Realistic stereo & cartridge replacement in a BSR turntable (crappy modern cartridges) 

Crosley's scare me Jason, to think they actually make Jukebox's as well that's even more scarier

In fact a particular BSR model made in 1984 is the father of the actual turntables made for the crosleys

voice of music

I haven't seen one in years.They aren't cheap like they were 20 years ago.I had a number of them from the sixties through the mid to late '90s.

I have a SONY HP-258 System with a BSR C141R1 Turntable I literally found that someone had put on the curb with a bunch of trash for bulk trash pick up. I snatched it up of course. All it needed was a little cleaning and grease, mechanically it works perfect and looks almost new. The left channel is half as loud as the right, but it still sounds good. But I sure wish I knew where to find a replacement cartridge, as I'm pretty sure that's the reason for the low channel volume.

plausible

radiotvphononut is there a magnetic cartridge thst will fit the bsr turntables that originally had the ceramic cartridge?

There's a screw at the underneath rear of the tonearm right near the wires to have to adjust. You may have to turn it clockwise or counterclockwise slightly. It's similar to the stylus pressure adjustment screw in the front of the tonearm.

You should check the make of cartridge, and try to match it up @ voice of music.com to see if its still being made. If its a ceramic or crystal cartridge, you may be shit-outta-luck, and purchase an inexpensive Pickering magnetic cartridge from e-bay and take it from there, since many Realistic all in one systems use Shure cartridges in their original OEM.

Check eBay, bud. They put BSR changers in almost everything back in the day. There's almost always at least one or two up for auction. You might get some static from the 'audiophiles', but they aren't nearly as bad as a lot of snobs think they are. And they are reliable as hell.

i got mine from a seller on ebay

Hi Gary I believe it's a Tetrad T2MD or T3MD. The needle types are M853-DS73 (short cantilever) and M854-DS73 (long cantilever).

***** I've used an emery board on the outer edge of BSR idler wheels as well. They work equally good as fine sandpaper. Once I did that, I applied Rawn rubber cleaner to the whole idler wheel (top, side, bottom) and let the stuff absorb/penetrate the wheel for 15-20 mins. Worse case scenario, you can send your old idler wheel to thevoiceofmusic.com for a newly rebuilt one.

yes, just look the Zenith variants, which used the longer cantilevers and used only 2 grams of vtf, the results were awesome

Thank you for the reply, Julio. Sorry I took so long to respond; RU-vid's notification thing seems really hit and miss and I only stumbled across the video again today.

Yes, once you clean off the old grease on the cycling gear and re-lube the inner track with white lithium grease. Don't forget to remove the trip pawl, clean off old grease on it, and re-lube that piece with 3-in-1 oil and the post it stays on. Also, you need to remove your thrust bearings/washers from the base of the spindle. Clean and remove all of the old grease inside and out, re-lube the entire bearing assembly with white lithium grease, and clean off all old grease by the cycling gear post and spindle post. When re-installing the cycling gear when you pull switch to AUTO, make sure the trip lever extends directly over the thrust bearing/washer assembly or else the platter gear will miss the trip lever and not engage the cycling gear. Turn the gear slightly clockwise til the lever is in the said position.

Sweet. I want to get a project like this going, but my wife made me promise her I wouldn't get any vintage electronics until we get a house next year, but I do want to keep an eye out for one these bookshelf systems.

depends on tracking force

Interestingly in '80 or so I saw a BSR changer identical to the one in my Emerson table top stereo I got for Christmas '78 (age 13) and it seemed to have even the same Tetrad ceramic cartridge but way better frequency response.

The late 60s JVC and Panasonic cartridges were fairly compliant unlike some good sounding Crystal cartridges with the stylus cantilevers lacking any rubber on the end that is screwed down. Those had to have been pretty stiff and hard on any record.

***** Would you mind pointing me in the right direction for upgrading a BSR (Realistic Clarinette 92) from the ceramic cartridge to a magnetic one? I like my vintage all in one changer despite it being a lower end model, but I would like to reduce the tracking weight of the arm by switching to magnetic to preserve my records from unnecessary wear. What do you mean by upgrading to the tubular tone arm? Is that straight forward to do? I also know that I'll need an amp as the volume will reduce, but will I need to change anything with the wiring inside the console if I make this switch to magnetic?

Replace them with a Shure or Pickering phono cartridge and you will be very happy you did, since many of these BSR record changers came factory equipped with Pickering or Shure phono cartridges as well.

+bbman2011 - "Stoned Soul Picnic" by The Fifth Dimension.

That's Floyd Cramer "Last Date" i think was the title.

These don't use belts. They're driven by that idler wheel you see at 1:18, in the lower left-hand portion of the 'dished' area.

Birmingham Sound Reproducers. These were made in Birmingham, U.K.