Just FYI, the hackers have figured out how to bypass the encryption on the Country Crock lids. You now need to upgrade to the $39.95 "I Can't Believe It's Not Butter" privacy protection package.
He's right... August 15, 2018 at 11:29 am He signed for this box in a known location. Which I won't disclose ;) Stop posting your barcodes! You too Brad! :P
I enjoy hearing the stories about the gospel radio station. It sounds like the station I worked at back in the early 90's everything was old, tube and well beyond it's life expectancy.
Gospel AM station= Synonym for old, worn out, abused equipment one failure away from FUBAR (Fouled up beyond all repair). Latin, Gospelus Cheapskatus!!!
Dear phononut, I have 2 of the RCA one-time wonder 45 rpm changer phonos, and in one of your videos you showed an FET preamp that could be built and added, for more gain, it is simply powered from the 25L6 cathode. I had gotten new cartridges from Voice Of Music but of course the output was a bit weak and thin. I built two of the prramps and added them to the phonos and my word do they sound great now. I even connected the little pink RCA to an Infinity Studio Monitor speaker I had just rebuilt, and was amazed at what that 25L6 could do with the proper drive! Thank you so much and I remain a forever subscriber.
I enjoy your's and shango's video's I hear ya about part's nowaday's. Back in the day i used to be able to just run down to radio shack for part's and get thing's repaired the same day in most instances.But no more radio shack. nowaday's you got to order all the part's online and wait and some places you have to have a minimum order grr such a hassle getting part's nowaday's if you can get them.It seem's now everything is made to be thrown away not be repaired and people don't want to pay anything for all your time knowledge and effort to repair their stuff what a sad throwaway world.
stuart fleming On the plus side, you can order an amazing array of components and parts these days. I can take on projects I never would have thought possible. I keep a ton of junk on hand, though.
Jay Leno said to his mechanic. Is it my imagination that we have to completely rebuild everything I buy that has been "restored"? His mechanic said. Its true all the restorations we get are worthless.
Leno's a perfectionist, that's why. Other people restore things to what they can reasonably afford. Doesn't make them worthless (except to perfectionists). Leno would crap his pants over the way RTVP Nut drilled the plastic tonearm to accept a modern cartridge.
LOL! @ 10:05..."POKEY POLKEY pokey!, LOL! GREAT test record!...EGADS! a 400V & 450 V filter replacements! YIKES! I like the way you neaten up and fix things RIGHT when you do work on stuff! @ 21:45..."Pokey Pokey Pokey" again! Yeah, ALL vintage stuff SHOULD be DOUBLE-boxed with packing material between the 2 boxes! I ALWAYS REQUEST double-boxing when I buy on E-bay.OH MY GAWD! You got a Mrs. Miller record! My "friend" that sold all my stuff used to dress up in drag for a joke & perform her songs all the time at a local Bar & it was hilarious!!! He always sang "Lets Hang On" by Mrs. Miller. I have the album & on it she covers the 4 seasons, the Beatles, Nancy Sinatra, and several others! @ 48:45...ANOTHER GREAT JOB restoring that Beam! It sounds better with the tone all the way to the "Bass" side, though, LOL! @ 51:00...That arm & cartridge looks & sounds a LOT better anyways! That Symphonic from Shango's DEFINITELY a keeper! It really turned out nice & yeah, I like the look of it, too!
Back in 1962 we moved to town to a small rooming house. There was a kitchen/living-room combo, 1 bedroom, and on the other side of the house a second bedroom, where I slept with other folks who had beds in the large room. Not much of a place but better then the street I guess. The folks bought us a record player, my 2 sisters were in high school, I was still in the 5th grade. The player we got looked very much like that one, but it was a bit higher grade with a changer. One of those deals through Sears that came with 100 FREE records! All 45 RPM, and only a few that anyone had ever heard of. One was "Hello Mother", another "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", which my father (a 1910 model) hated with a passion, and another comic song "My little old shack in Minneapolis Minnesota. Funny the things you remember when you are a kid. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H6YRDJ71K30.html Thanks for the memories! 73's KE0JBL
What if she would have done an album "Mrs Miller sings Motown". That would be one hilarious album 😂😂. Can you imagine her singing "ain't too proud to beg"🤣🤣🤣🤣
I can't believe this arrived in one piece (more or less - tube excepted). The last major item I received had broken through the box (and was damaged, of course.) Your and Shango's Post Offices must be gentle. (Never mind the ones between...)
Simply love your videos. These phonographs are like 50’s SciFi movies. The only reason to have or listen to one is to prove the datum “so bad it’s good”. Mcintosch and Audio Research should be quite concerned about losing market shares to technology such as this. Harmonic distortion was lowered to 96% with the advent of this model. Setting a new standard for others to _descend_ ascend to. I cannot imagine hifi can get better than this.
I'd find it a waste to pay $39.95 for a Country Crock privacy protection device. All it is, is a lid from a tub of Country Crock, which is probably only $4.00. The lid is probably only 10¢. Your friend, Jeff.
The one tube Motorola that I had when I was a kid was so loud as years went by the volume too many I would either replace the tube or the needle but I was just a kid and I should have known to take it to hop Johnson he would have either recapped it or put a cartridge in it but he would have definitely made it work like it should have one tube wonders forever
That's the first record I'd buy if I owned a shop in San Francisco. It would be playing through the PA system all night. No one would be sleeping in that doorway, unless they just shot through a month's supply of black tar.
We have a ice cream /Quickie Mart chain in the Cincinnati area call United Dairy Farmers or UDF. They had issues with people hanging out and panhandling in front of their Avondale location. They did exactly what you suggested except they used real classical music 24/7. No one loitered in the parking lot or in front of the store after that!
I got Shango’s address years ago. I sent him a three pronged whatchathermorevobulator. He was happy. I have to tell you, I’ve got 6 or so years left of videos to go so you may see a lot of comments telling you: I love your videos. Now, that don’t mean I want to go dancin’ in the moonlight. It means I genuinely like your work, expertise, experience, and I appreciate your rants and when you get upset and I agree with you nearly 100%. So, just keep on!! Thanks for a great video!!
Nice, I esp. like the Symphonic you got from Shango066....very nice ! Looking fwd. to seeing the wireless Philco playing again ! Good work as always ! Dave in Mich.
Just kidding! It’s just the song called “Pokey Little Puppy” by the Sandpipers with Mitch Miller and his Golden Orchestra from the 1950’s. Based off the Little Golden Book of the same name. I found the entire song here. It’s kinda short, but it runs a minute in a half. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-toiL_saXE3w.html
Another good repair video. Always learn something new, this time in addition to the electronics, I learned that if we are ever invaded by Martians with the huge green heads to have a Mrs. Miller album ready to play.That will surely make their heads explode! :)
I wonder if the guy that did the "repairs" to this was the same Radio Shack butcher that screwed up an STA-2500 for me several years ago. He replaced the wrong chip so rather than leave it and just repair the bad one, he took out the one he wasn't supposed to "fix" and put the original back in! THAT can never be done unless you are the luckiest solder slinger on the planet! The receiver worked but as soon as you turned it off it would forget all of the pre-programmed stations. Oh, and Radio Shack claimed he never touched that part....wonder why they are out of business now? Yeah, I think this is the same guy.
You know up here in the Dakota's where most everyone talks "farm talk" we know what serviced means. If you have a cow who was "serviced" it means she had a successful visit by a bull and is with calf. Thus if we see something on Ebay that says "serviced" we assume that the item is much like the cow, well f___ked.
Don't feel bad I've got a newer that I call a 1980s BSR changer with the that stylus that the cartrage likes to crack and fall out I've got its got stotchtaped in and it works fine. I have a very old philco 78 only and The Stylus and the cartridge on it are made together very heavy duty can't wait to see if it works
I once bought an old trumpet off of ebay and they didn't pack it just taped it up and sent it off.I couldn't believe it.I collect old trumpets or some in nice shape I can resell provided the shipping and handling charges are lower than the buy it now price.
Don’t ever trust United Parcel Smashers to deliver a poorly packed electronic item in one piece. They drop kick and play salugi with these items and throw them from delivery trucks to the concrete pavement
49:10 Have you tried wiring the L and R in series, to double the output voltage, as in .. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-How4eMma9f8.html
I definitely miss our local electronics store. It disappeared about10-15 years ago. Now we’re stuck with... waiting and paying for shipping. 2 of my least favorite things.
Glad you didn't let him get away with the shipping material..lol I was waiting to see your video as I watched his video on packing it to ship to you this way to get a rise out of you, and internment value. Thank you for your video making, I can't help but learn from you. very best.. Leo k1zek
Nice player from "Shango066". Thankfully, you replaced it with a tonearm, because the white tonearm doesn't track well. My GE Show 'N Tell" had that with no mounting bracket and screws. But it's a great idea if I can find a busted record player that has a metal tonearm, it will fit well with the GE Show 'N Tell to avoid skipping with bass intensive records for 12" singles. I can try eBay to find a record player where I can use for parts only.
