The BEST Turntable I've ever owned! Record player talk!
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- Опубликовано: 21 май 2020
- These are the turntables I own and use regularly. Some record players are better in different situations.
My Instagram: / ibuyoldrecords
My eBay: www.ebay.com/usr/mackari
Saw something about this channel on Reddit….I have no idea what he’s talking about but I love his personality and passion. 😂
I see that lap steel.
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Right after I type this and hit enter you picked it up. I play and build guitars and tube guitar amps, also mess with 1930s-50s tube radios and record players. Fun stuff.
I remember those Califone machines from my school days in the 60s to early 70s. The tube ones were the best! Big speakers in them. Once or twice, I saw the big ones come out. Those will really rock the house, especially for a transportable machine. Back in Colonia HS in the early 70s, there was a rack mounted system in a small locked room in the gym. Someone got in there one day and had some really good rock and roll playing, up loud. Fantastic sound in that gym. Given the time period, with school having been just finished in 1967, I will bet that it was a vacuum tube powered system. Never did get a good look at it. Probably long gone by now.
hello great channel i like vintage turntables i have a garrard rc88/4 turntable and i also have a audio technica atpl-120 which i found in piece in the street with califone turntables you can make the tone arm as light or as heavy as you want i have a teac a 4010 sl reel to reel and i have a realistic 8 track recorder deck and technics dual cassette deck and a 1200 watt surround sound panasonic cd dvd system plus 1200 33.3 rpm lp's and 1000 45 rpm records and 100 78 rpm records and 250 cassette tapes and 100 reel to reel tapes and 1000 cd's it is nothing like you have you top them all i really enjoy your channel it is lots of fun and educational and you are great to watch and wishing you all the best be safe and careful out there
Your Ion turntable actually has pretty decent cartridge.That is an Audio Technica AT-3600-L with an unmarked conical stylus. Millions of these have been sold worldwide over the years. They are installed on budget turntables from the factory but also come installed on higher end equipment. The specs on these cartridges is quite impressive and you get good sound on good quality equipment. In your case the cartridge may be better than the record player. They are not expensive cartridges.
That’s a beautiful turntable
What I use mostly is a modified Technics SL-1200 Mark II. It was modified by a gentleman here in NJ to have 78 RPM speed capability, and a damper for the tonearm. I use Grado cartridges on it. For 78s, I use a Grado 78C. A 78E is also available. The difference is conical vs elliptical stylus. It tracks at 1.5gr. Usually connected to either a Sansui AU-717 or a Marantz 2270. One of my 78s is a practically N.O.S. copy of Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away, on Brunswick. I got it from a gentleman in France several years ago, via the auction site. When I play that record with the aforementioned setup, it is very very close to CD quality, and certainly as good or better than any LP. That AT table you showed is an inexpensive copy of the 1200. Get a genuine SL-1200, and use that Grado cartridge. It will NOT be cheap, but it will sound great! The 1200 series DUAL turntables are good too.
Thanks. . great video! stay safe and well
Thanks, will do!
I want an old Russco, Collins or Harris broadcast turntable with a washing machine motor.
Being in a room that’s in a mess of 45s that’s my idea of heaven
It's a great feeling until I need to find something...
Right?! Haha the only thing is trying to find a 45 in there. Might be tough. But love him still
A record player like the one you’ve got Mack is a thing of beauty, a caliphone is very hard to find if not impossible i wonder if it is compatible with a modern high end amplifier and old tech minidisc burner
I would need to retrofit with a headphone jack or a mono rca out
I like to play my records on whatever type player was available when they were made. For example, if I have an early stereo record from the early 1960's, I will likely pull out the 1959 Motorola stereo record player. If it is a mono recording I will play it on the 1958 Phonola, or the 1957 Voice of Music record player. I like to play the mid 50's 45 records on one of my RCA 45 players. The original 45's from 1949 I would use one of my RCA RP168 players. Electrically recorded 78's I would play on one of my players from the 30's or 40's. Acoustically recorded 78''s I would play on one of the wind up victors or Brunswick Phonographs. Why, well because that is the machines those records were mixed and designed to be played on at the time. I have record players back to 1912. I also have more modern vintage gear from the 1960's and 70's. Since I restore vintage electronics and can service the record changers, I have no problem finding the right player. But as always the right player is what sounds best to you. I probably have 40 or 50 record players, and only a little over 6,000 records.
I have noticed this as well. I have an old RCA EY-6 and a 67 Magnavox Console that records of that era sound excellent on. My wife like 80's hair bands and such and I've noticed starting around the mid 80's they just doesn't sound right. I think its to much information for the vintage equipment to sort out. I have a relatively modern set up in the garage for that stuff so the neighbors can enjoy it too.....whether they want to or not.
Glad you said that. I found the same thing. I have an Admiral radio/record player from about 1947-50 that I play 78's on and early 33 1/3s. I have a 1950 RCA 45rpm record player/radio that sounds great for pre-stereo 45s. A 1957 RCA New Orthophonic record player that I play hi-fi and pre-stereo albums on and my first real stereo stuff... a Philips 212 electronic turntable, Marantz receiver and infinity QBs from my senior year in high school. I get so tired of hearing people say that the older record players will ruin you records. Not if you are playing records from the same era that the record player was made... they were made to go together. Even my 45 albums that were my dads and he only had the RCA 45 changer, are still glossy and still sound great. Use the right needle on the right player and you are fine and wow do they sound great. So rich and warm.
Okay, I have about 15 78s, make that 14. One just broke from me just talking about them! Which leads me to my sorta question. I see you flip through them like no worries. When if that was my collection, they would be breaking right and left. My favorite Nat King Cole Smioe record broke simply falling on the carpet forward when it was leaning against the wall. I notice your in North Texas and I'm on the coast in Corpus Christi... so is the dryer air better for them? Some of my gems are Little Richard, Long Tall Sally on Specialty, The Platters, Only You and Lowell Fulsum, Night and Day along with the other sides of course. I'm very gentle with records but I'm afraid to touch them! I also have Mack the Knife, and Shake Rattle and Roll.
Congrats on hitting 1000 Subscribers! Great video as always.
Thank you very much!
He deserves it. Vinyl for life! Southern beaus are fab!
Thanks for showing us around your stuff, i really enjoyed it. I completely share your view on how to play 78. No lightweight flimsy stuff. If I had a 78 cutting machine I would cut test records with frequency sweep and white noise to be able to properly test 78 rpm record players and tube preamps. Such test records are Nowhere to find.I build tube preamps and have searched for test record for 25 years... If you find one I'll buy it :)
I use an Swedish luxor from 1982. One amazing little thing and its perfect. One off Swedens best turntables they ever done.
Do you have any acoustic phonographs? Those have a great sound all their own.
Great video, Mack! Always got my eyes peeled for Califone and Bogen transcription players.
Great machines!
You are the guy that really "LOVES" music! Man, you are my idol. I love music and turntables too, The old school kind, the stackables.
QUESTION; i have a 50s Record Cutter (wilcox Gay) with a burnt crystal cartridge, been looking for someone who can fix the thing, perhaps turn it into magnetic as opposed to crystal...saw your rek-o-cut sittin there on yer desk and i thought maybe YOU might be able to steer me inna right direction...?
Love your videos ! From Québec, Canada.
Love the video Mack! Now, the million dollar question, what player do you use for DA Hunt?? :)
I've played it once, for that one I am content to play the reissue. I also made a copy of my 78 before I sold it
Hey, ever plug your guitar into that Califone tuber?
You are a character, bring a smile every time. Thanks 🙏
Thanks much!
I just found your channel. Are you a disk Jockey? Are you on the radio? You sound familiar. I'm 56 and still fascinated by 45s and 78's too. My Dad had a bunch of 78's. Plus 45's and 33 1/3 RPM records.
I do an internet radio show (everybody seems to now)on rockabillyradio.net called IN THE GROOVE. Check check it
@@IBuyOldRecords thanks! I like rockabilly too.
"Tracks 27 to 30 grams. So, yeah, I don't use it." LOL
Me with the chad Victor Victrola tracking nearly 100 grams
Another great video
Loved the video.☺️😁💕
My vacuum tube classroom record players after replacing a few capacitors have never quit on me, and sound amazing espically the 1964 Newcomb AV-7 :)
This guy gets it!
yep I love restoring vacuum tube players :)
My Newcomb R-12 from 1954 is one of my most prized players. I brought it back to life by adding the new sonotone ceramic cartridge and replaced all the caps I was amazed that all original tubes were good too. It has a unique maroon cabinet with a flocked platter instead of the typical tan cased models with a rubber mat.
my homemade records sound amazing on it too since the conical stylus mutes a lot of the background hiss from the cuts.
I'll dig my Newcomb from its shelf and hook it up soon, have a nice tube amp on the way to mate with it
I would love to see that in action. :)
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Got myself an Lenco L75 2 weeks ago. Best turntable i ever owned.
Fantastic equipment ! The three I’m running at the moment are HH Scott 17,( basic player but with 480A amp it does its job)LuxmanPD290 and Marantz 6100.I have boxed all my 78’s (with a few hanging on walls) because I moved from 78’s to LP’s some years’back.
Love your username!!
Do you still use it?
Sounds good to me for being cut on a 30's cutter.
Did you have to have the cutter head rewound on your K8? I picked a K8 up, haven’t messed with it yet. Just curious what all you had to do to it, beside having the amp work done.
Thanks Mack
Alberto Telo of Atomic Tube rebuilt it, did a great job! He's in Austin, I can get you his info. He's good people!
I Buy Old Records yes, send me his info when you have a moment. Thanks Mack!
I really njoi your video. I also own the Audio Technica and dislike it intensely. For starters the cuing has no damping. The table "cogs" when coming to speed at 78. And my 78's sound awful on it. It's sitting on a shelf in my closet. Good money spent on overly hyped b.s. equipment. Digging you.....!
Thank you for the tour. That audio Technica lp120 sounds bad because of the preamp. Even switched off it still runs through it. I bought one specifically for 78s. Every record sounded like I threw a blanket over my speakers. Sent it back to the factory (my expense) and was told it was I specs. There are videos of people gutting that darn pre amp but, I’m just gonna sell it and find something better. I liked the versatility of swapping the 78 cartridge out to a standard cartridge to play a 45 or lp.
Probably because the preamp is equalized for RIAA equalization while older 78’s are not equalized for that specification. 78’s on RIAA will sound like a wet blanket is on them. The fun thing is that different eras sound better with different EQ’s, so many ways to go with 78’s
@@jeb419 that makes sense, what doesn’t is that the 78s sound great, but LPs and 45s don’t. Very disappointed in the Audio Technica lp 120
Onteo that doesn’t make much sense, as you’d need a proper 78 stylus with a 2.5-3.0 mil. Diamond on it to play 78’s.
@@jeb419 And I have one, An ortofon Pro S cartridge with the 78 stylus mounted to it. The 78 Pro S is specifically made for shellack records. And I have another Pro S cart with a standard pro S stylus for LP's . The Concorde makes for easy swapping between records.
Mack: You use the Califone for 78s but is it also your turntable of choice for 45's and LP's?
yes, I do have a modern one but it is soooo finicky, and the old stuff sounds better on the califone
I would love to have that lap steel.Did you get it for a song and a dance ?
$90 I think
Yeah I've got the Technics 1200 that your audio technica was based on. It's a great turntable, but not so good for old 7", they just don't sound right. Berry Gordy used to sound test records through old car speakers because he realised that's where most kids would listen to his songs.
You get it!!
Ding ding ding. You totally nailed it, david.
You can improvise an adjustable tracking arm with Blu Tack and pennies. Tuppences if you're minted. I can't be the only one to have done this with those old portable box record players we used to find in junk shops.
Yes, that's a tried and true method.
Yeah, Audio Technica is a crap knock off of the Technics as far as I see. I have one and like it but I'm not very picky. Mine is more for mixing beats but my 40 or so LPS sound great too me. Of course audiophiles will cringe at my Reloop Concord stylus but, again, good enough for me.
Would love to get a turntable I can put my GE RPX-040 78rpm cart in.
I have an original Hank Williams Sr. Still in the plastic never opened. Are you interested
Not if it's an LP, only 45s and 78s for me. Thanks!
I might be depending on price..
Where the hell do you keep 30,000 records?
Everywhere!!
Thanks for the info. On RUclips when you hear music in the background, don’t you owe the artist a little something? I think you better take him out to lunch and buy him a beer or two. Royalties you know!
Oh yes, with 47 different 45/33/CD releases, I know about royalties, only received ONE check ever...