I bought one brand new a couple of years ago. I was so happy with it that I bought 3 more secondhand, one each for my lounge, kitchen and bedroom. Unfortunately 3 of them stopped working and no one can fix them as the parts are no longer available in South Africa. If you see one buy it, really great
Nice Technics electronic there! I had a 1970's Technics SL-D3 automatic turntable and it was a nice turntable back then; Unfortunately it died a few years ago. Nice CD Changer you have!
I used to own a CD player like this in the 90's. It had a clear plastic cover on top, like the LP turntables did. It was great, but it had to be on set up on top of the stereo instead of in a rack.
I owned this very unit which came in a cabinet. The cabinet top was on a hinge and actually served as the dust cover. That is probably where this unit came from since it looks like you have no hinge brackets on the back. That spinning the carousel with you fingers was by design. Mine did the same and that feature came in very handy. The programming was not all that difficult. Once you set it up, it could play for days. This was an early 1990s version of an iTunes playlist.
Missing the dust cover. This was meant to have the aesthetics of a turntable. The Technics turntables of this area look very similar. I own an SL-PC10 which has the dust cover, but sadly is missing the hinges for it.
I owned one of these when new, and if I'm recalling correctly, the dust cover never came with hinges. It was designed to sit on the top rack of a rack system that came with a rack cabinet. The cabinet itself had a hinged glass lid on top, and a glass front door as well, so the hinged rack lid would've interfered with a hinged CD player dust cover, which is why I think they chose to make the cd player with a lift-off, unhinged dust cover. Just lift it off and set it aside. The genius of this design was the accessibility to the tray so that you could change cd's and even rotate the carousel while a cd was playing, and you didn't have to deal with a retractable tray that would've required more space to operate and would've crashed into the cabinet's front glass door when trying to operate it. A lift-off dust cover obviously served that whole concept best, because the footprint of moving parts was much tighter, which was needed for components sitting inside that rack cabinet. I LOVED that rack system, and will be searching for one of these cd carousels again.
I have a version of that! Also picked it up at goodwill! it originally had a lid mine has the turntable like lid. the spring hinges are gone though. I think mine is the SPLC15.
I have the same one on my technics it turns on but it won't play any disk not sure what's wrong with it 😕 just keeps going round any ideas on how I could fix it?
I bought my dischanger in 1991 unfortunately mine today doesn't work. It will read it and go to the next disc and will not play. Army the top mine is from the back but pretty much similar
Never seen a Technics player that couldn't play CDRs. They did use that linear mechanism on the majority of their players though and they're super reliable, I've never actually seen one fail. Don't bother with those cleaning discs, they tend to do more damage than good.
my mom has one of those. it quit working a couple years ago. i think it was bout at a yardsale in the early 90's never came witha remote. I gave her a sony cdp-608 to replace it which has the remote. don't think there is a difference in sound becuase the fisher amplifier it is hooked into doesn't have an optical digital input so it can't take advantage of the highendness of the sony cd player.
I have a Technics single disk player that wouldn't play my CDRs. I used your advice and bought the Colored TDKs and they actually worked. Thanks for the advice!
Quick googling appears to indicate the pc11 model never came with a cover, unless my research is insufficient. The pc10 and pc20 models had a hinged cover attached. Nothing mechanically innovative about these top loaders, other than the Japanese made quality and linear CD mechanics. Otherwise same as a 5 disc drawer loader, minus belt or gear issues that may affect drawers
I bought one brand new a couple of years ago. I was so happy with it that I bought 3 more secondhand, one each for my lounge, kitchen and bedroom. Unfortunately 3 of them stopped working and no one can fix them as the parts are no longer available in South Africa. If you see one buy it, really great
Nice Technics electronic there! I had a 1970's Technics SL-D3 automatic turntable and it was a nice turntable back then; Unfortunately it died a few years ago. Nice CD Changer you have!
I used to own a CD player like this in the 90's. It had a clear plastic cover on top, like the LP turntables did. It was great, but it had to be on set up on top of the stereo instead of in a rack.
Unique design. I like it. Thanks for sharing. Love these goodwill pickup videos.
I owned this very unit which came in a cabinet. The cabinet top was on a hinge and actually served as the dust cover. That is probably where this unit came from since it looks like you have no hinge brackets on the back. That spinning the carousel with you fingers was by design. Mine did the same and that feature came in very handy. The programming was not all that difficult. Once you set it up, it could play for days. This was an early 1990s version of an iTunes playlist.
Missing the dust cover. This was meant to have the aesthetics of a turntable. The Technics turntables of this area look very similar. I own an SL-PC10 which has the dust cover, but sadly is missing the hinges for it.
I owned one of these when new, and if I'm recalling correctly, the dust cover never came with hinges. It was designed to sit on the top rack of a rack system that came with a rack cabinet. The cabinet itself had a hinged glass lid on top, and a glass front door as well, so the hinged rack lid would've interfered with a hinged CD player dust cover, which is why I think they chose to make the cd player with a lift-off, unhinged dust cover. Just lift it off and set it aside.
The genius of this design was the accessibility to the tray so that you could change cd's and even rotate the carousel while a cd was playing, and you didn't have to deal with a retractable tray that would've required more space to operate and would've crashed into the cabinet's front glass door when trying to operate it. A lift-off dust cover obviously served that whole concept best, because the footprint of moving parts was much tighter, which was needed for components sitting inside that rack cabinet. I LOVED that rack system, and will be searching for one of these cd carousels again.
Another nice design point about this one is the very low profile for a 5 disc player, I assume one of the thinnest mass produced changers ever made.
Could this be mounted vertically? I’m guessing not!
I had one of those in 1990. It's missing the clear plastic dust cover, like one on a turntable. Maybe you can fashion one from a turntable cover.
The SL-PC10 has a clear cover, strange that one doesn't.
One of my neighbors when I lived in Kansas had a disc changer like this one. I thought it was a turntable for the longest time.
I got a newer 5 disc player and it doesn't play cdrs but the newer cd player plays CDs only what's the kind that the drawer comes out
Is this for TV?
can these play burned discs if they're WAV or under 12 tracks?
Did you ever figure out how to clean it?
I have a version of that! Also picked it up at goodwill! it originally had a lid mine has the turntable like lid. the spring hinges are gone though. I think mine is the SPLC15.
I have the same one on my technics it turns on but it won't play any disk not sure what's wrong with it 😕 just keeps going round any ideas on how I could fix it?
And the ol' "hooked" 7's!!! ;-)
I bought my dischanger in 1991 unfortunately mine today doesn't work. It will read it and go to the next disc and will not play. Army the top mine is from the back but pretty much similar
nice like old audio stuff also get turntable dust cover work perfect for your cd changer
nice find
Never seen a Technics player that couldn't play CDRs. They did use that linear mechanism on the majority of their players though and they're super reliable, I've never actually seen one fail. Don't bother with those cleaning discs, they tend to do more damage than good.
my mom has one of those. it quit working a couple years ago. i think it was bout at a yardsale in the early 90's never came witha remote. I gave her a sony cdp-608 to replace it which has the remote. don't think there is a difference in sound becuase the fisher amplifier it is hooked into doesn't have an optical digital input so it can't take advantage of the highendness of the sony cd player.
A bit of a letdown that it has only offers random, and not spiral play which for me, is far superior...
I remeber it skipping very easily when rocking out to some good old heavy metal.
Mine plays CDR's use Colored TDK , Maxell or philips. Ecoustics CDr's rot fast.
Is your CD player like the one in the video? I'm on the cusp of buying one of these but the deal breaker will be whether is can play CDRs.
@@redivider6430 Yes, it plays CDr's when it wants to if they are not too scratched.
I have a Technics single disk player that wouldn't play my CDRs. I used your advice and bought the Colored TDKs and they actually worked. Thanks for the advice!
Quick googling appears to indicate the pc11 model never came with a cover, unless my research is insufficient.
The pc10 and pc20 models had a hinged cover attached.
Nothing mechanically innovative about these top loaders, other than the Japanese made quality and linear CD mechanics.
Otherwise same as a 5 disc drawer loader, minus belt or gear issues that may affect drawers
Those cleaner CDs don't work you must clean the leans with alcohol