It really worked! I owned one for years. The cartridge and stylus were suspended by a tiny coil spring. I used to call it the "Jesus Christ Spring" because when you had to change the stylus, it usually flew out, and you were down on all fours on the floor mumbling "Jesus Christ, where'd that damn thing go..."
I can say I'm a proud owner of a Zenith microtouch 2G along with the circle of sound it came in and it actually works as advertised! I was cleaning a record and forgot to lock the tonearm and the turn table got bumped and the needle jumped on the record and slid to like the 3rd track and playing it back the record, it wasn't ruined didn't hear a pop every revolution so I can say this isn't false advertising. couldn't even find the scratch but there was already quite a few on the record if there was a scratch at all it would've probably been as deep as a surface scratch. quality goes in before the name goes on is right (at least at that time)
I like the fact that unlike the Admiral Flight Deck Console commercial I've seen, they don't hide the fact the record they're using is a Columbia in all its 60's glory.
I bought one of those in a garage sale man nothing Kranks.I’ve ordered and put new tubes in it two years ago and he lives in is in Pink Floyd do that thing now you won’t be the same
God! Those things were in everyones home back in the day. Those and pianos! I would like to find one in decent shape and bluetooth it. Would be awesomme
Zenith invented DJ scratching! That's really pretty impressive. I've always suspected that the Sebelius belt-drive changer shown was built, or at least developed, by Webster-Chicago (aka. Webcor); it seems to have similar a similar, but not identical, sensing mechanism to the 1950s Webcor models.
It was actually more like 20 watts RMS of clean power per channel. This was back in 1964 when there wasn't standardized power ratings, so the exaggerated power ratings were marketing hype.
60s is very beautifull but the peak of the sound quality came in 70s & 80s since then not a single improvement for the sound quality as about specs a bit better for the digital
I just got me one of these babies just now for just a steal of 20$ Cad. I don't need it and I am badly in need of money. But I will be damned to walk out of that deal .... so I paid the 20$ and it is working great ... anyone knows, how much it is worth? if in mint condition? thanks
You could put it on sites like Audiogon. The problem is upkeep. Idler wheels have to be custom made and sometimes tubes as well. Sometimes the electric parts can't be found and again have to be custom made.
If it's really got the belt-drive turntable (one of the first such changers) it's probably worth more than most consoles. If you emphasize that point, you'll probably get a good price for it.
@@diamonddave45 Olevia was manufacturing televisions in the USA for a short while in the early 2000's. I don't know if they are even still in business though. I used to repair televisions and got out of the business in 2008 when everything tanked, so I don't know what's going on anymore in the electronic world.
