My Technics SL-1900 from 1977 is a fully automatic direct-drive turntable. And the non-Bluetooth version of the AT-LP60X is currently around $145, which is a substantial increase compared to its original price of $99 when it was first introduced in 2019, but obviously the price of almost everything has increased since then due to supply line shortages, production delays, and inflation.
I've actually got the bluetooth version of the LP60X and I tend to mix up the playback with wired and wireless. It pairs brilliantly well with Logitech's Bluetooth Adapter and the Audioengine B1. Although I've found over the last month or two, that the automatic descent of the tonearm appears to be a bit faster than it was, which can't really be great for the needle. This can be compensated for, by pressing in the up/down button, moving the tonearm over to the run in groove by hand, and then very gradually releasing the up/down button. I've kind of adapted myself to doing that now, but it does mean lighter contact onto the record.
Fully automatic turntables with a start button and a stop/auto return button are my favourite, but semi-automatic ones that return the tone arm at the end of the record to its cradle are fine too.
Sony PS-X55 is a direct drive quartz locked fully automatic turntable I own and was new in the 1980's ........ I always liked Direct Drive over belt driven.
Back in the 1950s and 60s, there were changers that could actually determine the record size automatically without the user having to set a lever. However, this convenience came with the lack of the ability to fully repeat the record. Without a record waiting on the spindle ledge, the changer thinks the record on the platter is a 7 inch. The old Collaro/Magnavox changers were fun to watch, as the tone arm would tap the stack before dropping the record to determine its size. Record changers had their origin in the days of 78 RPM singles, which played only up to 3 minutes per side.
some time in the mid 2000s as a kid I was gifted this tube player that was off-white with an olive green lid maybe military. It had the over arm but in adition to that there was also this thing up in the corner with this beek looking switch thing that the records would flick
I love the LP60X. I tried more expensive turntables, but had issues with Denon and Fluance. The LP60X just works and sounds good enough for my purposes.
What did you forget the phono amplifier or . You must have one if you do not have a built-in phono amplifier on your amplifier. Or if you think that the sound is not good enough with the one you have in your amplifier
9:55 Wow, Record-ology, even as someone who has had record players/turntables for most of my life, I learned something new today. I didn't realize that if the stacking arm was moved to the right, above the tone arm cradle area, it would act as a repeat button in essence because the turntable would keep repeating the single record while thinking that there were more records in the stack to be played. That's a very useful function indeed for those automatic stacking turntables. I have repeat buttons on a number of my fully automatic direct-drive turntables (made by Denon, Sony, and Sansui), but it's great that the repeat feature is also available on stacking turntables, but in a more mechanical way by moving the stacking arm.. :)
yep I learned this on the fisher that I got from my bus driver as a thank you gift for fixing her combination VCR/DVD player when I was in college in 2017. This was my first stacker in a really long time, and I had fun getting it working again. I come from a flea market background so I got into records early on as a kid in the early 2000s and have gone through a few players over the years including a green and off-white maybe military tube player that stacked from the 50s, I'v owned all kinds of them. Califones, sears all-in-ones, fisher price suitcase my first player, new all-in-one wood consoles, a silvertone massive console we were given, technics, duals, you name it
I've had the pleasure of enjoying a record changer during my childhood/teen years, plus my parents had the nice walnut-wood furniture console stereo system with record changer, cassette or 8-track (I forgot which tape format theirs actually had in it), it also had an AM/FM radio of course. I am seriously thinking of getting either the LP60X or equivalent in automatic turntable. I appreciate your informative videos very much, even if I am familiar with automatics, I still like keeping up-to-date on the latest advancements of this cool ''technology''.
Pro-Ject now produce a very reasonable fully automatic turntable with an Ortofon magnetic cartridge and they state the automatic mechanism does not have an impact on the sound.
Caught up with this today. I have my beloved Trio/Kenwood KD 1033 manual turntable up in the bedroom, but downstairs we have a Sony PSLX300usb fully automatic turntable for albums and Rich's BSR automatic changer turntable for singles. I have over 100 1960's singles and Rich has over 200 1980's classic rock singles. Playing them on a manual or a fully automatic turntable where you have to get up every 3 minutes to change the single is a pain...hence the BSR changer deck. Manual vs. automatic, I love my manual Trio deck Rich likes the Sony fully automatic deck, but we both prefer the BSR for playing singles. I would die for your Technics though🙂.
I have a fully automatic direct drive linear tracking Lab series turntable that I got and restored to working condition in 2019 It was manufactured some time between 83-85? the only belt driven part in it is what moves the head back and forth. It is a very quiet machine and even more now that I got a felt mat for the platter. I had a lot of fun restoring it and learning and getting it working again! It needed to be relubricated and I also replaced the one carrage belt. With a brand new needle it sounded perfect The speed stability on it is fantastic. quartz cristal locked!
In the 80s there were also record players with CD functionality, so you could select a song by pressing a number button Techmoan Has shown such record players on his RUclips channel
There are a number of Trimicron disks with nearly an hour of music per side, and also a Radio Shack recording that is 45 minutes per side featuring Arthur Fielder and the Boston Pops Orchestra, meaning that it isn't necessary to turn the record so often. These are available on Discogs at various prices depending on condition of the records.
Among other things, Sharp had a record player that could play both side A and B automatically. Without having to turn the disc over. Then Sony and Pioneer had record players that resembled a laserdisc player
You reviewed the Insignia turntable and I bought one. It is not automatic or even simi automatic but the cartridge can be changed or upgraded. Where the LP60 cannot be changed. It also has the Bluetooth with a volume control. A nice added feature. Keep up the great reviews!
Fun fact is,this is a rare occasion where the flipside of the platter used in many,many,many chinese made turntables is shown. And not one of this plethora of turntables is actualy using the strobe marks (for 60Hz and 50Hz) for manual pitch controls...
If you look on the innside of these record players, they have all the same drivetrain with minor differences, feedback monsters over 75db or subsonic if you have sub, never seen someone go back to this when they try a entry turntabel, ever.
I want to be a collector. My Grandparents gave me an old Daytona audio system. Not sure how old it is but it has a BSR automatic player. I love all the mechanics in it. Those players were true works of art.
I have a techniques sl235 that I'm listening to right now with another reader's digest box set I know they say you shouldn't stack your records but it sure is nice to drop six of them on the spindle and walk away.
I have at least one fully manual turntable, a high-end Denon DP-1100 direct-drive turntable, but honestly, it spends most of its time in a box in a closet because it's just not as convenient as a fully automatic or semi-automatic turntable or record player.
I had an AT-LP60 for maybe the last 8 years. This year finally upgraded and got a Rega Planar 2. Surprise surpise they have the same cartridge! (AT 3600L seems to be a Rega Carbon). I just set it up today!
Rega actually used the AT91 cartridge; this is the version of the 3600 cart. that uses a higher compliance stylus which tracks at around 1/75 - 1.80 grammes. The arm has a collar around it that you push the counterweight up to, and that sets the tracking. If you try a 3600L styli, you'll probably find it skips quite a lot, and is probably damaging the record by mis-tracking at too light-a weight; the 3600L is designed for around 3 - 3.5 grammes.
Your channel is pretty cool. I came across it while researching record players for my airbnb. I hope its ok to ask for advice here. I have been looking at the Crosley Coda, Crosley Rhapsody, and the Crosley Scout Turntable. I have seen your reviews on the first two but was hoping you could help me in comparing these as far as quality and which might be best for the situation, an Airbnb. Obviously looking for not too pricey, decent sound, easy to use, bluetooth and some style. Also are these considered automatic? If not is there an affordable automatic that looks like any of these? Seems like automatic might be best for beginner users. Any advice would be great. Thank you. And great channel.
I barely use the start/stop buttons when playing records. Neither do I use the cueing button, I like placing the stylus at the start of the record or at a specific track by myself, fortunately my hands are not too shaky. Despite that, I really like that the motor starts spinning when moving the tonearm and the auto-return feature.
You’re definitely right on all points. I actually had an angels horn manual turntable with an adjustable counterweight, and an anti-skate weight, but I found all that a little bit too hard to mess with. Besides, I was worried that I was scratching a record every time I went to play it. So I decided to get an automatic. I have the Sony PSLX 310 BT, which I initially heard about through Rolling Stone magazine, as it was a recommended turntable by them. However, I think I would like your opinion of this turntable. I know that it is limited and speed selection, but I represent the mass market in most cases. I don’t play 78 RPMs or for that matter, records recorded at 16 RPM. But what do you think of Sony’s entry into the automatic turntable market?N
@@Recordology if you would, please do a full review of this. Perhaps you can tell me some things about it that I don’t know. I happen to be totally blind, so I haven’t yet gotten the user manual in a format that I can read. But I have it mostly figured out. Also, I would like to know what I can do to reduce the likelihood of the automatic mechanisms failing. This is my first automatic, and I hope it will be the last. I really don’t want to replace it every five years.
Would have been great if you had shown an actual stack of records cycling through on the fully automatic deck, I sure many people have never seen it in operation before.
There are definitely Direct Drive automatics. Denon D 47F springs to mind as well as the Sansui xr-q7, but Yamaha has some in their P550 and P750 and similar models. There's also the automatic linear tracking turntables from Technics (SL-J series), but also from manufacturers like Sanyo, Sharp, Sony, Grundig etc. .
Seeburg 1000 records are NOT compatible with 'stack' mode of automatic changers. Seeburg 1000 records are 9" in diameter, and with only one exception I'm aware of, changers are all set up for common sizes - 7, 10, and 12". You can still use the changer to play the Seeburg 1000 records in single-disc, semi-auto mode (You have to cue the record by hand, and the automatic return/shutoff will work normally). The only exception to this that I'm aware of is the Magnavox MicroMatic units made between 1963 and 1967, as they have an auto-detect feature that actually will recognize and properly cue odd-sized records. And for this specific feature, those changers are somewhat sought after.
Best you can easily find: Dual 1019, 1219, 1229. Popular and practical: Garrard 2025, SL-X, AT6, AT60, Lab 40, Lab 55, Lab 65. Good: Collaro/Magnavox; also found under a few other names such as Curtis Mathes. Passable: Voice of Music (V-M), also sold under almost every other name in the 1960s. Poor: BSR and Glenburn. Borderline: Tenva and BIC. Awful: Crosley Stackomatic. You will need to learn to identify some of these by their general design.
I had the 1019 dual in 2017! I do miss it but not a whole lot as some of the auto features were kinda querky at times. I was in college at the time and did need to sell it. It was fun restoring though. I now have two lab series players, one of them is linear tracking I restored in 2019, the other one is belt drive woodden still needs some work. I also have a philips more professional turntable that needs work
I would you to review the crosley Lewis retro radio it’s a replica of a 1950s Crosley radio alarm clock they sale them on Amazon for around $80 it’s a vary cool alarm clock radio
I think H.K made a couple? I currently own 2 from Harman kardon My suspicion is youed need to spend over $500 on a new one to out perform either of em! the one to avoid From H.K..was known as the rabco turntable,. its problemmatic! My 2 H k..are both from the late eighties Soniclly sound better then a helluva lot of em do to this day!.Micro Seike (the watch company Designed them supposedly?) & yes they go for a lot of Green.rare!... As mentioned above avoid the rabco model its really a bear to set up, unless you know someone that has knowlodgeable acurite experience with them & no( I dont mean Michael Framer of absolute sound ha-ha) ..last but not least have you come across any H.k.? always enjoy you David!
I run the audio through a headphone amp (to lower the volume from line to mic level) straight into a Zoom H2N recorder. I learned the hard way that the “line” input is actually mic level. Anyway, I set the resolution to 16bit 44.1k and the audio is recorded to an SD card. Then I email myself the file, and I screen record it playing on my iPhone to create the video file to be edited in via iMovie.
The automatic units that mute during the cycling so you don’t hear that annoying THUNK are my favorite. There are tons of direct-drive automatic models, such as the Sony Biotracer series and its PS-X** series. I had a very modest Technics SL-QD33 that ultimately annoyed the shit outta me because the signal was always live and never muted during the automatic cycle. I have TWO PS-X55 units that I’m very happy with. Belt drive for me is NEVER an option. The ultimate direct-drive automatic is considered to be the Denon DP-47F, about which Techmoan has an excellent video. That linear-tracking unit that you recently showed is probably direct drive as well. Peace.
Yo man, My victrola player is being really, really quiet, and has a blinking red light and no matter what I do, it will not be loud again and the blinking light won’t stop blinking? Do you have any idea why it’s happening?
Problem with belt drive is the belts need replacement. Problem with idler drive is that the rubber idler wheel will get hard at some point and finding replacements is nearly impossible Problem with direct drive is a higher chance of more motor noise due to how it's setup Belt and Direct drive are both fine, and you can get a pack of belts for cheap if you don't go to a specialist store but just buy them from China instead (which they usually do anyway).
Mein, hier schon mehrmals erwähnter, WEGA P-550 Directdrive Full-Automatic Turntable läufi seit 1977! Er wurde in all den Jahren einmal generalüberholt! Jetzt habe ich nach Jahrzehnten mit AT-95 Tonabnehmern einen Goldring E 3 Blue montiert. Der Klang ist jetzt tatsächlich wie aus einer anderen Welt!
Danke fürs Schreiben! Der WEGA P-550 sieht toll aus. Scheint den Geräten von Panasonic oder Technics aus den frühen 1980er Jahren sehr ähnlich zu sein! Wega scheint hauptsächlich in Deutschland erhältlich zu sein?
@@Recordology Der Player ist von Sony! Er wurde von WEGA, abgekürzt für Württembergische Elektro-Geräte und Apparatebau, in Fellbach bei Stuttgart, im Bundesland Baden-Württemberg, in Lizenz gebaut.
@@Recordology Noch etwas; DUAL Turntables wurden ja von 1907 bis 1982 von der DUAL Gebrüder Steidinger GmbH, St. Georgen, Schwarzwald, gebaut. Die heutigen DUAL Turntables, mit "CS", werden von der Alfred Fehrenbacher GmbH im ehemaligen WEGA-Werk in Fellbach gebaut. Die DUAL Turnables mit "DT" und "DTJ" sind Made in China von einer Firna, die den Namen DUAL gegen Geld verwenden darf. Die Alfred Fehrenbacher GmbH baut übrigens auch im Auftrag Turntables von Thorens, der jungen Marke Rekkord und... den Automatic-Player A1 von Pro-Ject! Allerdings sind meine Infos teilweise schon älter, daher nicht ganz sicher und deshalb ohne Gewähr! Viele Grüße aus dem deutschen Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen an den us-amerikanischen Bundesstaat Colorado!
ANOTHER GREAT VID on automatic TT !!!!! this was fantastic to see I have gone from regular TT to stacker type of players they will not scratch records it is all how you handle the record is where they can get scratched I've been playing with a BSR 610 TT I paid 25.00 for it all i needed was a stylus ir came with a ADC cart and I found a elptical stylus I been testing the theory that stacking will scratch NO!!!! it will not !! if yoyu handle a stack of records CAREFULLY they will not scratch and audiophile when playing his prized record how he handles his record very carefully I was a audiofool at one time the way I stack the records on a changer is exactly the way I would handle on a high end player if you are careless with the record it will scratch it is simple I have seen alot of uboxing vids on some of these high end TT's I've seen these same people handle record not as carefull as they should ,I've seen many put a stylus on a record first before turning on player and then starting as an audiophile you would never do that that can damage stylus and or record you are putting a sharp stylus on a groove then starting it up the drag at first is going to wear the stylus faster that as i was told is a no no , and as I been usin the said stacker player I have been checking record surface after I am done now I clean my records carefully I always check them to see any kind of scratch nothing and as I take them off I will see no SCRATCH or SCUFF on record they are designed to have the edge of record to be thicker and you also have the labei of record I have been doing this for over 2 years now with used records that were not scratched at first they were my guinea pigs sort of and so far they are in great shape withNO!!!!! scratches ,and after a hard days work fridays I like to litsen to records I am tired and to sit down and re;lax just to get up after 15 minutes is stupid ,i'llget several albums ,place ever so carefully onto stacking spindle whether its my Dual 1009sk or the BSR 610 or my new one the Garrard AT-60 which I love almost as much as the Dual 1009sk (and by the way I enjoyed your recent vid on your Garrard purchase ) and let them rip ,i get to snooze a little and not have to get up now thats what i call relaxing , i wish there was someone out there who could verify my tests on stacking players ,it would nice to know i am not a crazy guy out there ,but i will keep on checking out the stacker type just to make sure i love this show it teaches you the fun of music go get any better than that thanks again i am glad this show is on !!!!!! JRo
If you want to oppgrade you have wasted your money on cheap plastic, Just buy a rega p1 or a pro-ject in the same price range. Technics made auto directdrive, spensive tho, prob the best plastic turny you can get.
My Technics SL-1900 from 1977 is a fully automatic direct-drive turntable. And the non-Bluetooth version of the AT-LP60X is currently around $145, which is a substantial increase compared to its original price of $99 when it was first introduced in 2019, but obviously the price of almost everything has increased since then due to supply line shortages, production delays, and inflation.
I've actually got the bluetooth version of the LP60X and I tend to mix up the playback with wired and wireless. It pairs brilliantly well with Logitech's Bluetooth Adapter and the Audioengine B1. Although I've found over the last month or two, that the automatic descent of the tonearm appears to be a bit faster than it was, which can't really be great for the needle. This can be compensated for, by pressing in the up/down button, moving the tonearm over to the run in groove by hand, and then very gradually releasing the up/down button. I've kind of adapted myself to doing that now, but it does mean lighter contact onto the record.
Fully automatic turntables with a start button and a stop/auto return button are my favourite, but semi-automatic ones that return the tone arm at the end of the record to its cradle are fine too.
Where can I find a decent one, any recommendations?
Form follows function is a mantra of good design.
Sony PS-X55 is a direct drive quartz locked fully automatic turntable I own and was new in the 1980's ........ I always liked Direct Drive over belt driven.
Yeah .. my Sony PS-T33 is also fully automatic and direct drive. Much preferred over belt drive
Back in the 1950s and 60s, there were changers that could actually determine the record size automatically without the user having to set a lever. However, this convenience came with the lack of the ability to fully repeat the record. Without a record waiting on the spindle ledge, the changer thinks the record on the platter is a 7 inch. The old Collaro/Magnavox changers were fun to watch, as the tone arm would tap the stack before dropping the record to determine its size. Record changers had their origin in the days of 78 RPM singles, which played only up to 3 minutes per side.
some time in the mid 2000s as a kid I was gifted this tube player that was off-white with an olive green lid maybe military.
It had the over arm but in adition to that there was also this thing up in the corner with this beek looking switch thing that the records would flick
I love the LP60X. I tried more expensive turntables, but had issues with Denon and Fluance. The LP60X just works and sounds good enough for my purposes.
What did you forget the phono amplifier or . You must have one if you do not have a built-in phono amplifier on your amplifier. Or if you think that the sound is not good enough with the one you have in your amplifier
Now talking about turntables that do not have a built-in phono amplifier
9:55 Wow, Record-ology, even as someone who has had record players/turntables for most of my life, I learned something new today. I didn't realize that if the stacking arm was moved to the right, above the tone arm cradle area, it would act as a repeat button in essence because the turntable would keep repeating the single record while thinking that there were more records in the stack to be played. That's a very useful function indeed for those automatic stacking turntables.
I have repeat buttons on a number of my fully automatic direct-drive turntables (made by Denon, Sony, and Sansui), but it's great that the repeat feature is also available on stacking turntables, but in a more mechanical way by moving the stacking arm.. :)
yep I learned this on the fisher that I got from my bus driver as a thank you gift for fixing her combination VCR/DVD player when I was in college in 2017.
This was my first stacker in a really long time, and I had fun getting it working again.
I come from a flea market background so I got into records early on as a kid in the early 2000s and have gone through a few players over the years including a green and off-white maybe military tube player that stacked from the 50s, I'v owned all kinds of them. Califones, sears all-in-ones, fisher price suitcase my first player, new all-in-one wood consoles, a silvertone massive console we were given, technics, duals, you name it
MY SHARP OPTONICA RP-4705 IS A FULLY AUTOMATIC DIRECT DRIVE WITH CUE REPEAT CUT PLAY PITCH SPEED AND SIZE CONTROLS 1978 .. I LOVE THE GLASS DUST COVER
Technics made direct drive semi automatic turntables.
SL-D3 is a good example of that. In fact, I think it’s fully automatic DD.
Very nice video. I have an automatic record player from Project and it's very easy to use and it sounds great.
I've had the pleasure of enjoying a record changer during my childhood/teen years, plus my parents had the nice walnut-wood furniture console stereo system with record changer, cassette or 8-track (I forgot which tape format theirs actually had in it), it also had an AM/FM radio of course. I am seriously thinking of getting either the LP60X or equivalent in automatic turntable. I appreciate your informative videos very much, even if I am familiar with automatics, I still like keeping up-to-date on the latest advancements of this cool ''technology''.
Pro-Ject now produce a very reasonable fully automatic turntable with an Ortofon magnetic cartridge and they state the automatic mechanism does not have an impact on the sound.
Caught up with this today. I have my beloved Trio/Kenwood KD 1033 manual turntable up in the bedroom, but downstairs we have a Sony PSLX300usb fully automatic turntable for albums and Rich's BSR automatic changer turntable for singles. I have over 100 1960's singles and Rich has over 200 1980's classic rock singles. Playing them on a manual or a fully automatic turntable where you have to get up every 3 minutes to change the single is a pain...hence the BSR changer deck. Manual vs. automatic, I love my manual Trio deck Rich likes the Sony fully automatic deck, but we both prefer the BSR for playing singles. I would die for your Technics though🙂.
I have a fully automatic direct drive linear tracking Lab series turntable that I got and restored to working condition in 2019
It was manufactured some time between 83-85?
the only belt driven part in it is what moves the head back and forth.
It is a very quiet machine and even more now that I got a felt mat for the platter.
I had a lot of fun restoring it and learning and getting it working again!
It needed to be relubricated and I also replaced the one carrage belt. With a brand new needle it sounded perfect
The speed stability on it is fantastic. quartz cristal locked!
There are also quite expensive automatic record players. such as Thorens TD 190-2. One of the most expensive is Thorens TD 148A
I am the first. Even though I'm not a newbie, I always learn something new or interesting.
You can't be the first if your comment is 4 hours old while Emily Okeefe's "first" comment is 5 hours old. She beat you by a full hour it seems.
@@TorontoJon Does the time zone have anything to do with it?
Hey record ology is the Victrola portable record player really good or should I not get one? I am new to this whole vinyl collecting stuff.
In the 80s there were also record players with CD functionality, so you could select a song by pressing a number button Techmoan Has shown such record players on his RUclips channel
Yep we just reviewed a Carerra model that does that.
There are a number of Trimicron disks with nearly an hour of music per side, and also a Radio Shack recording that is 45 minutes per side featuring Arthur Fielder and the Boston Pops Orchestra, meaning that it isn't necessary to turn the record so often. These are available on Discogs at various prices depending on condition of the records.
I've got two 1980s Sony linear-trackers. Both are direct-drive & have repeat buttons.
Awesome show thanks
Among other things, Sharp had a record player that could play both side A and B automatically. Without having to turn the disc over. Then Sony and Pioneer had record players that resembled a laserdisc player
You reviewed the Insignia turntable and I bought one. It is not automatic or even simi automatic but the cartridge can be changed or upgraded. Where the LP60 cannot be changed. It also has the Bluetooth with a volume control. A nice added feature.
Keep up the great reviews!
Fun fact is,this is a rare occasion where the flipside of the platter used in many,many,many chinese made turntables is shown. And not one
of this plethora of turntables is actualy using the strobe marks (for 60Hz and 50Hz) for manual pitch controls...
If you look on the innside of these record players, they have all the same drivetrain with minor differences, feedback monsters over 75db or subsonic if you have sub, never seen someone go back to this when they try a entry turntabel, ever.
Feedback? Elaborate….
Very very nicely explained for all. Great vid👍
I want to be a collector. My Grandparents gave me an old Daytona audio system. Not sure how old it is but it has a BSR automatic player. I love all the mechanics in it. Those players were true works of art.
My AT-LP60X broke after a week. The factory calibration on the tone arm is notoriously crap.
I have a techniques sl235 that I'm listening to right now with another reader's digest box set I know they say you shouldn't stack your records but it sure is nice to drop six of them on the spindle and walk away.
Agreed
MCS, (JC Penny's).... semi-auto.... and a Sonyo. Both are direct drive.... ; )
I have at least one fully manual turntable, a high-end Denon DP-1100 direct-drive turntable, but honestly, it spends most of its time in a box in a closet because it's just not as convenient as a fully automatic or semi-automatic turntable or record player.
A friend of mine found a used record Peter Pan soundtrack record album 💿 on vinyl 👍
I had an AT-LP60 for maybe the last 8 years. This year finally upgraded and got a Rega Planar 2. Surprise surpise they have the same cartridge! (AT 3600L seems to be a Rega Carbon). I just set it up today!
Rega actually used the AT91 cartridge; this is the version of the 3600 cart. that uses a higher compliance stylus which tracks at around 1/75 - 1.80 grammes. The arm has a collar around it that you push the counterweight up to, and that sets the tracking.
If you try a 3600L styli, you'll probably find it skips quite a lot, and is probably damaging the record by mis-tracking at too light-a weight; the 3600L is designed for around 3 - 3.5 grammes.
Your channel is pretty cool. I came across it while researching record players for my airbnb. I hope its ok to ask for advice here. I have been looking at the Crosley Coda, Crosley Rhapsody, and the Crosley Scout Turntable. I have seen your reviews on the first two but was hoping you could help me in comparing these as far as quality and which might be best for the situation, an Airbnb. Obviously looking for not too pricey, decent sound, easy to use, bluetooth and some style. Also are these considered automatic? If not is there an affordable automatic that looks like any of these? Seems like automatic might be best for beginner users. Any advice would be great. Thank you. And great channel.
I barely use the start/stop buttons when playing records. Neither do I use the cueing button, I like placing the stylus at the start of the record or at a specific track by myself, fortunately my hands are not too shaky. Despite that, I really like that the motor starts spinning when moving the tonearm and the auto-return feature.
Vary nice turntable
Record ology your lnfmation is lntresing that's cool
You’re definitely right on all points. I actually had an angels horn manual turntable with an adjustable counterweight, and an anti-skate weight, but I found all that a little bit too hard to mess with. Besides, I was worried that I was scratching a record every time I went to play it. So I decided to get an automatic. I have the Sony PSLX 310 BT, which I initially heard about through Rolling Stone magazine, as it was a recommended turntable by them. However, I think I would like your opinion of this turntable. I know that it is limited and speed selection, but I represent the mass market in most cases. I don’t play 78 RPMs or for that matter, records recorded at 16 RPM. But what do you think of Sony’s entry into the automatic turntable market?N
I've had two or three of them - they are capable...no complaints at all.
@@Recordology if you would, please do a full review of this. Perhaps you can tell me some things about it that I don’t know. I happen to be totally blind, so I haven’t yet gotten the user manual in a format that I can read. But I have it mostly figured out. Also, I would like to know what I can do to reduce the likelihood of the automatic mechanisms failing. This is my first automatic, and I hope it will be the last. I really don’t want to replace it every five years.
Would have been great if you had shown an actual stack of records cycling through on the fully automatic deck, I sure many people have never seen it in operation before.
Record ology this cool the Beginners Guide to Automatic Turntables are cool
There are definitely Direct Drive automatics. Denon D 47F springs to mind as well as the Sansui xr-q7, but Yamaha has some in their P550 and P750 and similar models. There's also the automatic linear tracking turntables from Technics (SL-J series), but also from manufacturers like Sanyo, Sharp, Sony, Grundig etc. .
Seeburg 1000 records are NOT compatible with 'stack' mode of automatic changers. Seeburg 1000 records are 9" in diameter, and with only one exception I'm aware of, changers are all set up for common sizes - 7, 10, and 12".
You can still use the changer to play the Seeburg 1000 records in single-disc, semi-auto mode (You have to cue the record by hand, and the automatic return/shutoff will work normally).
The only exception to this that I'm aware of is the Magnavox MicroMatic units made between 1963 and 1967, as they have an auto-detect feature that actually will recognize and properly cue odd-sized records. And for this specific feature, those changers are somewhat sought after.
Best you can easily find: Dual 1019, 1219, 1229.
Popular and practical: Garrard 2025, SL-X, AT6, AT60, Lab 40, Lab 55, Lab 65.
Good: Collaro/Magnavox; also found under a few other names such as Curtis Mathes.
Passable: Voice of Music (V-M), also sold under almost every other name in the 1960s.
Poor: BSR and Glenburn.
Borderline: Tenva and BIC.
Awful: Crosley Stackomatic.
You will need to learn to identify some of these by their general design.
Im curious if radioshack bought the lab name at some point
I swear Iv come across other more vintage players on ebay not radioshack with the lab name.
I had the 1019 dual in 2017! I do miss it but not a whole lot as some of the auto features were kinda querky at times.
I was in college at the time and did need to sell it. It was fun restoring though.
I now have two lab series players, one of them is linear tracking I restored in 2019, the other one is belt drive woodden still needs some work.
I also have a philips more professional turntable that needs work
I would you to review the crosley Lewis retro radio it’s a replica of a 1950s Crosley radio alarm clock they sale them on Amazon for around $80 it’s a vary cool alarm clock radio
I think H.K made a couple? I currently own 2 from Harman kardon My suspicion is youed need to spend over $500 on a new one to out perform either of em! the one to avoid From H.K..was known as the rabco turntable,. its problemmatic! My 2 H k..are both from the late eighties Soniclly sound better then a helluva lot of em do to this day!.Micro Seike (the watch company Designed them supposedly?) & yes they go for a lot of Green.rare!... As mentioned above avoid the rabco model its really a bear to set up, unless you know someone that has knowlodgeable acurite experience with them & no( I dont mean Michael Framer of absolute sound ha-ha) ..last but not least have you come across any H.k.? always enjoy you David!
What software do you use for the direct feed sound in your videos? Thanks!
I run the audio through a headphone amp (to lower the volume from line to mic level) straight into a Zoom H2N recorder. I learned the hard way that the “line” input is actually mic level. Anyway, I set the resolution to 16bit 44.1k and the audio is recorded to an SD card. Then I email myself the file, and I screen record it playing on my iPhone to create the video file to be edited in via iMovie.
Your Technics SL B5 can use optional spindle to be a changer. SL B500 also uses one.
Yes I have both the small and large stacker spindle. It’s awesome 😎
I have a 1960 General Electric stereo phonic sound stereo
Record ology I like your utube videos are awesome
Big gap in the market for higher end semi for a and fully automatic turntable. Why don’t companies produce one?
The automatic units that mute during the cycling so you don’t hear that annoying THUNK are my favorite. There are tons of direct-drive automatic models, such as the Sony Biotracer series and its PS-X** series. I had a very modest Technics SL-QD33 that ultimately annoyed the shit outta me because the signal was always live and never muted during the automatic cycle. I have TWO PS-X55 units that I’m very happy with. Belt drive for me is NEVER an option. The ultimate direct-drive automatic is considered to be the Denon DP-47F, about which Techmoan has an excellent video. That linear-tracking unit that you recently showed is probably direct drive as well. Peace.
Hi, I’m looking for all in one record player and CD player. Which one would you recommend that has the best sound? Thanks
Yo man, My victrola player is being really, really quiet, and has a blinking red light and no matter what I do, it will not be loud again and the blinking light won’t stop blinking? Do you have any idea why it’s happening?
I had a couple changers but they didn’t work that good due to them being.old I wish you could buy a new changer.
The problem with belt drive automatics is you have to replace the belt more often because the belt stretches more.
Iv had both!
idler and belt driven units.
Problem with belt drive is the belts need replacement.
Problem with idler drive is that the rubber idler wheel will get hard at some point and finding replacements is nearly impossible
Problem with direct drive is a higher chance of more motor noise due to how it's setup
Belt and Direct drive are both fine, and you can get a pack of belts for cheap if you don't go to a specialist store but just buy them from China instead (which they usually do anyway).
Mein, hier schon mehrmals erwähnter, WEGA P-550 Directdrive Full-Automatic Turntable läufi seit 1977! Er wurde in all den Jahren einmal generalüberholt! Jetzt habe ich nach Jahrzehnten mit AT-95 Tonabnehmern einen Goldring E 3 Blue montiert. Der Klang ist jetzt tatsächlich wie aus einer anderen Welt!
Danke fürs Schreiben! Der WEGA P-550 sieht toll aus. Scheint den Geräten von Panasonic oder Technics aus den frühen 1980er Jahren sehr ähnlich zu sein! Wega scheint hauptsächlich in Deutschland erhältlich zu sein?
@@Recordology Der Player ist von Sony! Er wurde von WEGA, abgekürzt für Württembergische Elektro-Geräte und Apparatebau, in Fellbach bei Stuttgart, im Bundesland Baden-Württemberg, in Lizenz gebaut.
Sehr interessant! Ich danke Ihnen für das Teilen!
@@Recordology Noch etwas; DUAL Turntables wurden ja von 1907 bis 1982 von der DUAL Gebrüder Steidinger GmbH, St. Georgen, Schwarzwald, gebaut. Die heutigen DUAL Turntables, mit "CS", werden von der Alfred Fehrenbacher GmbH im ehemaligen WEGA-Werk in Fellbach gebaut. Die DUAL Turnables mit "DT" und "DTJ" sind Made in China von einer Firna, die den Namen DUAL gegen Geld verwenden darf. Die Alfred Fehrenbacher GmbH baut übrigens auch im Auftrag Turntables von Thorens, der jungen Marke Rekkord und... den Automatic-Player A1 von Pro-Ject! Allerdings sind meine Infos teilweise schon älter, daher nicht ganz sicher und deshalb ohne Gewähr! Viele Grüße aus dem deutschen Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen an den us-amerikanischen Bundesstaat Colorado!
Vielen Dank für die Ausbildung! Faszinierend! Ja hallo aus Colorado!
On my General Electric I can stack 10 33 records
Do you recommend any record automatic players that play a stack vinyls and 45’s?
I love my Technics SLBD5
crosley has also had disc changers . If I remember correctly
They did… the Stack-O-Matic!
ANOTHER GREAT VID on automatic TT !!!!! this was fantastic to see I have gone from regular TT to stacker type of players they will not scratch records it is all how you handle the record is where they can get scratched I've been playing with a BSR 610 TT I paid 25.00 for it all i needed was a stylus ir came with a ADC cart and I found a elptical stylus I been testing the theory that stacking will scratch NO!!!! it will not !! if yoyu handle a stack of records CAREFULLY they will not scratch and audiophile when playing his prized record how he handles his record very carefully I was a audiofool at one time the way I stack the records on a changer is exactly the way I would handle on a high end player if you are careless with the record it will scratch it is simple I have seen alot of uboxing vids on some of these high end TT's I've seen these same people handle record not as carefull as they should ,I've seen many put a stylus on a record first before turning on player and then starting as an audiophile you would never do that that can damage stylus and or record you are putting a sharp stylus on a groove then starting it up the drag at first is going to wear the stylus faster that as i was told is a no no , and as I been usin the said stacker player I have been checking record surface after I am done now I clean my records carefully I always check them to see any kind of scratch nothing and as I take them off I will see no SCRATCH or SCUFF on record they are designed to have the edge of record to be thicker and you also have the labei of record I have been doing this for over 2 years now with used records that were not scratched at first they were my guinea pigs sort of and so far they are in great shape withNO!!!!! scratches ,and after a hard days work fridays I like to litsen to records I am tired and to sit down and re;lax just to get up after 15 minutes is stupid ,i'llget several albums ,place ever so carefully onto stacking spindle whether its my Dual 1009sk or the BSR 610 or my new one the Garrard AT-60 which I love almost as much as the Dual 1009sk (and by the way I enjoyed your recent vid on your Garrard purchase ) and let them rip ,i get to snooze a little and not have to get up now thats what i call relaxing , i wish there was someone out there who could verify my tests on stacking players ,it would nice to know i am not a crazy guy out there ,but i will keep on checking out the stacker type just to make sure i love this show it teaches you the fun of music go get any better than that thanks again i am glad this show is on !!!!!! JRo
If you want to oppgrade you have wasted your money on cheap plastic, Just buy a rega p1 or a pro-ject in the same price range. Technics made auto directdrive, spensive tho, prob the best plastic turny you can get.
None of these are even close to the cost of a Rega or Project.
How good are the sonics on the glenburn?
Fairy average. Dictated mostly by the old Shure cart.
Then what about the REVOX B975
Automatic ones are nice but a lot of them were prone to having issues! You had to do repairs because there are more moving parts!
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