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.
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
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. RU-vid still content ID'd the original song.
@@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
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!
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.
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.
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'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'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!.
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 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.
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.
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! 😄 👏
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.
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.
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! ;)
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.
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.
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.
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. :)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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"
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)...
VWestlifeI I was wondering about this unit I saw the review for the other mpk suit case turntable that one was a excellent review I had my eye on that model and was impressed on its build it looked good and thanks to your review you confirmed what I thought that it was apretty good unit hoping to get one soon always wanted a suitcase type of record player cause how we use to have these type in school but when I saw this model I thought this does not look like a good player and as usual you came through again i love how you dissected this machine figured out what was wrong with it and made it better ,I mean the people who designed this could not see how it worked ,do they have yahoos working there who can fix the bugs that you easily fixed , I'm sorry but I believe in taking pride in what ever you do even when you work for somebody and the big bucks don't come your way ,do these manufacturers think we are dumb plus I worry about the record scratching everytime it slides in or out,but just wanted to say again this review was INCREDIBLE!! I always check to see your next video they are very informative hoping you the best for the coming New Year JRo
I’d like to buy one of these just to see how far I could potentially improve it. I also have an unbranded Crosley Cruiser clone to do the same with, and a Crosley Revolution that I plan on rebuilding from scratch. I like the idea of a portable record player, just one that isn’t utter crap. 🤣
