I do find I have to correctly space the sensor though on Denon machines. Too bad if that ever gets damaged, but it rarely does. It reads a magnetic strip printed on the inside of the platter. You’ll also see the ‘tape’ head speed control sensor Denon always used in their machines. In the image below you’ll note the multi-voltage capabilities of this model, handy indeed. I love the coloured stop and play buttons, very functional and commercial looking. Denon assumed that you wouldn’t want to be bothered by speed control verniers and a strobe in the ‘quartz age’. You’ll note the absence of a strobe and in its place, a quartz lock indicator. Electronic arm lift/lower is part of the DP-62L package. This is great for added flexibility with cartridges of varying compliance. A good idea? Probably not, but it works well and is technically pretty cool.Įlectronic Q-damping and anti skating verniers allow fingertip control over some pretty critical tonearm parameters. These parameters can be dialled in with the two verniers you see in the image below. Denon included what they became known for in turntables of this era – electronic damping and anti-skate. The tonearm is bespoke and you could choose from either the straight or ‘S’ shaped arm tubes. It has a somewhat space-age look, very popular at the time and it still looks great to me. One thing I like about the Denon DP-62L is the integrated styling and design. Tonearm: straight and s-shaped interchangeable You’ll find a great contemporary review of the Denon DP-62L over at Tone Audio and lots of other good stuff if you search for it.ĭrive system: bi-directional servo control direct drive
The DP-62L will lift it for you at the end of a side though, saving you some stylus wear on those 7 or 8 beer/wine evenings… It’s a really solid machine, on a par with a favourite that I’ve yet to review, the classic Denon DP-1200. This means you have to manually move the arm to start the playback process and manually return the arm when the record has finished.
The Denon DP-62L is an automatic arm lift deck. Hailing from almost the end of the golden era of vinyl in 1982, CD was almost here, cassette tapes were soon to be a thing of the past and the DP-62L was one of the last hurrahs from a great manufacturer known for studio and radio station vinyl playback machines. I often work on turntables where I find myself thinking “If I didn’t have other decks, this would do really nicely” and that’s what I thought back in 2017 when I worked on this Denon DP-62L. In my endeavours to bring you interesting equipment you may not be aware of, let’s take a closer look. The Denon DP-62L direct-drive turntable is an absolute gem, often overlooked and less well-known than some contemporaries.
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