Micro Seiki RX-1500 (c. 1986)
Not much information on the Micro Seiki RX-1500 has survived. No original manual, independent review, or specification sheet has turned up in the archive so far. Nearly everything known comes from Micro Seiki's own magazine advertising in late 1986, where the model appeared as the RX-1500VG, billed as a "world reference turntable system."
The company's advertisement in Audio (December 1986, p.162) described a 20 lb platter with continuous vacuum hold-down, a completely separated (outboard) motor unit, and a platter turned by a silk thread. That is unusual engineering at any price. The same ad claimed the deck would play perfectly while sitting on top of an operating loudspeaker, and listed a U.S. price of $2,295. A nearly identical campaign ran the prior month (Audio, November 1986, p.150), again touting state-of-the-art technology. A wider Micro Seiki campaign from early 1985 (Audio, February 1985, p.122) promoted the company's turntables generally as air-bearing designs with outboard motors and 20 lb platters. That suggests the RX-1500VG belonged to that top-of-the-line family, though the ad never names the RX-1500 itself.
No independent period review of the RX-1500 has been located. Production years, the meaning of the "VG" suffix, and the tonearm configuration (if any) remain undocumented.
- Turntable, advertised as a "world reference turntable system"
- 20 lb platter with continuous vacuum hold-down
- Completely separated / outboard motor unit
- Platter driven by a silk thread
- U.S. list price: $2,295 (per 1986 advertising)
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