Just be careful of what you see out there. I just got one which was described as having variable speed (besides 7/45/etc), which was what I really wanted - and it has no such thing!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Bogantz" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2008 2:12 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Player for 78 rpm records > 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: <[email protected]> > 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
