very rare as spares, belts etc might be very hard to find.

[pure sound]

It's interesting to see the company back in the HiFi business again now with their high end streamers.

http://www.melco-audio.com/about-us/

[Barry]

I thought Melco were a Hungarian company that used to design and produce professional equipment for broadcast use; an alternative and rival to EMT. We have/had a member here who used to use one and, I think, put one up for sale a couple of years ago. It wasn't a thread-drive, but a rim-drive design similar to the EMT 930.

[BTH K10A]

That's the little one. The big version was called 3560.



Studio Beco was run (in part) by Be Yamamura. Besides running a Japanese restaurant in Soho he was importing & building some outrageous systems (the price of a house) back in the late 70's. He brought in the Melco along with Audio Note cartridges & amps as well as other Japanese exotica.

£2345 was a mad price for a turntable back in the 70's.

That pic is of page 909 of the December 1980 issue of Gramophone magazine

[BTH K10A]

I thought Melco were a Hungarian company that used to design and produce professional equipment for broadcast use; an alternative and rival to EMT. We have/had a member here who used to use one and, I think, put one up for sale a couple of years ago. It wasn't a thread-drive, but a rim-drive design similar to the EMT 930.

I think you're thinking of Mechlabor Barry.

They produced the SL 101 and 102 turntables but were probably better known for their STM series of professional RtR's

[pure sound]

It appears from the company website that they actually started in 1975. I didn't realise it was quite so early.

I heard the 3560 once over in Stockholm with an FR66 and an Io. Extraordinary sounding deck.

It'd be fun if the company were to launch another TT after all this time.