I'd check eBay for a Caliphone. Do your homework. You can't kill them, you can vary the speed (most have strobes). I like the later stereo ones and 78s sound fine on them. Mike
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 9:16 AM, buck Buchanan <ret.armysgt at yahoo.com> wrote: > I need some help in finding a "cheap" record player that will play the 78 > rpm records. > I have an Emerson and I have also looked at the Crosley and both of them > just don't cut it. > They use the same needle for the 78's and for the 33's and the 78's sound > awful and it not because they are dirty because I have cleaned the records. > My biggest problem is that I am a disabled vet trying to live on $1,000 a > month. > so I don't have much to pull from in the way of money. I know my in laws > want to buy me something but I can't ask them to spend hundreds of dollars > on this. does anybody know of a cheap player on the market that sounds good! > And where can I find it. > Thanks Bill > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >

