1960's Magnavox Micromatic Stereo All-Transistor Record Player
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- And now for the correct video (filmed today)... sorry to those few of you who watched the video I put up earlier (it has been deleted), which was shot a few months ago when I was sick and it was not done well. I am not sure what the model # of this of this unit is, or when it was made exactly, but the record player was made in England and the rest of the unit was made in the USA. The video probably does not do justice to how great this record player sounds on undamaged records (that Sinatra box set turned out to be great).
P.S. Yes I know the area around my desk is a mess, I am working on it.
Thanks for making and posting this video. 👍👍I have the same model (1SC236R) but with a brown finish. Magnavox purchased Collaro in 1960, but you could find Collaro record players in many brands of phonographs, portable and console types, even some with the Collaro name on the phonograph or the complete system. In the heyday of record players/changers a large percentage of them were made in England. A lot of English workers lost their jobs with the decline in sales of record players. Very unlikely we will see record changers made again, so these things should be preserved and enjoyed for generations to come. Imagine what kids will think hundreds of years from now seeing and hearing this Magnavox. I hope you still have it.
I do still have it yes. I have a few other portable record players, but this one is very easy to setup and works great. You are right that record changers seem to have disappeared from the market.
i hope you're staying well i had cancer a while back but caught it early
I am, thank you. I'm sorry to hear that, but it's good they caught it early!
The LP needle is for lp's and 45 records, so you have the right needle.
Matt you have nice Magnavox micromatic record player
Magnavox made some of the best record player's I have always liked how good they sound
Thanks! Now that I have some barely used records to play, I can truly enjoy this set.
Speaker on right has a rubbing voice coil...
Matt, your call, of course, but, heck, I'd keep that one. You know so much about radios, I forget sometimes that you are, relatively speaking, a young 'un. There was no '45 needle, per say, it's perfectly safe and accepted to play both 33 1/3 and 45 with the diamond cartridge. A scratched up Glenn Miller LP is better than no Glenn Miller at all, I say :-)
Interesting, that means that the 45 RPM record I played in the video is just junk... I am surprised someone tolerated listening to records that were so shot. It's good to know I can play my better 45s on this set.
i have several changers like that so i have extra parts if you need any
Thanks Larry! It was still working well the last time I used it, but I'll let you know if I run into trouble.
i bought a changer similar to the one in your stereo and lubricated it with lithium grease and superlube [but only one in a place] it really loosened it up@@50sTransistorRadios
I bought a Glenn Miller album originally mono that was reprocessed for stereo and I amazed how good the separation was
Wow, nice record player, good sound! I also have that glenn miller album never opened, from the goodwill store
THE CHANGER IS
A 1964-65 MODEL
GREY 45 ADAPTOR SHOWS THIS
1962 MODELS USE A
BLACK ADAPTOR
WITH HOLE IN TOP
AND PLATTERMAT
WOULD HAVE A GOLD
CIRCLE IN THE CENTER
The correct model number is S600. That changer was made from 1962, till 1965. Then they made some minor changes, mainly the tone arm, and the model was in the 800 series. When Magnavox made that set,headphones were not invented yet. Headphones came out 1969-70.
I remember when Reader's Digest marketed those "collections of the greats" - if memory serves, they were recorded from the "vault stored originals". The sound quality was said to be excellent, and many thanks for not letting Lawrence go for a spin!
Ahh, what the hell, "that's a wunnerful record player", Matt, and a-one, and a-two, and a-three...... (You'd have to have been forced to listen to Lawrence on Saturday nights to understand that one. I remember my grandmother's and great-aunt's reactions to the dance numbers on the show, and my being forced to learn the Waltz in-between Dodge commercials. At least Jackie Gleason came on afterwards)
I am listening to one the records in the Reader's Digest box set (which is very nicely packaged) right now, and while the sound quality is definitely high, I would rather be listening to the original recordings, not instrumental covers.
Wouldn't the Glenn Miller album be public domain by now?
I was pleasantly surprised by the album"She shot me down" it has some beautiful songs
Do you still have this stereo?
Yes, and I still use it as my main record player.
@@50sTransistorRadios i know how to fix those changers now, it sometimes happens that a little roller comes ogg near the middle of the cycling wheel which causes the changer to not drop records
45 and lp grooves can take the same needle
+Larry Shaver Good to know, thanks!
glad to help
I'm not into portable record players but this one is nice and clean, I liked it....if your into record players, they did make one for your car I think back in the 70's....might check it out...
I am not really into record players much myself, mainly because they take up a ton of space, but it's nice to have one good one. I have seen those car record players before, they have a similar tone arm setup to my Lesa Madyrad.
did you see the reply i sent re: artridges for Magnavox i found a few more in fact i bought one last night. stereoneedlesaleslady on ebay has an ev186 now
Thank you for the heads up on that cartridge. I'll check it out, and what my other options are for a good turnover cartridge.
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i'm glad you found my reply. would you like to replace all the capacitors in the magnavox. if so i just get most of mine from radio shacks online store
@@larryshaver3568 All the capacitors were already replaced on this one actually, but I would have changed them if not, as 1960's filter capacitors can't really be trusted 50+ years later.
Those Magnavox record changers are nice. I have Tube amplified Magnavox Console stereo that uses the same turntable deck. It's too bad some of those album covers have the price sticker across the performer's face.
+Robert Knight Thanks, I like how this changer works too. I guess one of the workers at Goodwill did that deliberately, because most of the records I have gotten from there are like that.
50sTransistorRadios I had to explain 78 RPM records to the cashier at my thrift store. At first glance the the Danny Kaye album looked like book to her.
Magnavox did not make the record changer. The record changer is from England and was made by Collaro.
I'm not a huge fan of record changers, but I even I have to admit that those Micromatics are pretty cool. In the way that the tonearm moves up & touches the edge of the record to determine its size. And also, have you ever seen the John Goodman movie, "Matinee?" If not, there's a scene in there where a couple of kids are listening to a Lenny Bruce record on a unit that looks very similar to yours (the film takes place during the Cuban Missile Crisis).
I am not really a record collector either, but I do have a few transistorized record players to go with my transistor radios. I haven't seen that movie, but this model seems to have been fairly popular in it's day, so it makes sense that they would choose it.
some of their early stereo consoles didn't sound as good
A lot of times the idler is fine,it's the shaft that it goes on that needs lubrication
I just got a copy of "She shot me down" last week
just 78 grooves are extra deep and wide
I have a changer very similar to that, I would never bash these
your player is from 1962 ...it is all transistor and does not have capacitors.
+mrob75 It is indeed all transistor, but it does have several capacitors. Did you intend to say it does not have any tubes?
yes, very true...tubes is what I did mean. The diamond tip stylus is also for 45s as well. The sapphire stylus is for 78s.
Good to know, thanks
the turntable i'm using now looks a lot like the one there
if you need a cartridge i can sell you one very cheap
trilogy is also A great album
do you know the name of the needle that this equipment uses? i have the same but no needle
Do you need a whole cartridge, or just the stylus? It seems there are several cartridges that would work, I would suggest looking through the Google results for "Magnavox Micromatic cartridge" and seeing how much you want to spend.
@@50sTransistorRadios i saw a few cartridges on ebay recently that would work in those
@@larryshaver3568 Which model numbers do you mean?
@@50sTransistorRadios i think i saw one sold by somein nebraska but i'm not sure what the exact model number is. there they may still be one or two by a seller in PA names dinothegreat. i hope this will help
which Sinatra album was that?It sure sounded familiar
"She Shot Me Down"
it sounded a little like watertown which i have
I want. j~