The best deal on the best-sounding record players these days is to get one of the "commercial" or "institutional" models that used to be made for schools and churches. The best of these brands is Newcomb which has the best build quality, but similar models were made by Audiotronics, Califone, and Hamilton. These models are usually 4-speed manual players with turnover cartridges that have the 3 mil stylus for 78s and a 1 mil or .7 mil for 45s and LPs. Some of the models also have speed vernier controls. They also have considerable electronic equalization that makes them much better sounding than the common consumer players. Here's a good example of an Audiotronics:
http://cgi.ebay.com/AUDIOTRONICS-338V-VARIABLE-SPEED-RECORD-PLAYER-WORKS-A_W0QQitemZ220302074193QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage_Electronics_R2?hash=item220302074193&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 Here's one of the smaller Newcombs: http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-NEWCOMB-SOLID-STATE-RECORD-PLAYER-MODEL-EDT-20V_W0QQitemZ260312311494QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVintage_Electronics_R2?hash=item260312311494&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1234%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318 These players are robust, highly portable, and easy to repair. And you can often get them for $50 or less on eBay. Greg Bogantz ----- Original Message ----- From: "buck Buchanan" <[email protected]> To: <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 12:16 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Player for 78 rpm records >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
