COLUMBIA 1968 DP-4500, GP-500, GP-400, GP-300 - turntables

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COLUMBIA Stereo Player 1968 - cover / 日本コロムビア カタログ 表紙

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A 1968 Columbia turntable catalog with DENON phono cartridges. The flagship DP-4500 at ¥78,500 opens the brochure - developed with professional broadcast stations in mind. Its aluminium die-cast platter with a 238 kg·cm² moment of inertia runs on a four-speed hysteresis-free motor: a direct transfer of broadcast engineering into home audio.

The main lineup is four models, GP-200 through GP-500. All use belt drive with a two-speed automatic mechanism, all come with a low-inertia tonearm featuring direct stylus pressure readout and a newly patented anti-skating device. The GP-500 and GP-400 add an MC/MM cartridge selector switch - uncommon for 1968.

A dedicated section covers DENON cartridges: the MC head DL-103 for broadcast stations (¥16,000), the MM head DL-107 with a dual-structure cantilever (¥13,800), and the DL-102 for mono and stereo replay. All three were made by Nippon Columbia - DENON was a brand of the same company at the time.

ModelTypePrice
COLUMBIA GP-500turntable¥69,800
COLUMBIA GP-400turntable¥46,800
COLUMBIA GP-300turntable¥37,800
COLUMBIA GP-200turntable¥24,800
COLUMBIA DP-4500turntable¥78,500
DENON DL-103MC cartridge¥16,000
DENON DL-107MM cartridge¥13,800
DENON DL-102MC cartridge
Technical termsTranslation
2スピードオートベルトドライブ2-speed auto belt drive
新方式インサイドフォーススキャンセラー (特許申請中)new-type inside force canceller (anti-skating), patent pending
針圧直読形小慣性アームlow-inertia arm with direct-reading stylus pressure
ロータリーダンパrotary damper
4極ヒステリシス・シンクロナスモータ4-pole hysteresis synchronous motor
MC型/MM型カートリッジ切換スイッチMC / MM cartridge selector switch
二重構造のカンチレバー (DL-107)double-structure cantilever (DL-107)
独立2チャンネル8字形アーチャーコイル (DL-103)independent 2-channel figure-eight archer coil (DL-103)
Marketing termsTranslation
放送用サーボターンテーブルServo turntable for broadcasting
放送局用ディスク再生装置の99.9%の納入実績を誇るDENONのプロ用プレヤー・この研究開発技術が結集された、Hi-Fiコンポーネント・ステレオ・プレヤー5機種。いずれも使用材料の化学的特性と物理的特性 さらに人間工学的な面にまで広範囲に検討されています。厳しいプロの世界で磨かれた、ユニークなメカニズムと高信頼性をもち、名実ともにわが国を代表し得るステレオ・プレヤーです。DENON professional players, proud of a 99.9% delivery record for broadcast-station disc playback equipment. Five Hi-Fi component stereo player models in which this research and development technology is brought together. In every one, the chemical and physical properties of the materials used, and even ergonomic aspects, have been examined extensively. They are stereo players with a unique mechanism and high reliability, honed in the demanding professional world, able to represent our country in name and in fact.
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