The one thing I do NOT understand about RU-vid is that they are so paranoid about people playing single songs but yet you have people posting complete ALBUMS with no problem.
Thanks for focusing on the challenge of restoring and repairing. many of us enjoy the hobby. We appreciate your positive attitude in teaching instead of complaining.
Man does this bring back memories. Christmas 1961, we had evacuated a farm house that was, well, haunted! We had lived in it for a couple of years, and we children never had a problem but, well it is a long story but in the end, we found a small 2 room apartment owned by the same very old man who rented us the farm house, as father had sold off the old home place and we were farming the rented farm till the angry spirit began showing itself to the adults of the family. The rented home in town was the back half of the old man's house it had a combo kitchen/living room, and one bedroom where mom and dad slept. My two sisters slept on the jack knife couch and I had a room on the other end of the ranch home that I shared with a transient who had settled and was washing dishes at the cafe where mom cooked. That Christmas, we 3 kids were down in the dumps, so dad ordered us a record player, essentially for the family since we had only an old TV and radio for entertainment. It was one of those deals where you got a "RECORD COLLECTION of 21 LP and 30 45RPM records with the record player. One of the 45's that we got was "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" which my sisters LOVED and played over and over. DAD hated that song and I think my sisters played it to spite him. He would go through the bathroom that was the only way to get to the old man's part of the house, and my shared bedroom and it with the old man and try to visit. The old man was VERY hard of hearing, in fact dad wired up an old car speaker to his television so he could put it to his ear and hear the TV in his living room. The old far smoked cigars almost continuously so the house always smelled strongly of cigar smoke mixed with the smell of dad's whiskey. We found a house to rent a few months after moving in to town because my room mate slashed his wrist in an attempt to kill himself the day after Christmas, guess he didn't get what he wanted? I was 10 at the time but I remember it very well as he woke me to call dad to save him after he changed his mind, blood covered the bed and his shorts that he was sleeping in. Dad took my western belt and used it as a tourniquet to slow the bleeding while one of my sisters ran to the neighbors to call the ambulance which came with a pair of police officers and the undertaker who doubled his hearse as an ambulance. We went out to the farm to bring in the furniture we had left and kids had been there and shot it all up with their shotguns. Sad really the loss, many of the items had come over from Sweden when grandfather came over on a steamer in the late 1800's. We kept that record player though the folks still had it when I left for the Army in 70, I don't know what ever happened to it. Perhaps one of my sisters had it when they died.
I remember the Rheem Califone brand, it had a 6 by nine oval speaker was not a changer, it also had MIC inputs for PA purposes and a speaker output. and it was tube powered. The one you are showing is pure junk, it wouldn't last very long, thanks for the video, you did a great job.
He mentions about the school district and school record players, one of the last of its kind is a Califone from 2017. I also have an Audiotronics 148B “Classette” cassette recorder which was also a classroom cassette recorder which was made for the school district. It still works. In those days of school districts, both record players and cassette recorders were made for classroom use, and now we have CD’s and digital MP3’s.
I have an older BSR turntable that has a lever the sticks out and auto- selects the record size. Had to add a filter to the AC line because the two pole motor was noisy and hashing up the audio a bit. One thing I don't like is that some of the records are thinner in the hole area and sometimes two records drop at once. Can't see an easy way to fix that. My KLH turntable doesn't do that but since the cartridge has gotten tired in that I have set it aside for the moment. I had someone ask me, "Why would you bother with a record player? Isn't it a lot of work to use one of those?" Well, it is more work than a CD but I get to play my old records and they sound really nice.
I used to work for the A/V dept at a school, and they used to destroy surplussed equipment as well. When I asked about it, I was told that the equipment was bought with government grant funds, and one of the grant stipulations was that when the item was retired, it had to be destroyed.
Very helpful. 👍👍 I have two Stack-Ohs. They are fun. They work. I get my LPs 10 for a dollar so not worried if the Stack VTF is a bit high. I use the same flip needle cart you recommend. The Stack plays 78s fine, but I never stack more than three 78s, four LPs or five 45s. The lil motor can't handle more than that and maintain correct speed. Of course there are better portable changers from the sixties and seventies, but most used ones need the player and the amp rebuilt and if the cosmetics and speakers are good they are quite expensive, even not working. The ones with a Collaro, Garrard, mid-range BSR or V-M are the ones to have, like a Dansette from England. I'd like to see what you can do to improve the amp in a Stack-O-Matic and switch to a single larger oval two-way speaker. I can see it now "PhonoNut Introduces Hi-Fi Stack-O-Matic". 😀
Hello radiotvphononut from what I see the record support arm looks like the collar with the spring wedges into the hole using compression to hold it and someone pulled it too hard and the collar came out I am very glad you are back be safe and careful
Those DC motors are expensive. Had one quit working, so I ordered a new one from China, but it arrived defective and only ran at one speed. I was given most of my money back, so I said the heck with it and used two cheap adjustable linear regulators and adjusted the voltage to get 33 RPM on one and 45 RPM on the other. If it had a 3 way switch, I could have used a third regulator to make 78.
Rim drive. (oh, you said that later in the video) That's what older record players with idler wheels were called that I can remember. Nice record players you have in this video, despite one being cheap.
When the video started, I noticed that you were on a patio/slab in your yard. The title is "servicing a Crosley..". When the camera drifted over to the concrete, I thought to myself that we are going to see some fire! I thought that is how you dealt with Crosleys! Oh well, looks like you are getting soft...... Just kidding! I enjoyed the video.
In the early to mid 2000s when i was in elementary school we didn't have those record players. Just cassette players and Califone 2924AV-P and Califone 610-44S that were rather uncomfortable.
There is a lubricant that is well known in the RV industry (I used to spend winters in a Class A Motor Home in Arizona then drive it home for the summer before Covid) called BOSHIELD. It was designed by Boing Airlines for use on aluminum parts that rub against each other. We used it for lubing our slide out rooms skids. It is a great lube that leaves a sort of waxy coat to allow aluminum parts to move with little wear, especially where aluminum rubs on steel. I wonder if it would work on those turntables, I know I still have a can out in my rig (that is not an expensive lawn ornament I must license yearly to pass the City Snoops that walk alleys and yards looking for violation of the buitify the city ordinances recently passed into law under the COVID powers act.
My Stack-O works fine but the amp has a constant hum. Are there one or two components on the amp that are likely the cause that I could replace? Or do you know of a better small amp I could put in place of the Crosley unit. Thanks
In my opinion, the most reliable record changer ever made is the VOICE OF MUSIC 1200 series the ones with the dual surface idle wheel with the motor that will move up and down according to the speed you selected never had a problem with any of these
Sounds like 👍 you’re getting a little more sentimental with the Crosley Stack-O-Matic record players. They’re junk, but I remember it by the last one ☝️ you’ve done ✅. Ya called it the “Crosley Junk-O-Matic”. Yes, the tiny DC motor, although I find these to run 🏃♀️ about forever, myself. I’m glad 🙂 you’re doing the “Best Record Player Contest”. The Crosley Junk-O-Matic will probably be put to shame once again. Your friend, Jeff.
I love my BSR auto changer, but would love a belt driven mechanism , it's a good fusion of the classic autochange and 80s single play bsr mechanisms . Would love that. I use my music centre all the time but motor noise throu the stylus is pretty bad. Wonder if it could be modified to DC motor and belt
I hated the BSRs for their high hum on silent parts of record, even my 1200 MK4 and new Audio Technica 140XP had noisy transformers giving that BSR background noise I detest, I put a toroid transformer in the 140, now silent background
Not bad players but unfortunately those little DC motors wont cope with 7 LP records stacked up, they just dont have enough torque, resulting in every stacked record playing slightly slower. I tell you what though, i havent seen a single portable record player on your channel that comes anywhere close to the quality of the UK built ones in the 70's, our players weighed an absolute ton, and used exceptionally high quality components, especially the BUSH, RANK, EMI and ALBA players of the early 70's, they also sounded absolutely beautiful. anyway i would just dremel a notch on the shaft so you can fit a C clip
47:15 That (Bo Weevil)was the first 78 you played (I think it was Bo Weevil, either way the first 78 was terrible) ) and when I heard it, I thought the needle was bad or not sized properly. All treble and not an ounce of bass. But then you said it was a cheap knock-off recording. They needed to hire a new engineer. That was awful, even by 78 standards. The other 2 sounded fine.
Hopefully Jackson's water problems will not make it to your neck of the woods. Makes me triple glad I am on a well I had drilled on my place, and I do not live in Commiefornia.
@@radiotvphononut Hi Brian , I offered to buy a battery radio PSU and pay whatever you considered reasonable as you complained nobody was willing to pay a reasonable price for your work. You are a brilliant man with tremendous knowledge. I am willing to pay a reasonable amount. I appreciate your knowledge and wonderful videos with lots of useful information. I was not aware of the special motor oil. I now use it in the electric fire fans I repair.
Millions. For many years they were the largest producer of record players. Nearly everyone and their grandmother offered some flavor of audio system with a BSR product. Some specified that no BSR label be on the system, but all ya gotta do is look underneath and there will be the sticker: "BSR, Made In England"
@@rizzlerazzleuno4733 Yes, but so did Garrard with the SP25 also to America and across the world in branded cabinets. Anyone know the numbers? I couldn't find em.
Crosley Shit O Matic....it is....it never gets any better......it is better to gut them and put new stuff in them like a Good Japanese or European Made Stereo....Than U will get good sounds from it!!!
