How to Use a Crosley Record Player - Welcome to Vinyl! (Upgrade?) 

You hit it on the nail when you said that a Crosley is a glorified toy. I have always maintained that these types of suitcase and all in one (record player, radio, CD player, tape player, etc. usually in a wooden type cabinet) players are OK for a kid’s first record player. But if you’re over 12 or so, save your money and steer clear of these. I can appreciate your wanting to reach out to new people just getting into the vinyl hobby, and in particular, those on a budget. People can do what they want with their money. But it’s best that if someone really wants to explore the vinyl hobby, they should start out on the right foot. And that means saving up if you have to, in order to get a decent starter turntable such as the Audio Technica AT LP 60X. Yes, they would need to get speakers for it, and that’s an extra expense. But they will be, I believe, much happier overall and in the long run. Vinyl albums can run up to $30-40 each or more, and it makes no sense to play them on a player that costs only a few dollars more. Plus, this way, they can hear more of what vinyl really sounds like, and why people are into this hobby. Lastly: I don’t see this hobby dying out due to snobbery. In anything, you’re going to have those who think they know it all. So in that respect, everything would die out due to these snobs. There are plenty of people (and more joining everyday) that love vinyl and are in it for the long run. So I don’t see interest in the vinyl hobby going away anytime soon!!!

Yes! I just randomly picked up a Crosley from the Goodwill store even though a record player wasn’t on my radar 😆 Doesn’t have all the same bells and whistles as yours in the video here but for $30, I feel like it’s a nice little introduction to vinyl listening for my kids. If I decide to get serious, I will do my research. This is just the kind of video I was looking for to show my kids how to properly use a record player.

Well if you want a shitty player that eats records go ahead and use a Crosley. It’s your money and your records. You don’t need to be an audio snob to point out the obvious

​@@andrewb773 VWestlife debunked this. Millions of records were played on equivocally bad BSR/Sears turntables back in the day and survived. I highly recommend checking his video out. Crosley's aren't great but they won't destroy your records.

Agreed 🎶🎧

Enjoy! I’m glad it helped 🎶🎧

100% - great stuff. We all have to start somewhere! Happy spinning

also want to add--in my research for the crosley cruiser i came across this blog post re: the tracking force. most beginners won't know or care about this (and i imagine seasoned audiophiles won't either) but i wanted to throw a bone to the cruiser and say their reputation for tearing records apart might be an exaggeration just based on this 2019 review: "The Crosley will NOT immediately destroy your records. The tracking force is NOT grossly out of line with what is normal for ceramic cartridges and early record players. (Some tracked at up to 10 grams!) Most ceramic cartridges should track at between 5 and 8 grams, and the Crosley Cruiser tracks at about 6 grams, which is a good thing, because it's not adjustable without a Dremel and/or some glue. This is the same type of weight and cartridges used in early record players and stereos at the beginning of the "Hi Fi" era. It's what my tube powered GE Trimline tracks at, and it can wipe the floor with a Cruiser. These ceramic cartridges with their 6 gram tracking force do wear records, and do so more than their magnetic 1.5 gram elliptical brethren do, but most of the of vintage records you're going to find still sound great after being played on players even heavier than the Crosley's tone arm" www.vinylengine.com/turntable_forum/viewtopic.php?t=114458&start=60#:~:text=Most%20ceramic%20cartridges%20should%20track,Dremel%20and%2For%20some%20glue.

Glad to hear it! Enjoy the music 🎵🎧

Great! Glad to help. Enjoy the music! 🎶 And

Turntables can be trial and error. It's hard to compare low end turntables these days to a decent turntable. In the past it wasn't as hard to compare when we didn't have digital music at our fingertips and cd players were non existent or expensive till sometime in the 90's and good quality turntables and cassette decks were quite expensive. In those days cheap turntables were a compromise and most people probably didn't know what a decent turntable sounded like.

@@ccadam I don't think that digital music is the problem it is more the fact that there is SOOOO much GARBAGE out there now and most people these days are willing to accept lower quality without complaining. I used to think the U-turn orbit was a good turntable based on the Reviews I had seen until I got to use a Demo Unit at my local record shop. Yeah it sounded okay but it felt like it was MOMENTS from falling apart and this was 2018 so this turntable couldn't have been more than 3 years old. Most of mine are 30-40 years old some were even HEAVY abused and NONE (EVEN the broken ones) felt this bad. NOBODY in the 70's or 80's would have accepted anything this poorly built and to be completely serious I have seen Vintage Turntables with the Ancestor of the Crosely Mechanism from the late 80 early 90's that were tighter and better put together than this thing even though they would've sounded worse there was a higher standard for build quality back then. The crazy part is about turntables today is that unless you want to pay a MINIMUM of $599 I don't think ANY modern turntables compares to a vintage turntable from 1972-1983 that cost more than $100 when it was originally on sale. So I will ALWAYS recommend Estate Sales and Thrift Shops over new to anyone lookin to get into Listening to Records on the Cheap. I recently bought a Turntable for $18 at an estate sale and if I wanted a new turntable that would be of the same level quality I would need to spend $4000 and yes it is an SL-1200 MkII and even though the SL-1500c and the SL-1200 Mk7 are well build and sound good their build quality is still below the MKII and it isn't until you get to the Sl-1200GR that you get a Turntable can matchup.

I think you may struggle to find one that fits the platter. They're much smaller than a standard turntable platter.

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No, it's supposed to be like that.

Time for an upgrade if you’re enjoying the process 🙂🎶

Should be a speed adjustment. See if there's a hole on the underside.

The records are scraping on the back get a platter mat.

10 inch is absolutely fine. Most ten nice records are 33rpm, but check the label just in case. Hope this helps 🎶🎧

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By a cord, I take it you mean the RCA output on the back to go to external speakers or a receiver? If so, you'll be able to get the right cable from Amazon or any store that sells electronics really.

Then you’d have the buy a new record player or turntable. The stylus is replaceable though

Have a look into the Audio Technica LP60x as a better starting point

Omg your a liar mine are just fine

I’m sorry I mad I am just frustrated. This worked completely fine a couple months ago maybe even two to one months ago, I come back to try to use it and it doesn’t work with brand new records.

I have this exact record player and it worked like this before according to this video but all of a sudden it just doesn’t wanna do anything and I have barely used it and I paid good money for it. It just makes me very upset and I am not sure what to do.

If it’s plugged in and not responding (the platter doesn’t spin for example), then it may be broken sadly. It’s hard to tell from your comment specifically what the issue is, but it sounds like there is no power for one reason or another

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Ur so cool dude

Yep, poorly made.

@@srdfgdfgdfgfdg555gets the job done

There is no worse than the average stereo system from the 70s 80s 90s, etc. They don't damage records They wear slightly faster, yes, but it take hundreds and hundreds of play.