Just picked up this 1977 turntable

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I just picked up a little known 1977 Lafayette T-6000 direct drive turntable.
It comes stock with a Jelco SA-200 tonearm and Shure M91ED cartridge.
It is in excellent condition and everything is intact including the dust cover and hinges.
Does anyone know much about this Japanese made turntable?

[RobbieGong]

Never heard of the make but it does look good :)

[walpurgis]

I'm fairly sure Lafayette were an American company who marketed Japanese electronics under their own brand name in the sixties and seventies. A bit like Marantz and Harman Kardon.

I have a 1971 G W Smith catalogue which lists quite a bit of Lafayette gear.

[Rare Bird]

I have a Lafayette 'LA750' amp, it's great.

[stewart]

There was a lafayette amp on ebay last month.
In the description it said "rebadged luxman "

[Daniel75]

There was a lafayette amp on ebay last month.
In the description it said "rebadged luxman "

Ahh Lafayette - I was trying to find more info about it when I was searching for some good vintage FM receivers. Here is some info:

http://www.sound-thinking.org/index.php?showtopic=3856

Various companies were producing stuff for 'em - Luxman, Trio - who else? No idea. This turntable looks beautiful by the way!

In fact - is it not the same TT as this Bose?

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_mtblJ8OZt4U/TEtHLrW0TdI/AAAAAAAAAhE/YXt7nK8oS1c/s800/photo.jpg

There was a discussion somewhere and consensus was that those were made by Sansui.

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In fact - is it not the same TT as this Bose?

It looks exactly like the Bose in everyway.
Here is another rebadged T-6000 turntable in a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDbSKyBk7Xk
I really like his speakers too.

[synsei]

Those speakers are gorgeous, what are they?