Anyone here into vinyl?

[63getelevision]

Westinghouse

I have two Philco "Hip Pocket" records and a Westinghouse portable player in storage. I think the Westinghouse will play standard size records. I was left with the impression that Vee Jay releases of the Beatles here, predated the Capitol issues. Like I mentioned, it was old stock when I bought it. I'll keep you posted about the record centering, right now it is not possible to put my hands on it.

 

[bundtboy]

hip-pocket records

Oh those are so cool. I've owned several of the players through the years but sold them all. I still have a few of the records, which play fine even on my giant Pioneer turntable.

B

 

[bundtboy]

between 40 & 50 players

That's my official count. That is a lot, I know.. when you consider I've been doing this collecting thing over 40 years, well, I guess that's not TOO many~.

Several of them have already been shown in this thread and I will do what I can to include the rest.

B

 

[bundtboy]

Gray Research tone arm

Here's one of my Gates transcription turntable with the Gray Research tone-arm. This was the first Stereo tone arm from Gray and is from 1958. The table on this monster is 18 inches in diameter, and is designed to play 16 inch transcriptions and still leave room for your fingers to back-cue the record.

I do have it fitted with the Mono pickup in this photo, as you may recognize the GE Variable reluctance needle changer knob on top. I do also have a 2nd headshell with a Shure M7D stereo pickup.

 

[bundtboy]

emerson bakelite add-on

Here's a cutie pie from the 40's.

 

[bundtboy]

2 more changers

Here's a Garrard from 1959 and the BSR 810 from 1971 also.

 

[bundtboy]

GE Larchmont changer

This is the 1960 GE larchmont turntable. This one does not have vacu-magic, although this is the arm that was designed to accomodate the system.

 

[frigilux]

Love that '59 Garrard, Bob. What is the 'vacu-magic' feature you're referencing for the GE?

 

[frigilux]

Alan--That '59 Magnavox is the same changer we had when I was a kid. God I was completely fascinated with that thing. My parents couldn't keep me away it. I'd always insist on loading and starting it. Then I'd stand there are watch it work. There were teeth marks across the leading edge of the cabinet. Apparantly it was just the right height for me to chew on while I was watching.

Between my fascination with the stereo and the washing machine, I nearly drove my poor mom crazy.

 

[bundtboy]

vacu-magic

GE for a very short period put a vacuum nozzel and hose INTO the tone arm which was connected inside the cabinet to the suction unit.

I've never seen one in person, but I can only imagine that the resulting noise must have been distracting~.

Someone here in the club has one, I think.

Also, please guys, join me in showing your tables and collections. I know there's a lot more of you with interesting machines to show & tell about.

B

 

[63getelevision]

Bundtboy, I have the same record changer in my 1963 GE Custom Decorator 19 inch TV-radio-phono. The same changer with the vacuum in it can be seen on "Leave It To Beaver" in a Danish console in the living room, to the right of the dining room entrance. June is playing a classical record on it, and Wally thinks it is funny that June is listening to music. That same console showed up on eBay and in our Fort Pierce GE dealer, used, or unsold stock, I saw it in the early '70s. Frigilux, I have the Collaro changer in three of my Magnavoxes, one portable, and two consoles. I love them. I want to get three GE ceramic cartridges, one for my GE, and a couple for the two consoles, if I can get a fair price on them. Yeah, I know they're no longer made, but I think $20.00 a shot would be fair. I'll get pics of the GE when I can get to it. Does anyone have any info on them? I've seen ads, and I saw another Custom Decorator in an antique mall in Ft. Pierce.

 

[drmitch]

Great machines! Bundtboy, where did you find the Perry Mason music? Heres a small one. I have a panasonic with a BSR turntable that I bought in highschool and I still use it to play my records.

 

[washabear]

Here's my Garrard Zero 100, with the infamous tangential tracking tonearm. What a contraption! It actually works pretty well, but the auto mechanism makes a clackety-clack as it goes through its cycle, as with most Garrards.

 

[frontaloadotmy]

I Forgot I had this!!

Yamaha P520 Fully Auto Direct Drive . I think I bought this
about 1989. A bit dirty; it's been on loan.

 

[frontaloadotmy]

It looks like I have another Voice of Music

Also on loan; A stunning Fidelis Console 566 A

 

[frontaloadotmy]

Stunning to Me, anyhow

Oh! I almost forgot! let me lift the lid for you~

 

[veg-o-matic]

Oooh, love that Fidelis!

veg

 

[whirlcool]

One of the most common questions I get asked on my turntable website is about 45 RPM records.

Some of them play fine and the automatic return rejects the tonearm when the song is finished playing. But some 45's will reject the tonearm early. Usually this happens with long songs put on 45 RPM records. The Rolling Stones "Satisfaftion(I can't get no)" at 5 minutes is one of these.

The cure? Back when 45's were made, the record companies didn't really care about quality, just making a buck. So the lead out grooves weren't always in the same place from record company to record company and song length to song length. On some higher end turntables, the reject adjustment screw is not easy to adjust and you can really knock a turntable out of adjustment by moving it. My advice is to live with it. Usually a person only has two or three 45's like this in their entire collection. Fortuantely on cheaper turntables, it's an easy fix.

Has anyone here encountered these problems?

 

[djmjlcst]

vinyl junkie!

Hey - I'm a vinyl junkie from way back when. I have over 5000 45's and several thousand LP's/12" singles too! The 45's go nicely in the jukeboxes that I have! Why worry about changing records when you can just punch buttons to hear your favorite tunes! I've also been reading the threads on this topic! Seems that there are several of us that still own record players/stereos/turntables, etc.! I agree that the Magnavox Record Changer from Collaro was the Rolls-Royce of all of them out there! I still have three component Magnavox turntables and several years ago I gave my parents a nice 1969 Astro Sonic console stereo with AM/FM and record changer. It still works well! I'm a DJ and have the typical DJ set up of two Technics SL-1200MK2 turntables, one Technics SL-5350 turntable, a Numark DM-1900 mixer, a Denon DN-D9000 twin CD player, a Denon DN-770R double cassette deck w/pitch controls for each deck, a Tascam CD-RW2000 recorder, a QSC MX-1500a amp, a QSC RMX-2450 amp, a Carver PM-1.5 amp, 1 pair of JBL 100t3 speakers, and 1 pair of Becker/Peavey DJ speakers.
I know you'll all want pictures so I'll see if I can get some taken and uploaded. Mike

 

[63getelevision]

Mike!!

Show me your Magnavoxes! I collect Magnavox from the '50s to the early '70s. I can't repeat that enough! Here again is my '59 Collaro in my Magnavox stereo tube set.