Hi, I have heard that the Webcor portable phonographs from the 1950s do a good job. They have a flip-over or turnaround needle and I think styluses and cartridges can still be found. I've offered to help a friend restore his Webcor Holiday (someone previously tried to fix the turntable and failed and junked it, so now I'm looking for a replacement, if anyone has just that mechanism).
Chris buck Buchanan 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 > >
