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I've seen two of those higher end Zenith micro-touch changers. One was in an early high end solid state console that looked nice; but, had issues with the amp. The owner wanted $75 for it and got PO'ed at me when I tried to get it cheaper. The other one was in a beat up tube unit at the SA. This one was beat up, hed issues, and they also wanted $75 for it; so, both of these were left behind by me. From the top, those changers looked very impressive.
I have, however, worked on several of the lower end VM built units. They're OK for what they are and other than the cartridge arrangement, they are no different than any other VM changer that was in every other console and portable of the day.
The micromatic changers are heavier than the VM changers and the micromatic changers seem to be more complicated to work on.
Both changers track lighter than most other ceramic cartridge equipped changers of the day; which, means that the records played on them will last longer.
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