The only "gag" would be when he crams it down your throat. There is no reason for this abomination. Could not even put two speakers in it. You could stick it on the back of your car when you're broke down. Like whiskey, made to sell not use
@@musicman8270 There was a reason for this a couple of decades ago: I had one of these as a kid, I used it to listen the all the anime TV openings on 45RPM my parents would buy to me, those records must have been really cheap because we were poor yet I had (still have) quite the collection.
Considering the cheapness, and remembering the "Close-N-Play" my sister used to have back-inna-day, having a ceramic cartridge and stylus is a definite plus. It could have come with a steel needle and metal acoustic reproducer!
@@liucyrus22 You should change your attitude about China as statements like the ones you made make you look like a dinosaur. China produces most of the stuff and the quality varies based on the company that issues the order. Companies that issue the order for Chinese factories to produce something are the ones who submit already verified designs, information of required materials and required QC standards. Which is why made in china can go from total plastic garbage to super precision high tec space equipment and carbon fiber aviation parts Which is also why China is so successful. You name it, china can make it. You need garbage? It will make it. You need high quality? That same factory can make it. China controls one of the largest production markets in the world and it would not have gotten there if it was bad. Nowadays, it is accepted if not preferred country of origin for most products. Again, it has nothing to do with China but the production standards that the ordering company imposes.
RENOVATIO well... I kind of buy a bunch of stuff from Chinese online vendors cuz convenience. Yes they do make some good stuff but then expect them to charge US/EU prices even in the national market (or even at a premium, based on my experience in some physical shops) The cheap stuff you find are kind of crapshot and they are usually only good enough for the price. But then some sellers do sell these cheap stuff at full market price for export... there comes the crappy Chinesium Plus the crap is obviously from a small manufacturer with lax QC and not much engineering/design talent, and with no intention of building a good brand. And yeah hipster stuff... almost universally overpriced and inferior to the mainstream ones
Now that would be an interesting experiment, pity I'd have to ruin a record on one of these things to find out - oh hang on, I'll never know, all my vinyl is LP's no 7 inch.
I tried this with a vaporwave version of a song on tape, i then kept shaking the walkman playing it to cause intense wow and flutter. TH-cam still content ID'd the original song.
I looked frame by frame, and I don't think the arm raises in time before ejecting the record, it looks like it could be damaging some of the grooves while ejecting it.
Ouch... I'd imagine the stylus would get more damaged by that than the actual music part, I could be very wrong, but then again this thing will destroy both regardless
Speaking of slot loading record players, my father once had and gave to me a portable radio with a side slot for loading 45 RPM records. He expected me to, at my young age, take it apart and put it back together - but instead, I destroyed it. I wish I knew what it was so I could find another one and give it back to him.
Just imagine if as a short-lived type of legally required single-band radio that was required to be built into anything with an amplifier, to receive the time, news etc. in case of an emergency, then it fits there perfectly
Skawo It can be only compared to a toy Soviet player which was designed to play mostly those floppy records from magazines. But even that one can be compared only because a small speaker, even the toy one didn't have so much wow and flutter. Next in the line, an actual cheap portable player for kids schools and anyone who like to play records out there will simply destroy this thing - of course like all cheap players it had a ceramic cartridge, but also a tonearm with a microlift, linear electric motor - no belts or rollers, that thing will last like forever for as long as you'll have a supply of cartridges, clamshell design with separable speaker/amplifier part with a handle. Of course back then there was no LiPo batteries so it ran on 6 Ds. And yes you could use the amp part separately for anything where you need a portable amp. As a guitar amp for example. So yeah, design of this orange abomination is similar to some cheap audio or something industrial from the 70s but quality can be compared only to something like a laughing bag or talking doll toy.
In my country they were called "mange-disques" literally "[vinyl] disc eater" ;) these were said to damage discs and often they (more like the baddies-from-the-bottom-of-the-bucket) would jam therefore eating your disc (hence the name mange-disque)
In Italy they were called "mangiadischi", which means the same thing. Though I don't think it was related to damaging discs (which they did) but to the way you insert the disc, "feeding" it
@@bussola99 it was actually rare for them to damage discs (it's a rumor that dates to loooong ago) but yeah I belive too that the term was coined because of it looking like it's eating the disc (but part of me thinks that it's due to these failing thus really eating the disc)
I think it's funnier to leave the cover off and let the record fly across the room. Hey, it's not like you're going to play your favorite records on the MPK Chewmaster 7000.
I'm guessing the high force applied by that spring is to make it "portable", so you can carry it while playing as it eats your records... :P On the plus side, it'd make for a great clay pigeon launcher using the records it tore up... :P
The high-force tracking for portability makes a lot of sense considering they originally attempted to put record players in the automobile. Obviously, the main problem with that was the vibrations of the car itself, and even if that were sorted out, the excessive pressure was problematic due to wow and flutter, as seen in this video. No one listens to vinyl on the move, there's the cassette for that. If you want your slot-load discs, there's the CD for that...
imagine cleaning the bloody thing out after a few years of playing it only to find a huge pile of black dust in it from all the records it has eaten oh the horrors!
I love these reviews. Your delivery and cadence and rhythm are just really nice to listen to. Not to mention the actual information you deliver in each video, its unmatched in its detail.
The flutter is pretty bad. A shame, because apart from that it sounds pretty okay for a portable record player. Not much worse or better than those from the 60s-70s of the same size.
@@russellhltn1396 It seems like there is no mass on the platter at all, so each little step the motor makes, is immediately translated to a speed change in the platter. Normally the little bumps get smoothed out by the flywheel effect of the platter. I would also check for a plaque of dirt on the motor pulley or a bent motor shaft.
@@mfbfreak Yes, the flywheel effect of the platter, but also the springy effect of the belt. That's the advantage of belt drive. (Although I prefer direct drive for reliability).
Styrene records on my old 1960's Masterwork front load battery operated 45 RPM phonograph didn't get ruined like this one is doing. I will stick to portable 8 track players.
I heavily modified mine to play 78 records. (3D printed a pulley sleeve to jump 45rpm to 78rpm, elongated the record gripping arm, adjusted the tone arm angle, and laser cut a bigger box). The insides have all kinds of adjustments that can be made. I think thats where their manufacturing failed. The mechanism is pretty ingenious. It's a shame they're so hard to find now.
It's an obsolete technology - it's a waste of energy to even manufacture it. People gush over the "authentic sound" of vinyl, because they don't understand the first thing about sound duplication. I can make a digital stream sound just as distorted as any vinyl or tape player, it's just a convolution integral. Audiophiles drive me nuts, it's like talking to somebody in a UFO cult when you're an astrophysicist.
You are missing the fun of it all. I don't like vinyl due to constant velocity issues...high end is always distorted at the end...especially with disco 12" disco singles. 8 track tapes rule for sound that I can tolerate without getting a headache.
You will never be able to fully replicate analog sound with digital. That’s why modern vinyl is trash because they are using a digital master. I only listen to pre 90’s music on vinyl when it was going from a analog master to a analog copy and then made into an analog vinyl copy. Digital mastering sounds like trash and the loudness wars ruined CD’s.
@@EmergencyChannel *"You will never be able to fully replicate analog sound with digital. That’s why modern vinyl is trash because they are using a digital master."* Here, let me translate this for you: "I do not know what the Nyquist frequency is, and I have no idea what Shannon's Law is - also, I'm entirely ignorant about higher level math" The last time you heard ANYTHING from an analog master was from the early 1980's that was made in the 1980's. You have no idea what you're talking about.
@@fuzzywzhe I don't listen to anything past 1984 on vinyl. I find vinyl better sounding, and I've done blind tests to prove it. Someone with golden ears can tell the difference from sterile digital and warm analog. I don't have fancy audiophool equipment, I just like vinyl better. It doesn't take high level math to form a opinion on what sounds better to YOU!.
And your final words in this video are why I love your channel! Maybe you don't have the highest production quality, but you're always honest and unbiased.
My grandfather had an extremely large vinyl collection with over 3 hundred 45’s so I picked this up on Amazon since I had some credit with them and believe it or not it has played every single record without problems. I’m actually quite impressed with it.
I'm 50 years old and the sight of that thing triggered some vague memory, but I just can't place it, but I'm sure I I've used one of originals of it. Thanks for the jog to my dim memory of the 70's. :)
1:57 'Built-in one speaker for nice sound' I don't know why, but I needed to fix this! • Innovative slot-in design. • 2 speed turntable (33 & 45 RPM) with Auto Eject function. • Ceramic cartridge with stylus. • Bluetooth function to play music from your phone. • Tone control to personalize the sound. • Single built-in speaker. • Built-in 1800mAh rechargeable battery. • Metal carrying handle for portable use.
It’s pretty sad actually when VWestLife has to take apart and fix a poorly loved and poorly made product to make it work better like how it should be. Good job on that, VWestLife! 😄 👏
Good old TEAC. I have one of their old SCSI CD-ROM drives. It was uniquely good in terms of styling and quality. Anyway, I like that you were able to improve this thing with minimal effort.
Very good review. 50 years ago I remember one of the girls in the neighborhood had a slot play 45rpm record player and it worked while she carried it as well as in the vertical as well as the horizontal positions.
The Incredible Big Orange 7" Record Launcher: coming soon to a Stereo Dust Particles store near you! And, no--we won't ask you to review it and say it's *not* crap! ;)
The level of detail you go into is awesome! Thank you for making sure you cover all the points. It leaves no questions unanswered and at least I appreciate it.
That's a good, strong amount of tracking force there! Bright orange with a wonderfully violent eject mechanism, love it. I think the tray-load record players were pretty neat, would be nice to see more of those released, as curious as this is.
I bought something similar (in Nice, France back in '89) but made by Philips in 1965. It runs on a single 6v (roadlamp) battery and is clothed in nasty looking green plastic which makes it look like a 'vanity case' it works ok but could do with a new needle and only plays singles with a large center hole. I actually like this machine despite having the wrong word written on the outside. One word of warning ! ! ! When using this machine, I got really into using it's portability and took it with me in my car which resulted in a load of 45s getting warped (for ever !)
My family had a similar small Philips one that plugged into our old valve radio. Still remember listening to "Does your chewing gum lose its flavour" by Lonny Donigan!
In the movie Kings Of The Road (1976 Wim Wenders) a record player like this is used by Rudiger Volger's character in the cab of his truck. Volger plays a film projector repairman.
As flimsy and problematic this thing is, it would actually be an ideal companion for record collectors hunting cheap 45s. By taking it to thrift stores, you could be checking out records in a more elegant way than using a suitcase-style player, and since it has a rechargable battery built in, it can be used anywhere without hassle. It's actually a neat device when its working as it should.
Just wanting to let you know that your record player doesn't "randomly scrape" when you put a record for the first time, and it doesn't play. I noticed that when you play a large holed record after a small-holed record, and the other way around too, the mechanism certainly adjust the center spindle to accept the record you attempted to play, so when you put it back again, it will play! I agree it's not terrible quality. Nothing's like a good strong direct drive table (like the one I use in my videos)...
If you replace the spring to one that has more tension, then that might fix the tension problem. Maybe even the flutter problem for that matter. I think that player is worth restoring. Thank you for sharing!
I really like the IDEA of this because when I was a kid I had an RCA portable 2 speed (I’ve been trying to find one) record player and I loved it. If I’d had something like this, it would’ve been great. Do you think it would be possible to put a better motor in it? It might reduce the wow and flutter? It would be an interesting project.
Recordology did a video on this a couple years back. He calls it “The Record Launcher” 🚀, because, at the push of a button, it will literally launch 🚀 the record clear across the room. Your friend, Jeff.
I think the fact that you could not replace the stylus was incorporated into it’s design due to the fact that the average user would soon get sick of trying to use the player and would end up chucking it in landfill long before the stylus had even depleted!
This reminded me of and probably uses the same technology as the Mattel "Instant Replay" mini records from the early 70s. You popped in the disc the same way and ejected the disc with the eject button, which I think was also the stop/pause button. That player had the potential to damage it's mini discs as well. The problem would be with where the stylus is and how it moves.
VWestlife sorry. I was thinking like a persons ownership of something. The discs that were specifically made to play in the player. Didn't mean to imply "it is"
Didn't RCA have something like this in the '50s and '60s? Even if it trashes your records, it seems like a fun novelty, although 45s were disposable when this design was thought up, unlike today. As for styrene 45s, I've noticed that most Canadian 45s are vinyl, but vinyl and styrene have their own benefits; vinyl scratches like an LP would, but isn't susceptible to groove damage, whereas styrene is susceptible to groove damage but doesn't scratch, so I guess it all depends on what kind of turntable you play it on.
the tracking force is about the same as in vintage slot loading record players, it has to be this way to allow the thing to play while you carry it around
When I was young my Dad knew some old guy that had an even older car and he had a very similar device mounted in/under the dashboard of his car, and I thought it was the coolest thing that I ever saw.
Oh god the wow and flutter in the intro to puff 🙉 Also people think stepping on legos is bad, until they walk around a british house in the middle of the night with one of those 3 pinned plugs pointing up
just what i've always wanted, a record player that can shoot 7" singles across the room!
It's a clay pigeon launcher.
I'd like to see this used as a weapon in a James Bond movie! :)
Orange PS3 looks cool.
ikr
Paul K it does looks a bit like the orange PS3 Slim.
When even VWestlife says this record player destroys your records, you know it's bad.
And when you can see it!
Damn, it makes Crosley Cruisers look like Audio Technicas.
It makes BSRs look like a RT85.
Proud LP60X owner speaking.
*technics
It makes crotch capers 3 look like naughty nurses 2!
@@cityfantv-everythingmancit2946 it’s Technica
Audio Technica is not a premium maker
The records ejecting unexpectedly and/or violently was good for several LOLs, and your lack of reaction made it even better :)
That record eject (with the lid off) could be the bases or a weapon
"At least now it's no longer destroying the record" *yeets the record across the room on eject*
This would make a good "gag" gift for your audiophile friend on his birthday.
It's like a Kenner Close & Play!
The only "gag" would be when he crams it down your throat. There is no reason for this abomination. Could not even put two speakers in it. You could stick it on the back of your car when you're broke down. Like whiskey, made to sell not use
Billy, are you a member of reddit r/audiophile ?
@@deletedaccount966 Guess we all know what Billy's mom got him as a birthday present
@@musicman8270 There was a reason for this a couple of decades ago: I had one of these as a kid, I used it to listen the all the anime TV openings on 45RPM my parents would buy to me, those records must have been really cheap because we were poor yet I had (still have) quite the collection.
The "explosive ejects" parts were hilarious :D
Yes, kind of like those gadgets used by James Bond against the villains in the movies lol..
It would make a fun weapon in zero-g.
Take it to a range and shoot skeet with bad records! It’s even hunting orange!
"Do pay attention, Double Oh Seven"
That record player is a music critic. It’s spits out stuff it doesn’t like
VWestlife, buying crap so we don't have to
Made in China, the ultimate badge of shame to me. Crap belongs in the garbage can.
Im sold, I’m having 2
Gary Owens I wholeheartedly agree but what modern piece of electronic ANYTHING can you buy that ISN’T made in China?
@@djgaryowens Along with your phone, laptop and TV no doubt ;).
That’s why we love him!!!
Considering the cheapness, and remembering the "Close-N-Play" my sister used to have back-inna-day, having a ceramic cartridge and stylus is a definite plus. It could have come with a steel needle and metal acoustic reproducer!
Yep, those are horrible for vinyl in particular but on shellac and with proper maintenance you should be fine.
Don't destroy your records!
Thank you for not selling out.
👍
Didn’t he do a video with a turntable sent by 1byone?
But he has to eat also. Getting free stuff to review is ok if you disclose it at the very beginning. Still thanks for not selling out.
It amazes me that China can copy something so well, but do not understand how the make the copy function properly.
Has nothing to do with China. It is the quality standards that the company that submited the design to the factory gave.
Oh it is the mentality for these manufactures. Sure China does make *some* quality stuff but yeah the small manufacturers are still kind of sketchy.
@@liucyrus22 You should change your attitude about China as statements like the ones you made make you look like a dinosaur. China produces most of the stuff and the quality varies based on the company that issues the order. Companies that issue the order for Chinese factories to produce something are the ones who submit already verified designs, information of required materials and required QC standards.
Which is why made in china can go from total plastic garbage to super precision high tec space equipment and carbon fiber aviation parts
Which is also why China is so successful. You name it, china can make it. You need garbage? It will make it. You need high quality? That same factory can make it.
China controls one of the largest production markets in the world and it would not have gotten there if it was bad. Nowadays, it is accepted if not preferred country of origin for most products. Again, it has nothing to do with China but the production standards that the ordering company imposes.
RENOVATIO well... I kind of buy a bunch of stuff from Chinese online vendors cuz convenience.
Yes they do make some good stuff but then expect them to charge US/EU prices even in the national market (or even at a premium, based on my experience in some physical shops) The cheap stuff you find are kind of crapshot and they are usually only good enough for the price. But then some sellers do sell these cheap stuff at full market price for export... there comes the crappy Chinesium
Plus the crap is obviously from a small manufacturer with lax QC and not much engineering/design talent, and with no intention of building a good brand.
And yeah hipster stuff... almost universally overpriced and inferior to the mainstream ones
RENOVATIO Thank you for taking the time to educate the more ignorant part of this video's audience.
ill bet enough wow and flutter. that you wont get a copyright strike because youtube cannot content match
Now that would be an interesting experiment, pity I'd have to ruin a record on one of these things to find out - oh hang on, I'll never know, all my vinyl is LP's no 7 inch.
I tried this with a vaporwave version of a song on tape, i then kept shaking the walkman playing it to cause intense wow and flutter. TH-cam still content ID'd the original song.
I looked frame by frame, and I don't think the arm raises in time before ejecting the record, it looks like it could be damaging some of the grooves while ejecting it.
Ouch...
I'd imagine the stylus would get more damaged by that than the actual music part, I could be very wrong, but then again this thing will destroy both regardless
10+ grams?! Jesus Christ. No wonder it was chewing up those styrene 45s. I think audiophiles now have a machine they can legitimately complain about.
Take your meds, please.
"audiophiles"
@@FirstLast-vr7es Your issue with the term, being?
@@jimmymelendez1836 what r u talkin about
@@logicphile6207 he means that they aren't audiophiles
"It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' orange record eater!"
Too good! But I'll bet alot of people don't know about that.
Is it available in purple?
Patrick Nesbitt not evidently
@@patricknesbitt4003 purple people eater? One eyed one horned?
Judy Garland sung that song in "Judy at the Grove" recorded in 1958 and released in 1959.
Speaking of slot loading record players, my father once had and gave to me a portable radio with a side slot for loading 45 RPM records. He expected me to, at my young age, take it apart and put it back together - but instead, I destroyed it. I wish I knew what it was so I could find another one and give it back to him.
We all do stuff like that to our parents and immediately regret it later when we're little kids lol
Don't destroy "Puff the Magic Dragon"...Thats a classic LOL!
I don't think the classic Peter, Paul, and Mary version was released on Disneyland records.
Geek Of Truth2 puff puff pass...
"Are you a pothead, Focker"....(Meet the Parents)
I think I might have had that Disney 45 back then
I had that. My parents thought Peter, Paul and Mary were hempheads (i was only four, but I remember the discussion) but Disney was okay.
If it weren't for the rather telling "BT" setting, this looks and sounds like something that came from the 1970s Eastern Bloc.
Just imagine if as a short-lived type of legally required single-band radio that was required to be built into anything with an amplifier, to receive the time, news etc. in case of an emergency, then it fits there perfectly
Skawo Makes me wonder how good this device is as a Bluetooth speaker?
It really has this weird design similar to stuff we had in my home in early 90's. Esp that odd colour of orange plastic.
@@BBC600 it really listens to you.
Skawo It can be only compared to a toy Soviet player which was designed to play mostly those floppy records from magazines. But even that one can be compared only because a small speaker, even the toy one didn't have so much wow and flutter. Next in the line, an actual cheap portable player for kids schools and anyone who like to play records out there will simply destroy this thing - of course like all cheap players it had a ceramic cartridge, but also a tonearm with a microlift, linear electric motor - no belts or rollers, that thing will last like forever for as long as you'll have a supply of cartridges, clamshell design with separable speaker/amplifier part with a handle. Of course back then there was no LiPo batteries so it ran on 6 Ds. And yes you could use the amp part separately for anything where you need a portable amp. As a guitar amp for example. So yeah, design of this orange abomination is similar to some cheap audio or something industrial from the 70s but quality can be compared only to something like a laughing bag or talking doll toy.
"Unfortunately they forgot to make it actually work."
Laughed at that description.
Your channel is just so interesting to watch every time.
I did not expect you to pop up here.
what are you doing here?
In my country they were called "mange-disques" literally "[vinyl] disc eater" ;) these were said to damage discs and often they (more like the baddies-from-the-bottom-of-the-bucket) would jam therefore eating your disc (hence the name mange-disque)
In Italy they were called "mangiadischi", which means the same thing. Though I don't think it was related to damaging discs (which they did) but to the way you insert the disc, "feeding" it
@@bussola99 it was actually rare for them to damage discs (it's a rumor that dates to loooong ago) but yeah I belive too that the term was coined because of it looking like it's eating the disc (but part of me thinks that it's due to these failing thus really eating the disc)
In my country "Deskožrouti" ;)
Ils somt si pires que ça?
@@justindesrosiers3145 Ben j'en ai jamais eu entre les mains donc je pourrais pas vraiment te dire.
I think it's funnier to leave the cover off and let the record fly across the room. Hey, it's not like you're going to play your favorite records on the MPK Chewmaster 7000.
Your comment reminds me of when I would eject 3.5 inch diskettes and they would fly out of the slot if I press the button hard enough.
@@kbhasi or zip disks
I'm guessing the high force applied by that spring is to make it "portable", so you can carry it while playing as it eats your records... :P
On the plus side, it'd make for a great clay pigeon launcher using the records it tore up... :P
The high-force tracking for portability makes a lot of sense considering they originally attempted to put record players in the automobile. Obviously, the main problem with that was the vibrations of the car itself, and even if that were sorted out, the excessive pressure was problematic due to wow and flutter, as seen in this video. No one listens to vinyl on the move, there's the cassette for that. If you want your slot-load discs, there's the CD for that...
imagine cleaning the bloody thing out after a few years of playing it only to find a huge pile of black dust in it from all the records it has eaten oh the horrors!
it'd sell verry as a data distruction tool just rebrand it (the record shreader)
I love these reviews. Your delivery and cadence and rhythm are just really nice to listen to. Not to mention the actual information you deliver in each video, its unmatched in its detail.
The flutter is pretty bad. A shame, because apart from that it sounds pretty okay for a portable record player. Not much worse or better than those from the 60s-70s of the same size.
I wonder why it's like that. Is the motor itself that bad?
@@russellhltn1396 It seems like there is no mass on the platter at all, so each little step the motor makes, is immediately translated to a speed change in the platter. Normally the little bumps get smoothed out by the flywheel effect of the platter.
I would also check for a plaque of dirt on the motor pulley or a bent motor shaft.
@@mfbfreak Yes, the flywheel effect of the platter, but also the springy effect of the belt. That's the advantage of belt drive. (Although I prefer direct drive for reliability).
Old gramophones had less wow and flutter
Styrene records on my old 1960's Masterwork front load battery operated 45 RPM phonograph didn't get ruined like this one is doing. I will stick to portable 8 track players.
Fran is amazing
I heavily modified mine to play 78 records. (3D printed a pulley sleeve to jump 45rpm to 78rpm, elongated the record gripping arm, adjusted the tone arm angle, and laser cut a bigger box). The insides have all kinds of adjustments that can be made. I think thats where their manufacturing failed. The mechanism is pretty ingenious. It's a shame they're so hard to find now.
@vwestlife th-cam.com/video/9L_J7pvDwxI/w-d-xo.html
"Alright. Now it's not chewing up the record." Ejects record across room with sickening crash sound.
The auto eject looks seems like a long lost artillery weapon.
Looks like you put more work into making the video than the manufacturer did in making that useless piece of s---
It's an obsolete technology - it's a waste of energy to even manufacture it. People gush over the "authentic sound" of vinyl, because they don't understand the first thing about sound duplication. I can make a digital stream sound just as distorted as any vinyl or tape player, it's just a convolution integral. Audiophiles drive me nuts, it's like talking to somebody in a UFO cult when you're an astrophysicist.
You are missing the fun of it all. I don't like vinyl due to constant velocity issues...high end is always distorted at the end...especially with disco 12" disco singles. 8 track tapes rule for sound that I can tolerate without getting a headache.
You will never be able to fully replicate analog sound with digital. That’s why modern vinyl is trash because they are using a digital master. I only listen to pre 90’s music on vinyl when it was going from a analog master to a analog copy and then made into an analog vinyl copy. Digital mastering sounds like trash and the loudness wars ruined CD’s.
@@EmergencyChannel *"You will never be able to fully replicate analog sound with digital. That’s why modern vinyl is trash because they are using a digital master."*
Here, let me translate this for you:
"I do not know what the Nyquist frequency is, and I have no idea what Shannon's Law is - also, I'm entirely ignorant about higher level math"
The last time you heard ANYTHING from an analog master was from the early 1980's that was made in the 1980's.
You have no idea what you're talking about.
@@fuzzywzhe I don't listen to anything past 1984 on vinyl. I find vinyl better sounding, and I've done blind tests to prove it. Someone with golden ears can tell the difference from sterile digital and warm analog. I don't have fancy audiophool equipment, I just like vinyl better. It doesn't take high level math to form a opinion on what sounds better to YOU!.
They thought nobody would use it enough to warrant a stylus change.
looks like a PlayStation but the games are on vinyl
That was my first thought when I saw it.
It's Wednesday my dudes!
@@graealex Indeed it is, my dude.
Like a CED.
hey! it's Fran! pleasant surprise to see her here :D
And your final words in this video are why I love your channel! Maybe you don't have the highest production quality, but you're always honest and unbiased.
My grandfather had an extremely large vinyl collection with over 3 hundred 45’s so I picked this up on Amazon since I had some credit with them and believe it or not it has played every single record without problems. I’m actually quite impressed with it.
A Wild FranLab appears!
I'm 50 years old and the sight of that thing triggered some vague memory, but I just can't place it, but I'm sure I I've used one of originals of it. Thanks for the jog to my dim memory of the 70's. :)
1:57 'Built-in one speaker for nice sound'
I don't know why, but I needed to fix this!
• Innovative slot-in design.
• 2 speed turntable (33 & 45 RPM) with Auto Eject function.
• Ceramic cartridge with stylus.
• Bluetooth function to play music from your phone.
• Tone control to personalize the sound.
• Single built-in speaker.
• Built-in 1800mAh rechargeable battery.
• Metal carrying handle for portable use.
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The British electrical plugs may be very big and ugly, but one of the safest in the world. 🤣
They're brilliant, Just don't tread on one while barefoot.
yea, they're fantastic - ugly but functional as heck
Like us Brits. Ugly, but functional.
@@deletedaccount966 or maybe Tom Scott convinced him like he did me ;) hehe
TheDeeplyCynical Absolutely! Worse than stepping on Lego 🤣🤣🤣🤣
chew up the groove would be a Good name for a Minimal/Deep house music project.
It’s pretty sad actually when VWestLife has to take apart and fix a poorly loved and poorly made product to make it work better like how it should be. Good job on that, VWestLife! 😄 👏
Wow, with the cover off you can probably get away with using it for vinyl clay pigeon shooting! xD
It’s blaze orange for range safety!
Good old TEAC. I have one of their old SCSI CD-ROM drives. It was uniquely good in terms of styling and quality.
Anyway, I like that you were able to improve this thing with minimal effort.
Very good review. 50 years ago I remember one of the girls in the neighborhood had a slot play 45rpm record player and it worked while she carried it as well as in the vertical as well as the horizontal positions.
That was a bit ambiguous, Joe :-)
I love the crashing coverless ejections. haha.
The Incredible Big Orange 7" Record Launcher: coming soon to a Stereo Dust Particles store near you! And, no--we won't ask you to review it and say it's *not* crap! ;)
Does this mean an ad for it will be produced?
@@KC4RAE I'd say there's a chance of that happening. I may or may not have already been toying with a script.
To subject delicate records to this contraption is criminal. That it works at all is a miracle.
> Slot in innovative design
So innovative, it was never attempted again xD
There was also a Close n Play single disc 45 player by Kenner when I was a small child in the 70s.
The level of detail you go into is awesome! Thank you for making sure you cover all the points. It leaves no questions unanswered and at least I appreciate it.
A lot of effort in this video. Thank you.
That's a good, strong amount of tracking force there! Bright orange with a wonderfully violent eject mechanism, love it.
I think the tray-load record players were pretty neat, would be nice to see more of those released, as curious as this is.
MPK? Mega Phono Killer. This thing is like a proffesional record destroyer.
I bought something similar (in Nice, France back in '89) but made by Philips in 1965.
It runs on a single 6v (roadlamp) battery and is clothed in nasty looking green plastic which makes it look like a 'vanity case' it works ok but could do with a new needle and only plays singles with a large center hole.
I actually like this machine despite having the wrong word written on the outside.
One word of warning ! ! !
When using this machine, I got really into using it's portability and took it with me in my car which resulted in a load of 45s getting warped (for ever !)
wow...... that eject will have ya eye out!
I still have the "Peter and the wolf" :-) how many memories 🙂
My family had a similar small Philips one that plugged into our old valve radio. Still remember listening to "Does your chewing gum lose its flavour" by Lonny Donigan!
For the record (!), ruby and sapphire are scientifically the same mineral (corundum), but just differ in color.
Just an nostalgic toy! At 10 grams , it'll chew up ANY groove!
That player is best used with a sledgehammer 😎💿🔨
In the movie Kings Of The Road (1976 Wim Wenders) a record player like this is used by Rudiger Volger's character in the cab of his truck. Volger plays a film projector repairman.
I had some of those records. Seeing the labels really brought back fond memories. Thanks!
Very nice to see Fran in your video.
I know a use for the record player. With the cover off it makes a great machine to use for skeet shooting. It flings those records out pretty fast. 🤣
Could wow and flutter be caused by battery being junk handle the load or did it also do on AC power too
As flimsy and problematic this thing is, it would actually be an ideal companion for record collectors hunting cheap 45s. By taking it to thrift stores, you could be checking out records in a more elegant way than using a suitcase-style player, and since it has a rechargable battery built in, it can be used anywhere without hassle. It's actually a neat device when its working as it should.
"Big Ugly Plug" my thoughts exactly 😂
That was my ex girlfriends nickname.
@@user-pi5xz5je4y 💀😂
@@user-pi5xz5je4y lmao 😅😂😂😂
Ultra High end Audiophile
Close-N-Play...
Slot Load edition..❤❤❤
"It's not destroying it as much as before" *catapults it across the room* "So I'll just have to destroy it myself then"
Just wanting to let you know that your record player doesn't "randomly scrape" when you put a record for the first time, and it doesn't play. I noticed that when you play a large holed record after a small-holed record, and the other way around too, the mechanism certainly adjust the center spindle to accept the record you attempted to play, so when you put it back again, it will play! I agree it's not terrible quality. Nothing's like a good strong direct drive table (like the one I use in my videos)...
How dare you call "Puff the Magic Dragon" disposable.
Maybe each time you insert a new disc, it has to adjust to it so you have to re-insert it. 🤔
21:03 - How does that meme go again? "DO NOT WANT!"
At first i thought to myself - jokingly of course - that there was a tiny AI inside that had to learn how to play records ;)
If you replace the spring to one that has more tension, then that might fix the tension problem. Maybe even the flutter problem for that matter. I think that player is worth restoring. Thank you for sharing!
I've never seen a wooden cantilever. But then again i've never seen a transparent single record either. You are better than a vinyl museum!
Records are still available at Wal-Mart, and Target.
I’ve seen them at Target, but I didn’t know Walmart had them again. They stopped selling them for about 30 years!
I'm not sure if they would still sell such outdated products as vinyl records considering they stopped selling the newer and much more advanced CDs.
Not 45s though
nice to see fran in the video
I had one of these in the 1970's and it eventually cut deep grooves in my single records. But it was easy to change the stylus.
love the Fran Cameo - I just looked up from my work to see if I accidentally switched channels.
i love slugbug!!!
Don't diss our UK plugs, man!
I really like the IDEA of this because when I was a kid I had an RCA portable 2 speed (I’ve been trying to find one) record player and I loved it. If I’d had something like this, it would’ve been great. Do you think it would be possible to put a better motor in it? It might reduce the wow and flutter? It would be an interesting project.
What you got yourself there is big chunk of poopy. Thanks for taking one for the team on this one.
Recordology did a video on this a couple years back. He calls it “The Record Launcher” 🚀, because, at the push of a button, it will literally launch 🚀 the record clear across the room. Your friend, Jeff.
That orange colour puts any flight data recorder to shame 🤣
The ''guts'' inside that thing remind me of the innards inside of a Juke Box. 😃
PS3 Vinyl edition! Love it! :p
I think the fact that you could not replace the stylus was incorporated into it’s design due to the fact that the average user would soon get sick of trying to use the player and would end up chucking it in landfill long before the stylus had even depleted!
This reminded me of and probably uses the same technology as the Mattel "Instant Replay" mini records from the early 70s. You popped in the disc the same way and ejected the disc with the eject button, which I think was also the stop/pause button. That player had the potential to damage it's mini discs as well. The problem would be with where the stylus is and how it moves.
*its
VWestlife sorry. I was thinking like a persons ownership of something. The discs that were specifically made to play in the player. Didn't mean to imply "it is"
Reminds me of the Philco Bing Crosby model back in 1940.... 78 player with Radio slide the record in ... it plays... got one
Fascinating I never knew this existed
Great (or not) find
Hey the hard hats need to spin vinyl too!
Another highly interesting and informative video! Thank you very much. 😀
Man I need this. Only plays 7" which is awesome seeing as 99.9% of my vinyl collection is made of of 12" records. So... handy.
This might make a good gag gift for an audio snob you know, otherwise it's just a colorful doorstop.
Super interesting ◇ Appreciate you sharing!! Have a creative smooth day!! New Orleans Louisiana of music and Peace of StephopalOpal aka Big Mama
Didn't RCA have something like this in the '50s and '60s? Even if it trashes your records, it seems like a fun novelty, although 45s were disposable when this design was thought up, unlike today. As for styrene 45s, I've noticed that most Canadian 45s are vinyl, but vinyl and styrene have their own benefits; vinyl scratches like an LP would, but isn't susceptible to groove damage, whereas styrene is susceptible to groove damage but doesn't scratch, so I guess it all depends on what kind of turntable you play it on.
the tracking force is about the same as in vintage slot loading record players, it has to be this way to allow the thing to play while you carry it around
i have a bush 'discassette' thing and the stylus pressure seems horrendous! havent yet fully resurrected it
A Vinyl Record's Life Was Saved Today! XD
When I was young my Dad knew some old guy that had an even older car and he had a very similar device mounted in/under the dashboard of his car, and I thought it was the coolest thing that I ever saw.
Thumbs up to the inclusion of Fran Blanche video!
Oh god the wow and flutter in the intro to puff 🙉
Also people think stepping on legos is bad, until they walk around a british house in the middle of the night with one of those 3 pinned plugs pointing up