Optonica Granite base manual turntable - $500 (Canandaigua)

This is an Optonica manual direct drive turntable .
It was designed by Sharp Electronics to compete with the top of the high-end audio market 1.
The turntable has a unique design with a longer than normal tonearm that is a copy of a Shure Brothers arm 1.
The direct-drive motor is the finest that they could create at that time 1.
The turntable has a heavy, granite base and a tuned-weight on the dust cover to minimize harmonic feedback 1.
The Optonica RP-3636 has a 6-pole AC servo motor with 72-pole FG servo mechanism and can play records at 33 and 45rpm 1.
The turntable weighs 35.
2lbs and has dimensions of 19 3/4 x 7 3/8 x 16 1/4 inches 1.
It has a Shure cartridge with a new stylus.
15-lll.