The Victrola Ultimate Bluetooth Suitcase! Unboxing & Review! 

Good to hear!

How did you get it connected to your Bluetooth

@@Recordology hello, I was wondering if you saw my question? Is there a trick to get this to play on nest mini?

@@SJBarth he's ignoring you lol

I did the same thing. I watched the video over and over and over. I finally got it, this exact record player. It has really opened up a new aspect for music for me. Vinyls. I highly recommend this record player.

Hello! Could you please tell me which model you have? I can’t find one with BT out

@@daniellegonzalez7226 victrola.com/products/victrola-journey-bluetooth-suitcase-record-player?_pos=2&_sid=315fba75d&_ss=r

@@MatrixAlphaCWX thank you 🙏🏼

Thank you!

Very helpful

Can you please send me the link and which model it is? I can’t find one with BT out

Thank you!

How do you connect to Bluetooth out? My light blinks 3 times and stays solid. Won't connect to any speaker.

Great to hear!

Hello, could you send me a link to this model? I can’t find the one with Bluetooth out

@@daniellegonzalez7226 We just bought ours last night at a super Walmart 59 bucks

I got mine at Walmart

@@iwasalivejk7400 Recently?

I see it on Amazon but it looks like it’s only from 3rd party sellers that don’t have the best reviews. Besides that it seems they want $70-80 for it

Agreed.

@@Recordology they need to do that for the Crosley c100!

@timstrel1 did you ever figure this out

Hope you enjoy it!

Thank you! I have heard about the extras being omitted....not sure what’s happening there! Thanks for watching!

Record-ology Thx man! I actually exchanged my 8-in-1 for the one u reviewed here. It’s amazing and looks better in my living room. 🌟❤️

Sounds like a great gift.

Yes indeed!

Check out my recent video on skipping records.

Uh oh - possibly a defect?

I stuck a paper clip in there now it works just fine

How is the sound does it have little bass?

@@dJ.kNiGhT23 I have one and no it doesn’t have much bass

Good question - no. The line out can be used with any powered speakers or amp that accepts a line level signal.

I find them very comparable.

I've seen 'official' tracking specs for records listed at 4-6 grams, too - and the specs I saw listed were from the early 1950s, when LPs/45s were still comparatively new, and the vast majority of record players used crystal pickups (forerunner to modern ceramic). That said, there were an AWFUL lot of record players that easily exceeded these tracking forces - most of them portable types, similar in concept to these Skywin mechanisms. Indeed, I would actually characterize the Skywin mechanisms as 'gentle' compared to some of the older record players I've seen and used. 4-6 grams is the recommended tracking for most of these ceramic cartridges because they are not quite as natively compliant as their magnetic brethren, and the heavy weight helps them track properly. Once upon a time, there used to be fairly light-tracking ceramic cartridges - Zenith's famous 'floating' 2G players, for example - but I don't think it's economically feasible today to make such cartridges (especially given that magnetic types are commonly available, and still technically superior). Do they damage your records? Technically, no - HOWEVER, lighter tracking DOES make it possible for records to last longer than what the original specs estimated. I definitely agree with you that the major limiting factor regarding sound quality in these players is those tiny speakers. They're completely incapable of reproducing a reasonable level of bass. A while ago I did, as an exercise in idle curiosity, go inside a Cruiser, disconnect the internal speakers, and hook a set of small bookshelf speakers to the amp output to see if it sounded better. It did, though of course it demolished any hope of calling it 'portable' any longer. The output wasn't going to rattle the windows, of course, but it did deliver a fair bit of range and much more bass than the internals could ever dream of. But, of course, in players such as these (cheap, lightweight construction, etc.), any significant bass note would likely as not cause feedback through the cartridge. They could, of course, do more to acoustically isolate the speakers and/or player mechanism, and provide larger speakers, but we know that means more money. And some companies (Crosley, at least, and probably others as well) do offer somewhat more upmarket portable players that address these issues to a degree - the Crosley Collegiate, for example, sports a magnetic cartridge, better speakers, more robust amplifier, a bit more solid construction, etc.

So it really isn't that a company wants to or doesn't want to or cant avoid the ceramic cart - but like I said in the video - the target customer doesn't care. This allows the sale price to be in the range of an impulse buy for most people. As for tracking force - I don't have the source in front of me right now. A lot depends on the type of stylus. An elliptical stylus obviously needs to track lighter than conical.

@@Recordology My point still remains. There is NO company out there that isn't out to make money. And one way they all use to minimize costs is to use the cheapest materials they can find. Hence, the plastic ceramic Chuo Denshi cartridge and stylus. Yes, as I clearly stated, this is for kids and those on a budget--which is exactly part of the point that you were making. I think actually we're more in agreement on this than it seems that you want to admit. And for those impulse buyers--many of them don't watch channels like yours, anyway. So if they're not watching you in the first place, then why would them being impulse buyers be a concern for you? It would logically seem that you would want to focus on your target audience: those who like to know what's out there, so when their kids or others that they know want to get into vinyl, they can steer them in the right direction--which I know is why you started the channel in the first place.

@@xaenon Good info!

@@7JANEWAY well I kinda disagree with that last point. I’m only here because I’m an impulse buyer

I purchased it today! Check out Walmart online

They still sell it amzn.to/34xPHft

@@dezigirl96 @Record-ology thank you!

victrola.com/products/victrola-journey-bluetooth-suitcase-record-player?_pos=2&_sid=315fba75d&_ss=r That’s the exact one. Make sure it always says “dual Bluetooth”

Very strange......I have hard of this.....might have to get it replaced unfortunately.

Well they are both corundum but one is red and one is blue :)

Check the link in the description.

Check out our cartridge videos for more.

On this yes - in theory....

Im sorry Im not sure.......I no longer have it.

VWM-100SB

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I believe that is the Victrola Pro?

@@Recordology it is! Thanks! :D

Victrola Pro VPRO-2000

@@Recordology When is the review on that coming?

There were a couple that could do it for 2-3 years now including the Crosley T300 - interesting feature but puts another DAC process in the mix of an otherwise analog process...

@@Recordology Yeah. Especially on an entry-level turntable an additional dac and BT controller pushes up the price quite a bit. Strangely there are almost no stand alone devices where you can just put a headphone jack in and connect Bluetooth devices to play both to and from things. Like a device that can both send and receive audio, a two way wireless connection. Especially since every mobile phone has a BT sender and many good headphones have a BT receiver built in nowadays, this would be very useful. I didn't know about the Crosley T300, I suppose they were way ahead of their competition!

Nope, not made by Crosley - in fact Crosley doesn't make suitcase players.