When I was 10 a family friend gifted me a 1920s Columbia picnic gramophone, I now have a few hundred 78 records and 5 old machines. When I was 11 my granfarther brought me a inexpensive Philips turntable, I now have a few hundred LPs and a Thorens TD1500. My point? Everyone starts somewhere and a little turntable like this would be a dream to many young folk. It took me over 40 years to get the Thorens but I do have a suitcase player as well because I like it.
Thank you for the review and the info I've been scouring the internet and RU-vid for info on my vinyls I just got one of these and was told stay away from it it worked great for about 2 hours and quit so I have now 45 LP and can't play them so I did my research and got a set of Klipsch r15 powered speakers and a crosley c10 and will let you know how happy I am with it later thank you for all the information again
When I had a player which had a high tracking weight that could not be adjusted I used blue tack and half a dozen pennies stuck to the back of the tonearm. Then removed them one at a time until I was happy with the tracking weight.
en realidad si se puede cambiar es muy simple tnes que levantar el brazo y hacer lo que se hacia en los viejos reproductores de maleta un resorte atras algunos tiene el agujero y algunos no se lo pones y vas ajustando estas facilmente fuciona en 3 gramos pero no para discos con muchos bajos por saltaria
So help me understand something….. Why would anyone buy a suitcase record player on which you would NOT trust it to play your favorite or valued vinyl?? So, if it’s only good for thrift store vinyl, kids’ records, or records you don’t care about, what use is it?? How much enjoyment is there??
As always, thanks for going reviews like this. I guess we forget that newcomers to records are seeking guidance or thoughts. As you say, would not let any of my good stuff near one but like the idea of using one for 78's. All the best.
It won't hurt a 78, but if you want to hear your 78's properly then this is not the route to go. All records, including 78's, benefit from good quality playback equipment.
None of the suitcase records are good for 78's because they don't have a 78 needle unless you change the needle out but nobody ever does thinking it's OK but it's not
I really like the black and burnished gold. I wish that the people who got a suitcase player for Christmas would see this video. You explained things very clearly. (I was viewing some videos on suitcase players a few days ago, and a young person asked what the large piece spindle adapter was for. The young lady didn't know. I informed them what it was for.) You seem to have a bit of a cold. I suggest hot tea with lemon. One thing that was missing from your video is you didn't say, "Da Dum!" when you opened the lid! Anyways, have a good New Year's.
I just subscribed. I recently got a Crosley Cruiser Plus turntable for Christmas and have always had an interest in vinyl records and such but I never really got into it. I'm glad I found your channel tonight I'm looking forward to watching the rest of your videos sometime. Are there any tips and tricks you could suggest?
5:15 Sapphire stylus type needles WILL do damage to your records and I know this first hand. Especially if you record is styrene. Back in the 60s, I took back 2 copies of an ABC/DUNHILL Steppenwolf 45 due to excessive hiss, skipping and sticking. I bought a new sapphire needle because back then diamond needles were expensive. After the third trip, the record store owner informed me that the new needle was the culprit. He gave me a break on a diamond stylus, and my 45s played with noise or crude on the needle.
Love your videos. I have a Byron Statics suitcase turntable. I got it for my birthday which is December 20th. Some Lps sound good. Other sound terrible. Bily Joel piano man sounds great, when i play The Beatles red and blue Lps sounds horrible. The speakers sound very good. You can hear the bass sometimes. It has a diamond stylus, so it will last longer. I like suitcase turntables.
18:40 Audio Technica only rebrands turntables, but they make their cartridges, microphones and headphones themselves. Fun fact: there are certain brands that rebrand Audio Technica products too, like the Rega Carbon cartridge, which is actually an Audio Technica AT3600L.
Sorry for being so biased But I hate these plastic tinny sounding things and if it had a tone control it would just be a 100nf cap across the volume control so there wouldn't be any db boost only db cut, I think they are retched things, you can still buy restored real ones, yeah they would cost a pretty penny but you have to pay for quality and would be an investment (and as you said if the armature raiser doesn't go down just give it a push) such quality. You can try and polish (doggy doo doo) but it wont work. I repair vintage electronics if one of these come it to me for repair I would probably reject it!
Something occurred to me. Instead of looking like a suitcase, they look more like a briefcase (just my observation). That's my take on it. I remember back in 1977 my parents went to this person's house to buy a record player for $15. It ended up being a 1950s hi fi that had a metal stabilizer (that's what I call it; the part that holds the records down while elevated on the stack working in conjunction with the spindle), and the record player weighed quite a bit. It definitely had tubes in it. I remember getting shocked on the stabilizer part for some reason. It also had a metal tonearm. I certainly don't remember the tonearm being ridiculously heavy. I remember unplugging it after that. The thing that I'm not sure of is if it had a transformer in it, but I'm guessing it did. I also remember it having 4 speeds. I am thinking that the metal of the chassis was tied to one end of the line cord and back in those days they didn't have a larger neutral prong so it would have been tied to the hot side potentially, which is probably why I was getting shocked. I remember it having a great amount of bass but it was definitely mono. It was more the size of a suitcase when the lid was on it. It did have the carry handle but the hinges for it didn't open like a suitcase but was almost the size of one. Great review as always.
My Dad bought my Mom for Christmas in the early 60's a console stereo (tubes, of course). Westinghouse, mahogany, Italian Provincial. It was a monster. The volume control went up to 10, but we never put more than five or the dishes in the china cabinet would vibrate and the pictures on the wall would dance. Anyways, the Westinghouse had a metal tone arm and I thought it would sound better if I taped a nickel on top of the tone arm, which I did. I was maybe ten or eleven years old at the time and a budding audiophile .
I bought a Music Public Kingdom player . I wish it had 78 rpm . Would you still consider the MPK the best out of all the portable players ? Hopefully in 2022 we see a portable player that has it all at the $200 price range . I like to have them when I go to record shows or record hunting . I got inspired by my ole buddy Mack Steven @ I buy old records .
Enjoyed this vid as always I always watch all or most of your shows when I have time and will watch till the end you vids are getting better and better ,saw the last two most recent v ids loved them all ,and I was going to say these record players in my opinion are not too harsh on record I grew up with BSR type player thats all we knew had borrowed in the early 90's an album my father had from the early 70's wanted to make a copy it was not cared for but played a lot but I remember my father replacing stylus when playing this record it was worn out it sounded scratchy cause when stylus was going it sounded harsh but I believe since my father never replaced stylus as far I remember till that time any damage would most likely be from worn stylus I remember the new stylus he put on was a sapphire tip cause of its reddish hue and they have a short life I have the same BSR that my father had and fixed it up and put in a diamond stylus I know that some tracking was between 6 to 9 grams I did check tracking force on this one and it was at 6.30 grams but I was able to adjust this one down to 4.8 grams it plays fine I bought this one to remind me of my father he loved playing records and they were good times ,I also believe that a lot of these suit case players as you have seen com e with the sapphire type stylus and some people don't realize their short life thats where I think the damage is comming from not the tracking force cause I have p,layed other records of my father that were older on my system and they did not sound as scratchy as this album did but had a lot of scuff marks then ,ln those days growing up nobody told us about record care ,and on the sound of this record player to me it sounded flat I could hear the very low of no bass at all like a typical suitcase player no disrespect intended but I did see the base was on springs compared to crosley which is not on springs ,I would say to test if impedance is good is to hook it up to a true stereo system where you can adjust treble or bass you will hear difference ,being a ceramic cart they are very high on mid range an treble ,those small speakers are too small to get a good review on sound ,but I know if they came out with a superman themed suit case player I would get one and not worry about it damaging record ,always a big fan of superman and I collect any superman iltems when I can so this was a nother GREAT vid looking forward to your next one hoping you and your fam is safe and have a GREAT NEW YEAR!!!!!!! JRo
Great idea Adam ! I am sure Record ology will read this too....Maybe a video on why vintage turntables are a great way to go! Including Sony's and other brands! I know newer turntables and record players for entry level listeners is what this great channel is all about, so a video on some classic oness, that you sometimes see at thrift stores even! would be great too !
I'm looking for an all in one bookcase stereo system Something that has, CD, cassette, turntable,and possibly blue tooth I have a budget of Around $3500 and suggestions
A $3500 all-in-one? That's kind of a tall (and strange!) order. All-in-one stereos with all those features typically occupy the lower end of the budget spectrum, and are comprised of some pretty cheap hardware. Once you get past the $400 mark, you're not going to find much by way of an all-in-one. You're probably looking at a component stereo at a $3500 budget. Receiver (which will include an AM/FM tuner, amplifier, and probably Bluetooth). Turntable, tape deck, and CD will all be separate component items, and you'll probably have bookshelf or free-standing speakers. A home theater system typically combines the tuner, bluetooth, amp and optical player (it will be a DVD player, but those can also play CD), but you're still going to have separate tape deck, turntable, and (surround) speakers.
Portability seems like the main use here, but you still need an electric outlet. Since it runs on 5 volts, I wonder if one of those "cell phone power banks" would supply power long enough for an outdoor picnic...
I have this one. I know how to get the record spinning with phono (took me a bit), I'm trying to get it going in bluetooth. Paired to my phone. Connected my headphones to the phone... record won't spin. Anyone here that can help me?
Wow. 33 is running at 45 as you can clearly see. 6 grams tracking will destroy records very fast. You say the counterweight has springs ? Think you mean the subchassis. I would start again
Its lineout sends out a LOUD signal regardless of what settings you use making this pretty much worthless for anyone attempting to use it for sampling or well... anything... it also sends out ZERO lowend, again making this useless.
News flash it is not vintage look at the record payers that came out in the 60s & 70s thats what you call vintage like my bsr witch came out in the 70s and im using it today to play my records
