Vintage soviet Vega 101 Electrophone (aka Turntable) - Any info.?

[Galgo]

Greetings,
I've recently inherit this vintage (and HEAVY) piece of SSSR era stereo turntable (aka Electrophone 😀).
It's in a great cosmetic condition (a bit dusty) and AFAIK should be in perfect operational state...
I originally planned to tear it down for DIY parts - but it's just so cool (impressive wood work).

Does anyone has any info. or details regarding this Brand or specific model?
Is it a complete piece of crap or does it worth keeping/exchanging with local hobbyist (I'm not into turn tables myself...) !?!?!?

 

[planet10]

The TT looks a lot like an ELAC "clone".

dave

 

[jason12]

Ceramic cartridge;
80-12500Hz
10W per channel
Idler is exceptionally noisy.

 

[tomtt]

here is one at a thrift store in L.A. -

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