I've done this and it's a fun and worthwhile challenge, but quite difficult to assure success. The parts can be found, but...
- the kits are usually expensive when they do turn up - the installation is hard to perform properly, even if you are quite adept and have the excellent reprinted original installation instructions - the records don't usually play very well (skips, low volume, poor sound quality), which is why the system failed in the marketplace in the first place - the LP reproducers, when you find one, usually have bad stylii, and replacements are $$$ - if you only have one Edison LP, just play it on your regular modern turntable and stereo, and be happy, unless spending $600 or more is worth it to hear one record. in my own case, i had obtained 3 LPs at a reasonable cost, and found the kit and a good reproducer priced reasonably as well, so it was worth it as a hobby exercise. what record do you have? ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Re: [Phono-L] a cheap Idelia?????/Anyone know about converting a DD phono for Long Play? From: "Robert Wright" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, February 8, 2006 12:15 pm To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- That's a shame... Maybe some of us just needed a nap. ;-) By the way, does anyone know where parts can be had to convert an Edison BC-34 Diamond Disk console phono into Long Play compatible? It sure would be cool to put a disc on a mechanical player and not change it for 24 minutes. I even have one LP DD I got from Les Docks years ago (if you have his American Premium Record Guide, it's the one he used for the picture of the 24-min LP DD label). Pretty neat, though probably gonna be expensive. Any ideas? Best to all, r.
