Anyone here into vinyl?

[63getelevision]

Hi Bundtboy

Your Zenith console is another dream of mine I have yet to fulfill. It's got the same VM I have in my four "Circle of Sound" sets. My G.E. Custom Decorator TV radio phono has that changer with the G.E. Tonal1 tone arm. It has a G.E. ceramic cartridge in it. All of the other sound systems posted here are fantastic! Also, Zenith high end console models in the mid to late '60s had overengineered VMs with a sliding control on each side of the changer. The sets weigh at least three hundred or more pounds.

 

[paulg]

Count me in...

I too am a lover of vinyl. Digitizing and compression techniques just leave the audio really flat. Although I have windups for 78s, I also love the older DUAL units (lost mine in a flood).
Most of my everyday stuff is VM as I spent weeks at VM during the final days and obtained lots of NOS parts and equipment.
Tube amps are the best. My tube amps are EICOs and my spare solid-state unit is VM.
I just love picking up wacky old albums for cheap and playing them for fun. What a gas! KNOCKERS UP guys!!

 

[frontaloadotmy]

Hi Paul

Do you know the fellow that has the V o M site?

Please post picts of some of your V o M items.

 

[sudsmaster]

I have probably about 400 lps, split evenly between pop/rock/jazz/folk and classical. Audio equipment includes Denon DP30L direct drive manual turntable with auto lift. Also have a KLH Model 11 phono/FM suitcase portable with Garrard changer; Magnavox solid state AM/FM/Stereo phono console; Victrola model VV-IX table top grammaphone. Also have a Silvertone tube AM/Wire/Phono combo console unit (needs repair) and an Airline AM/Phono table top tube unit (also needs repair).

I stopped buying new vinyl about 10 years ago, since then it's been all CD's. For most purposes the CD's are fine, but I still think the best LP's sound better than CD's, at least on the Denon turntable.

I have had issues replacing the cartridge on the Magnavox. The original had broken internal suspension. It had ok treble but no bass. I got a replacement off eBay, which sounds better, good bass but could use more midrange-treble. Unfortunately the original cartridge for this unit is no longer available. Doesn't sound as good as the Denon with magnetic cartridge. But, as I recall, it sounds about the same as the KLH portable sounds - limitations of spherical stylus and ceramic cartridge probably account for most of the difference.

 

[whirlcool]

Shameless Plug

I am the keeper of the Dual Reference Website, the definitive website for Dual turntables.
I loved the photos you all submitted. Those Zenith 2G tonearms were really ahead of their time. And I have always loved the look of those Marantz turntables. Marantz made things heavy duty for sure! But that turntable looks like it could use some Lemon oil on the wood.
I really loved the days of huge console stereos and console color televisions. In fact my main system is all vintage. I am using SAE amplification and have a set of AR-3a's that I restored along with a set of JBL 4311's.
I have a rather large cassette collection. Most all of them I made myself. Fortunately, my Mazda Tribute came with both a CD changer AND a cassette player! Most unusual these days.

 

[whirlcool]

Whoops, forgot the link

Here is the link to my Dual website.

http://www.dual-reference.com

 

[washabear]

whirlcool,

The Dual website is yours? Cool. I have looked at that site a few times when it was called the Dual Classics website. I surmise that’s the same thing?

I’m running a pair of Dynaco A35s, but I didn’t restore them as they were in excellent condition when I bought them, and they do a great job.

My amplification is not vintage. I’m using an NAD C320BEE integrated. I love it. Previously I used a Sansui 5000A receiver, but the NAD blows it away with its detailed, lively sound; the Sansui sounds thick and wooly in comparison. I use an NAD phono stage, too, but have been thinking about getting a Bellari or Jolida tube stage. Haven’t done it yet, though.

This stuff sure is fun!

 

[whirlcool]

Yup, I developed the Dual Classics website almost 10 years ago. I wish I had more time to update it. But I believe that it presents and accurate picture of the perennially popular Dual products. The site has over 500 pages to it.

Did anyone find the "easter egg" on the homepage? There's one in there.

The new design of the site is a tribute to 50 years of color television broadcasting.

http://www.dual-reference.com

 

[paulg]

Voice of Music

Yes, I know Gary who runs the Voice of Music site. Gary and I (among others) were the ones who got dirty in the last building and pulled those parts out. Actually, that was one of the funnest things that ever happened to me.
I'll try to get pix of my VM stuff.
And someday at a "wash-in" I'll tell you about the frog..

 

[bundtboy]

more VM

I think this is VM's very first record changer. It's a 1946 Cavalcade. It uses the 200B model record changer.

 

[bundtboy]

Playtime

This one is the Voice of Music Playtime. I had one exactly like this when I was 5 and it was quite old then. I was 5 in 1968 and this is a 1954 to '57 model, I do believe. It's very cool having Voice of Music experts on board and I hope to be able to share more in the future.

This one features a unique slide and push type speed selector and an unusual color of flocking & paint..light grey. It's the only light grey flocked table I know of. Can anyone think of any others?

Also the 45 spindle on this one is unique in that it also has the Lp spindle formed into the same plastic part. You simply lift it up a short pin to make the 45 spindle engage, but slip it back down to use the small spindle. Again, it's the only one of this style I've seen.

You can also play this one with the lid closed when playing 7 inch records, which is pretty neat too.

You can tell I love this little set. It's a good player.

B

 

[frontaloadotmy]

The Choice for Music is the Voice of Music

Post #222525 featured VoM model 972-A "record changer"
Don't know why they were labled "changer" as they played
too. Here's a young cousin ; the 1250

 

[frontaloadotmy]

A Full

" frontal" shot

 

[63getelevision]

My 1956 Stromberg-Carlson

has a changer just like yours, Frontal. Where your heavy plastic escutcheon is, mine has a gold one like it with Stromberg-Carlson embossed into the underside. My late '50s Magnavox portables have them with the Magnavox crest attatched to the upper left corner. I think Collaro changers went into some of their portables at the same time. Magnavox used VM in some of their portables in the early to mid '60s. Now I am also pretty sure that a mini-changer Magnavox offered in late '60s was also a VM, because the tone arm locking mechanism I saw on the one in the VM site was identical.

 

[fredriksam]

I have a vinyl player and quite alot of records. The player is an quite old Luxor and is sadly, broken. It flutters so the music becomes horribly to listen to. I have made some mp3´s off how it sounds. Links below and in next post. I have checked the belt and its fine. What do guys about how to solve it?

http://media.putfile.com/example-2mp3

 

[fredriksam]

second song. It sounds really bad and strange.

http://media.putfile.com/Example-1-of-badbroken-vinyl-player

 

[63getelevision]

fredriksam

I don't know how to solve your problem, but I had forgotten what a great song "Play With Fire" is. Maybe there is a speed adjustment screw under the platter somewhere, though. It did sound somewhat slow.

 

[frontaloadotmy]

I could Voice of Music this thread beyond recognition!!

Just say the word!!!!
Voice of Music provided changers for just about all of the
American Made Phonographs of the late forties and beyond,
with exceptions of course.
I think their initial claim to fame changer wise was that they
patented the first relatively precise trouble free fully
automatic unit that could intermix sizes 12" 10" and 7"
records of the same rpm. Back in the early fifties and up
into the early sixties, I think they had a market share,
certainly for supplying record changers. Their own units
were considered somewhat high end as far as the mass produced
home units go.

 

[washabear]

The VM changers certainly were robust and stood the test of time. I once had a VM Stere-O-Matic component unit, which actually had a Shure magnetic cartridge in it! Unfortunately, I no longer have it. Wish I did.

I read that VM also designed the first BIC turntables, which were popular in the mid-1970s, as well as the ADC/BSR Accutrac mentioned earlier in this thread.

 

[bundtboy]

Orignal Advents with bad woofer surround

Recently 4 Original Advent speakers (2 pairs) fell on me from my local freecycle yahoo group. Immdediately I ordered up new woofer surrounds and an experienced audiophile buddy of mine supervised me putting them in yesterday and worked with me to make sure the cabinets and installations were air tight. These speakers rely on static pressure inside the sealed cabinet in order to dampen the woofer from overdriving. Well, They came out perfect and sound absolutely stunning.

These speakers have born on dates ranging from August through December of 1976. A popular arrangment for installing Advents is to Stack them vertically with the top speaker being upside down. That was reffered to as having stacked Advents.