Interesting VERY late acoustical record player. The 78 you played at the end was "Love Nest" which was the theme song for the Burns & Allen radio show.
Even that alvin and the chipmunks record is a classic can;t believe that you played it on that thing . Thanks for the vid . Never new that those were still made so late in the century.
My cousins had one almost identical to it when I was a little kid back in the early 70's. I was very envious. When you're 6 years old you don't give a crap about audiophile stuff, you want something cool and that thing to a six year old was cool!
today I got a 1970s Yorx stereo with phono, cassette,8 track, and radio. I got the original speakers and operation manual too. it all works expect the cassette it needs a new belt. the phono works great on it with nothing needed to be done but I will put new grease to make it last longer but. the unit is in very very good condition.
You want to see a kiddie record player destroy vinyl check out the Kenner close and play. That thing makes the Crowley record players look like mister nice guy.
I wonder if Close&Plays cam with a warning against playing, eh, just about any record that was expected to be played on anything better. Stereo records would have been trashed. The Close&Play was actually a lot like the record drives inside those pull-string dolls they used to sell, with a permanently mounted interlaced 5 spiral record.
And speaking of kiddie record players, I got this one the other day and it works perfectly, and it's an Imperial Party-Time portable kiddie record player from about 1974 as I was checking underneath the plastic platter. It has a 4-speed turntable which was also made by General Industries along with a light plastic tonearm with a screw on top. The one that you see is the worst of the kiddie players that has an acoustic tonearm. Both were released the same year. My Imperial Party-Time only has an off/on volume control, and no tone control, but it does lacked tone. I played these records and it sounds not too bad for a kiddie player. It was way cheaper than the current brand which is the Crosley players.
I used to get Close and Play phonographs as a kid. It was battery operated. It used a steel needle. It played when you closed the lid. The needle was coupled with a plastic diaphragm in the lid. I messed up some 45's with it. Victrolas tracking forces was measured in ounces, not grams.
I had one from 1964 and that seemed like an anachronism. I knew that they made them for a while after that, but this is almost surreal. You'd think that parents would spend the extra $2 just to keep their records from getting destroyed and to not have to listen to the squawking of that horn. It's a cool collector's item though, especially with the artwork on the cover.
I remember seeing two phonographs like this: someone I knew had a metal one from the 1950s which played only 78s and it's arm was partly plastic-just plug it in and play the record. another one found in a store near my College campus (Berea, OH). was like this one except the pickup used a semicircular plastic card for a reproducer. Very low end kiddie phono and had at least 3 speeds (1969).
I had no idea that anyone made a non-amplified record player that recently. And yes, I was thinking that playing 78s on that with a good needle would be ok (for a given value of ok...)
In the 1960s stores after Christmas would sell toys that were returned or left over at a table for a quarter or $0.50, I bought a little red record player you lifted the lid put the 45 on it shut the lid and it was acoustically amplified but it had a 4in speaker basically directly on the needle.. it sounded really good for what it was it was only 45 in the speed control was iffy.
I had a suitcase record player around the same time and I was 5 in 1974. My record player, from how I remember it, looked like one of these, but had a regular amplification system. I still have a few of the records. I have set of Disneyland records. I have no idea where they came from originally because we never went to Disneyland.
A few days ago I was at Stanz's Antique shop on Albany Ave. in Kingston, I saw a record player that it was acoustically amplified, and it's a Starflite acoustical kiddie record player from the 1960's and it has two speeds for the 45 and 78 setting. The 78 will play better, but the 45 setting is the one to be careful and it can damage styrene and stereo 45's.
Wow. Just wow. I can't think of any record I had in '74 I would play on this thing. But I'd keep it as a decorative novelty, which I did with a couple of Carron phonographs from the 50's. I'd give this gem some shelf space right next to my decorative Crosley. I'm sure they'd get along just fine.
WOW!!! my sister had a Lionel "SpearTone" I dis-embodied ages ago (saved the suitcase part & motor) must have been made inthe late 50,s -early 60.s !!!! talk about Record Destroyers - all her Kiddy Records have Obscene scratches from those Acoustic Players !!!!!!!! even eith the "Osmium Needles".
The first record player I ever got when I was a kid (1966, I think) was like that one, and my dad immediately felt bad about buying it for us, because we played some of his records on it, and I can still remember the vinyl pealing off as it played! I think anyone who built those for anything not made of shellac should have been prosecuted.
I had one of these, but I don't remember if I ever played a 33 and 45 on it. that machine uses a metal needle which was for 78 rpm only. I'm sure it would chew up a 45 rpm or LP record.They still made 78 rpm kiddie records until around 1970 or so. and I still have a few but unfortunatley most modern turntables, except for a few of the retro crosley machines, don't play 78's anymore. I mostly played 78's on my old kiddie machine until I broke the tone arm. I was only 6 when I got if. I later got a "real" record player that was electrically amplified. Most of my 78's were pretty scratched up, but I still would play them on my new machine, but mostly played regular 45 and LP's. My later machine had a two sided needle that could be flipped over if you wanted to play 78's.
Forgot to mention. I do remember you repairing a Decca 78 rpm record player a while ago that tracked at nearly 90 grams, you had the scale on the video.
Mine came with little 6" 78 RPM kiddie records with very thick grooves. The only one's I remember were a short rendition of "Home On The Range", and maybe "Mares Eat Oats" (though that could have been a 45). I never tried playing my parent's Beethoven's 9th box set, but I can imagine how it would have sounded after that.
I think an acoustic amplified record player was the first record player I had when I was a kid in the early-mid 60's. I'm sure it wore the hell out of my records. I'm surprised they still made them into the 70's but I guess they were cheap to make. My parents later bought me a better RCA Victor player with a solid state amp.
As cheap as my dad was he still gave me an old ceramic turntable with a JVC amp and speakers. Still have everything except the speakers, dry rotted years ago.
Upgrade the needle system and build the amp? Thats a design that makes the job of the disk jockey easy, and in plastic too! The one I had was metal-same design of use, its so your needle is suspended just above table height, great sounds come from the shaking of the needle instead of scraping the dust in the groove, you adjust the height with every record by setting the needle on the record with tissue paper in between and locking the head then pull the paper straight away from the needle seat, then turn it on, kind of like a surface grinder, anyway it would be a good series LOL! Dave in Kentwood
If it had been marketed as a record destroyer it would have been more appropriate. And yes, the 55.6 grams did make me cringe, especially since my turntable has a cartridge which I have set to track exactly in the middle of its range, at 1 3/8 grams.
Is this an Emerson AC-2 phonograph ? as it is the only one listed in the Pfanstiel needle catalog for phonographs built since 1974 that uses the ss steel needle.
0:44 Not amplification, magnification - - there is no net power gain - - just acoustical impedance matching. 1:20 Try a cactus needle! 3:35 I notice the lowest speed is 16 rpm, so where's the 25 rpm? It has 78.25, 45, and 33.33, but no 25
thanks very much for the the video i just discovered the" record player conversion from 3 volt crystal cartridge to .5 v ceramic" Very helpful ! it saved me from myself thanks!
As cheap as this is, there is one good thing about it. The motor used is far better than the cheap motor used in a $200 Crosley. If it were me, I'd spend the extra bucks for an electronic unit.
Haha, I dunno, the motor is in another league...but the rest? It's variable at +/- 50 Crosley quality units. On the same scale an average Japanese 70s turntable is + 20,000 Crosley quality units. CQ. is an SI unit. My Thorens TD124 is + 5 Giga Crosleys.
3:38 Hahahahaha! :-D 5:13 Uh oh... sounds like the tone-arm's swivel-joint needs some of that specially designed non-vaginal phonograph lubricant, too...
That is weird. I'd like to hear what the microgroove records sound like on an amplified record player after 10 plays on that thing! Maybe try a cactus needle.
hi you help me before iv now got my gec radiogram bsr working again but how can i find a model number for it on the front it says.The General electric company limited 23 semi-conductor solit state sterogram and thats it i can not find it on the internet nowere can you help me please once again thank you.
I was viewer #21. You could see the damage on the Peter Pan record as it played from the beginning, ouch! You would think that they put in a motor why they couldn't put an amp with it. I guess if they wanted to cut down more on costs, take the motor out, put a crank in! Do I dare say a Crosley sounds better than this or is that pushing it to much?
It's been years since I've used one, and not that it even matters on this player, but those needles are designed to sit angled toward the right side of the player. There's a flat edge for the screw to tighten onto. Something having to with with how the weight of the tonearm is distributed. I'm sure this really only applies to older players and jukeboxes. Otherwise, great demo of a crap player. Yes! Those needles break so easy if you're not careful. LOL
Well, it's made for kiddie records, which are usually pretty crummy fidelity to begin with, and I think they were made in such a way as to handle a bit more abuse than the grown-up's records. I know I abused my records when I was a kid, but they always did play; my much-younger brother ended up with them and played the shit out of them. But I wouldn't let any record I wanted to keep anywhere near this thing. In fact, I cringed a little when he spun a vintage 78 on that thing.
It's probably one of the "Batwing" Victor records from about the early to mid 1920's. I have a lot of those "Batwing" Victor 78's along with the "Scroll" Victor 78's from the 1920's in my collection. The turntable itself is a General Industries motor driven player, like the one used on all of the GE record players including the Swingmate and the Wildcat. My GE Wildcat also has a General Industries record changer, my Swingmate does the same too.
The Laurie record was not vinyl. It was polystyrene. The only label that came close to 45rpm vinyl - close - was Capitol. I say close, because, even when you compare USA Capitol singles to British 45's of the area, the British 45's were far more superior - and true vinyl. Laurie, WB, Reprise, Phillips, RCA, Columbia - all cheap.
What a cheap POS that turd is! Great for 78's, but not anything else! 55 grams? I'm surprised we weren't hearing the other side playing backwards in the background, LOL!
My wife pick up a record player but it don't look nothing like this one the arm is different than this one it looks like a kid record player it has no needle and it's sitting in our basement
Conkerscrib Like all of the early Victor Victrolas, my recent acquired Victrola VV 8-4 with an Orthophonic reproducer had a heavy tracking force of 50 to 55 grams, but it plays fine on acoustic, shellac and post-shellac 78's.
Back in the 70s, a buddy of mine had one of these. Even back then I couldn't believe a new record player would have a victrola needle.
Interesting VERY late acoustical record player. The 78 you played at the end was "Love Nest" which was the theme song for the Burns & Allen radio show.
The most likely is to get a new tire and a repair business when I have to repair
Even that alvin and the chipmunks record is a classic can;t believe that you played it on that thing . Thanks for the vid . Never new that those were still made so late in the century.
My cousins had one almost identical to it when I was a little kid back in the early 70's. I was very envious. When you're 6 years old you don't give a crap about audiophile stuff, you want something cool and that thing to a six year old was cool!
today I got a 1970s Yorx stereo with phono, cassette,8 track, and radio. I got the original speakers and operation manual too. it all works expect the cassette it needs a new belt. the phono works great on it with nothing needed to be done but I will put new grease to make it last longer but. the unit is in very very good condition.
Cute little record player. Reminds me of the little one I had back in the 70's as a toddler.
It sounds really good playing the 78 RPM acoustically recorded record. Thank You for sharing!
You want to see a kiddie record player destroy vinyl check out the Kenner close and play. That thing makes the Crowley record players look like mister nice guy.
Yes, I had those. Tore up a couple 45's with it. Steel needle.
I wonder if Close&Plays cam with a warning against playing, eh, just about any record that was expected to be played on anything better. Stereo records would have been trashed. The Close&Play was actually a lot like the record drives inside those pull-string dolls they used to sell, with a permanently mounted interlaced 5 spiral record.
Was it red? Because I had a red record player 45 only that you closed it and it played but it sounded decent..
And speaking of kiddie record players, I got this one the other day and it works perfectly, and it's an Imperial Party-Time portable kiddie record player from about 1974 as I was checking underneath the plastic platter. It has a 4-speed turntable which was also made by General Industries along with a light plastic tonearm with a screw on top. The one that you see is the worst of the kiddie players that has an acoustic tonearm. Both were released the same year. My Imperial Party-Time only has an off/on volume control, and no tone control, but it does lacked tone. I played these records and it sounds not too bad for a kiddie player. It was way cheaper than the current brand which is the Crosley players.
Interesting technology. It's louder than I thought it would be.
I had one when i was a little kid back in the early 60's played those yellow plastic rrecords on it
specially-designed non vaginal lubricant best quote I've ever heard in my life
Yeah, there's something FISHY about that, LOL!
I used to get Close and Play phonographs as a kid. It was battery operated. It used a steel needle. It played when you closed the lid. The needle was coupled with a plastic diaphragm in the lid.
I messed up some 45's with it.
Victrolas tracking forces was measured in ounces, not grams.
I got one of those for Christmas when I was a kid. It was in the late 60's. It had a white tone arm.
I would have been bitterly disappointed to have received this for Christmas 1974. Now I would be thrilled!
I had one from 1964 and that seemed like an anachronism. I knew that they made them for a while after that, but this is almost surreal. You'd think that parents would spend the extra $2 just to keep their records from getting destroyed and to not have to listen to the squawking of that horn. It's a cool collector's item though, especially with the artwork on the cover.
I remember seeing two phonographs like this: someone I knew had a metal one from the 1950s which played only 78s and it's arm was partly plastic-just plug it in and play the record. another one found in a store near my College campus (Berea, OH). was like this one except the pickup used a semicircular plastic card for a reproducer. Very low end kiddie phono and had at least 3 speeds (1969).
The clothes and play I bought at a $0.25 table in 69 or 70 was a bass monster
I had no idea that anyone made a non-amplified record player that recently. And yes, I was thinking that playing 78s on that with a good needle would be ok (for a given value of ok...)
Wonderful stuff as usual. Greetings from London.
The wow and flutter from this model is the only thing that wows me...
In the 1960s stores after Christmas would sell toys that were returned or left over at a table for a quarter or $0.50, I bought a little red record player you lifted the lid put the 45 on it shut the lid and it was acoustically amplified but it had a 4in speaker basically directly on the needle.. it sounded really good for what it was it was only 45 in the speed control was iffy.
looks like the type of needle that was in my close n play.. it ate up the 45s
I had a suitcase record player around the same time and I was 5 in 1974. My record player, from how I remember it, looked like one of these, but had a regular amplification system. I still have a few of the records. I have set of Disneyland records. I have no idea where they came from originally because we never went to Disneyland.
I had one of those! It was a lot of fun.
A few days ago I was at Stanz's Antique shop on Albany Ave. in Kingston, I saw a record player that it was acoustically amplified, and it's a Starflite acoustical kiddie record player from the 1960's and it has two speeds for the 45 and 78 setting. The 78 will play better, but the 45 setting is the one to be careful and it can damage styrene and stereo 45's.
Wow. Just wow. I can't think of any record I had in '74 I would play on this thing. But I'd keep it as a decorative novelty, which I did with a couple of Carron phonographs from the 50's. I'd give this gem some shelf space right next to my decorative Crosley. I'm sure they'd get along just fine.
I have a wind-up for model acoustic amplifier also had a lever to run a damper for volume control!
WOW!!! my sister had a Lionel "SpearTone" I dis-embodied ages ago (saved the suitcase part & motor) must have been made inthe late 50,s -early 60.s !!!! talk about Record Destroyers - all her Kiddy Records have Obscene scratches from those Acoustic Players !!!!!!!! even eith the "Osmium Needles".
We had a few low tech machines for kids then. Remember the close and play?
Wasn't the LM386 IC available then? It's in my 77 NS databook and they didn't label it is new. That would have been a dirt cheap amplifier there.
use it as a lathe - to turn brake rotors
Interesting I have a Reddy kilowatt statue that come from the power plant my father worked at as a safety award
This is actually a Crosley isn't it?
Maybe this was an early attempt at "retro".
Jim zz You got that right. And BTW, this was made by Vanity Fair.
That first record sounded like the theme song to Burns & Allen.
The first record player I ever got when I was a kid (1966, I think) was like that one, and my dad immediately felt bad about buying it for us, because we played some of his records on it, and I can still remember the vinyl pealing off as it played! I think anyone who built those for anything not made of shellac should have been prosecuted.
That is louder than a Crosley Collegiate I just returned.
I was born in 1978 so that record player was made 4 years before I was born.
I think I had that record player, with a different background on the lid. I don't remember if it was 4 speed or 3 speed. I was 8 years old in 1974.
Still beats Crosley!
ha ha just as bad but looks a real record killa
"Still beats Crosley!"
No, it doesn't.
Whatever you think of Crosleys...
...no it doesn't.
This would be suitable for almost any 78, correct?
@@tarstarkusz except vinyl ones
I had one of these, but I don't remember if I ever played a 33 and 45 on it. that machine uses a metal needle which was for 78 rpm only. I'm sure it would chew up a 45 rpm or LP record.They still made 78 rpm kiddie records until around 1970 or so. and I still have a few but unfortunatley most modern turntables, except for a few of the retro crosley machines, don't play 78's anymore. I mostly played 78's on my old kiddie machine until I broke the tone arm. I was only 6 when I got if. I later got a "real" record player that was electrically amplified. Most of my 78's were pretty scratched up, but I still would play them on my new machine, but mostly played regular 45 and LP's. My later machine had a two sided needle that could be flipped over if you wanted to play 78's.
I do remember these, but it would have never come to mind if it was not for this video, thanks a lot (I think) lol
my all time fave 45 was"Election '72"
Could you update the player by adding an electronic tone arm, and an amp and speaker.
Forgot to mention. I do remember you repairing a Decca 78 rpm record player a while ago that tracked at nearly 90 grams, you had the scale on the video.
Use standard steel needles on this for playing 78 RPM records. This would destroy ultra microgroove 16 2/3 RPM records.
Mine came with little 6" 78 RPM kiddie records with very thick grooves. The only one's I remember were a short rendition of "Home On The Range", and maybe "Mares Eat Oats" (though that could have been a 45). I never tried playing my parent's Beethoven's 9th box set, but I can imagine how it would have sounded after that.
I just LOVE this unit
When you played the second song on the old 78, I thought Jack Benny was going to walk in!
How did anybody get the idea that it would be OK to play microgroove records with a tracking force of almost 56 grams!?!
klafong1 Not exactly, but that's bad. It can play beat-up and worn-out records with this Vanity Fair repro Victrola style Kiddie player.
I think an acoustic amplified record player was the first record player I had when I was a kid in the early-mid 60's. I'm sure it wore the hell out of my records. I'm surprised they still made them into the 70's but I guess they were cheap to make. My parents later bought me a better RCA Victor player with a solid state amp.
Now with only 250 grams of tracking force!
apersonthingy I was to say 500 gr hehe
grams are unit of mass, not force - - use Newtons instead
As cheap as my dad was he still gave me an old ceramic turntable with a JVC amp and speakers. Still have everything except the speakers, dry rotted years ago.
Try a cactus needle.
Madness832 those are pretty cool but it still destroys the record
iiMrCheese Roblox its a joke
im just saying jesus
Upgrade the needle system and build the amp? Thats a design that makes the job of the disk jockey easy, and in plastic too! The one I had was metal-same design of use, its so your needle is suspended just above table height, great sounds come from the shaking of the needle instead of scraping the dust in the groove, you adjust the height with every record by setting the needle on the record with tissue paper in between and locking the head then pull the paper straight away from the needle seat, then turn it on, kind of like a surface grinder, anyway it would be a good series LOL!
Dave in Kentwood
I wonder what the name of that song was on that 78 rpm record. It's driving me crazy.
OMG the tracking force!
You mean digging force!
You could see on the last single where the needle went.
7 tons...
Artwork looks like it was inspired by Peter Max.
Interesting item. I never knew this existed.
You need to get that TV from Shango ,That hes giving away..You would give it a good home!
Donate this fine instrument to somebody you don't like.
Imagine their kid playing the same song over and over through this squaky player.
What about putting a Linear tracking tonearm on it which has a tonearm with 1.25grms and a reasonable electronic amp and speaker.
DAVID GREGORY KERR i dont think that would be possible
RIP any record played on that thing. You can see the needle gouge out the grooves.
If it had been marketed as a record destroyer it would have been more appropriate. And yes, the 55.6 grams did make me cringe, especially since my turntable has a cartridge which I have set to track exactly in the middle of its range, at 1 3/8 grams.
The original Edison phonographs tracked at a quarter pound -- that's over 110 grams!
VWestlife My 1926 Victrola VV 8-4 has a heavy brass tonearm, and it tracks about 50 to 100 grams.
@@Musicradio77Network But the records were designed to withstand that. The needles were destroyed when playing a disc, not the disc itself.
Is this an Emerson AC-2 phonograph ? as it is the only one listed in the Pfanstiel needle catalog for phonographs built since 1974 that uses the ss steel needle.
Steel needles were used in wind up Victrolas.
0:44 Not amplification, magnification - - there is no net power gain - - just acoustical impedance matching.
1:20 Try a cactus needle!
3:35 I notice the lowest speed is 16 rpm, so where's the 25 rpm?
It has 78.25, 45, and 33.33, but no 25
thanks very much for the the video i just discovered the" record player conversion from 3 volt crystal cartridge to .5 v ceramic" Very helpful ! it saved me from myself thanks!
This player executes all vinyl records...
As cheap as this is, there is one good thing about it. The motor used is far better than the cheap motor used in a $200 Crosley. If it were me, I'd spend the extra bucks for an electronic unit.
1970's low tech, but superior to millennial Crosley's in every department...
tie a hellium get well balloon to the tone arm, lol
Haha, I dunno, the motor is in another league...but the rest? It's variable at +/- 50 Crosley quality units. On the same scale an average Japanese 70s turntable is + 20,000 Crosley quality units. CQ. is an SI unit. My Thorens TD124 is + 5 Giga Crosleys.
+belly tripper Let me guess. You own a Crosley.
+Martin D A My 1978 Newcomb school record player is probably 55,000 Crosley Quality Units or so...
In the motor department, yes, otherwise no.
3:38 Hahahahaha! :-D
5:13 Uh oh... sounds like the tone-arm's swivel-joint needs some of that specially designed non-vaginal phonograph lubricant, too...
Now this is something that needs firing up with the petrol and matches!
That is weird. I'd like to hear what the microgroove records sound like on an amplified record player after 10 plays on that thing! Maybe try a cactus needle.
hi you help me before iv now got my gec radiogram bsr working again but how can i find a model number for it on the front it says.The General electric company limited 23 semi-conductor solit state sterogram and thats it i can not find it on the internet nowere can you help me please once again thank you.
any model number on the back or in the inside?
carnt find one ive had a look in side the back panel too ive got the tubes numbers and the stylus numbers but thats it
interesting, cheap to the max. no volume control, must have drove the parents mad lol
A torthyre for ears and records...
I was viewer #21. You could see the damage on the Peter Pan record as it played from the beginning, ouch! You would think that they put in a motor why they couldn't put an amp with it. I guess if they wanted to cut down more on costs, take the motor out, put a crank in! Do I dare say a Crosley sounds better than this or is that pushing it to much?
I meant Victrola, of course. Spellcheck thinks it knows better.
It's been years since I've used one, and not that it even matters on this player, but those needles are designed to sit angled toward the right side of the player. There's a flat edge for the screw to tighten onto. Something having to with with how the weight of the tonearm is distributed. I'm sure this really only applies to older players and jukeboxes. Otherwise, great demo of a crap player. Yes! Those needles break so easy if you're not careful. LOL
vwestlife is that you??
That tone arm looks like a sewing machine.
I'm surprised ya didn't use a cylinder that's probably what you recorded on
I hear the howling of demons. Is that the record or the player?
A bizarre item , seems to be designed to destroy modern records instead of playing them.
Well, it's made for kiddie records, which are usually pretty crummy fidelity to begin with, and I think they were made in such a way as to handle a bit more abuse than the grown-up's records. I know I abused my records when I was a kid, but they always did play; my much-younger brother ended up with them and played the shit out of them.
But I wouldn't let any record I wanted to keep anywhere near this thing. In fact, I cringed a little when he spun a vintage 78 on that thing.
definitely play 78s on it.
no clue.
It's probably one of the "Batwing" Victor records from about the early to mid 1920's. I have a lot of those "Batwing" Victor 78's along with the "Scroll" Victor 78's from the 1920's in my collection.
The turntable itself is a General Industries motor driven player, like the one used on all of the GE record players including the Swingmate and the Wildcat. My GE Wildcat also has a General Industries record changer, my Swingmate does the same too.
The Laurie record was not vinyl. It was polystyrene. The only label that came close to 45rpm vinyl - close - was Capitol. I say close, because, even when you compare USA Capitol singles to British 45's of the area, the British 45's were far more superior - and true vinyl. Laurie, WB, Reprise, Phillips, RCA, Columbia - all cheap.
I think you need to recapp that one...or it might blow up.......
What a cheap POS that turd is! Great for 78's, but not anything else! 55 grams? I'm surprised we weren't hearing the other side playing backwards in the background, LOL!
Record player? No, record destroyer.
100 grams of tracking!
I was born in 1970
More like accoustaphile grade, amirite?
Still better than a Crosley though 😂
Xavier Rose It was made by Vanity Fair in 1974.
I was 2nd view...woo hoo!
Love the videos though. thank you for taking the time.
My wife pick up a record player but it don't look nothing like this one the arm is different than this one it looks like a kid record player it has no needle and it's sitting in our basement
55.6 grams? And I thought these cheapo turntables nowadays have heavy tracking force
Conkerscrib Like all of the early Victor Victrolas, my recent acquired Victrola VV 8-4 with an Orthophonic reproducer had a heavy tracking force of 50 to 55 grams, but it plays fine on acoustic, shellac and post-shellac 78's.
record carver!
and still better than chinese built junk...
E.O.L. it!
Why bother?
it doesnt sound that bad to me.. and i've heard worse
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