If I were a kid whose dad played records on a vertical turntable like this, I wouldn't be behind computers at all. Just watching this. Round. and round. and round. and round again. and again. and again. and then it's bedtime and I've already fallen asleep.
My Dual can play records vertically and horizontally. It also has auto start and stop. Hell it can even play 78's! I got mine for 100.00USD, + 100.00USD for a hand made Grado needle and cartridge.
I'd like this more if they had a version that didn't have the built in speakers. I don't need them and I think it'd look a lot nicer with a plain front without the cheap looking speaker grills.
All record players have built-in speakers you’re probably more interested in turntables which do not have speakers and requires you to buy speakers with it
I'm addicted to your channel, i used to buy what hi-fi magazines from mid 80s to mid 2000s. I threw them in a skip, imagine how i felt when i saw that a mag sells on ebay for £5 minimum. Over £1200 thrown away. Keep uploading please.
The iPod was never cool, it was just an advertisement that you were a marketing tool that didn't know how to use an MP3 player, that was 1/3rd that cost.
400$ is not a lot of money for such a well engineered product. Amazing design, decent specs, and I love the no-frills approach to making a vertical turntable. Like you, I'm also suprised they pulled off a kickstarter success story. THere really isn't a lot of those lately.. I'm actually contemplating saving up to get one now. Thanks for the exposure!
Being a vinyl person I found this very interesting . A good review , you covered the details of the product and it's operation well. It is certainly a talking point and takes up less room. And is pretty well constructed , so it should last . It may attract dust a bit though not having a cover .
Great review - thanks for the attention to detail in both cartridge weight, skating, and setup (and unlike other reviews, you're very cognizant of not letting your arms/hands get in the way of our viewing). I think I'll wait for v2 or 3.
+Nicholas Joost Agreed. I looked at this channel originally to get some reviews before buying a dash camera. After a snoop around, I quickly learned this is a treasure trove of cool tech both old and new. I find myself looking forward to subsequent videos.
The "Tracking Force" is usually for the standard orientation. For Vertical Orientation, at least for this maybe 2.75g to 2.85g might work better due to the different azimuth weight issue. This is just a guess, and this design is more and less complicated than I might imagine.
linkfan95 Not true. You always need to go with the manufactures recommendation. Some needles are way more dull than other so they need more weight on them and it wrong damage the record since it’s dull. But if it’s sharp and you put 5g, well then your fucked
I have very little interest in having or working on the equipment you showcase, BUT, I love your videos. I work from a desk almost all day long and every day of the week. Being retired, I get to work all of the time now. Your stuff is just what I like to watch when taking my breaks to get my head a rest. My hobby interests are hvac equipment and cars, but your work is just as compelling. Thank you very much. I am a subscriber from the minute I remembered to hit the button.
I'm actually rather surprised to see how good it is, I kinda expected it to have at least one major flaw. The lack of Anti-skate isn't great, but I think it can be forgiven either way. Great b-roll with all the changing vinyl by the way, enjoyed that. Are you aware of Pro-jects VTE wall mount turntable? It hasn't quite hit stores yet but I'm going to do a little video when it arrives!
Awesome and thank you for the review! If I actually had one of these, I probably would have gotten about 9 minutes of actual enjoyment out of it, so thank you for saving me the set up time and the $400.
So glad you've you reviewed this player ,these have been all over Facebook last month or so and they looked very interesting ,might have to have a look at getting one at some point
Thanks for showing this -- it's pretty interesting. But this turntable lacks an anti-skating mechanism, which it still needs despite the vertical orientation of the platter. Skating force comes from the angle of the stylus/cartridge relative to a straight line between the tonearm pivot and the stylus. The friction caused by the stylus riding the record groove will try to pull the tonearm inline with the cartridge and not inline with the length of the tonearm (see the closeup of the tonearm at 6:11). This amounts to a slight inward force. Without any countermeasure, the stylus will deflect from center just a bit, and this will cause some distortion and asymmetrical pressure on the inside wall of the record groove.
+Albion Laster Because, for some of us, you simply cannot beat that familiar 'thump' followed by the odd crackle as the stylus hits the vinyl (no matter how gentle you lower the arm). CDs and MP3 are simply far too clean and clinical, so much seems to be lost to technology. An original War of the Worlds album, for example, included a large booklet full of artwork which transported you to the time and place. I have a Monty Python 'boxed set' - the cover unfolds to form a box which resembles a pile of LPs - makes for hours of great reading... If I hear an 'oldie' today, I can often still picture the artwork on the album cover as it sat on my bedroom wall.
It seems surprisingly decent for the price and it being a Kickstarter product. You'd obviously be better of buying a more reputable brand at that price range, but still not bad for a novelty product. Good review as always, I really enjoy your channel!
Great review Techmoan! Really cool design of TT! And not a bad price either! I didn't even know before I watched this and your other vertical tt video that it was even possible to have a vertical turntable! Very informative as always
The Audio-Technica AT-LP120 turntable comes with that same cartridge, the AT95E, and its recommended tracking force setting is around 1.5-2.0g, so it's tracking a bit heavier there, probably to compensate the verticality there.
very nice job here, i enjoyed your review much. i'm waiting for my gramovox for over 6 weeks now, can't do it anymore longer, i'm so looking forward to it! :)
5:15 Atmosphere-Can't break. 5:35 The Roots-The Session I must say, you enjoy a lot of music that I wouldn't have expected. I've seen and heard you mention a lot of underground hip hop and I think it's great that it connects with all sorts of people.
I got one via kickstarter, or rather I got 3. The first one had really bad skipping problems (there were a significant number of us in the same boat), the second one was better but not perfect, there seemed to be way too much downforce, it would distort the cantilever of the stylus. I haven't used mine for ages now. I still have that 'project' LP12 that I've meant to rebuild.
Excellent video, and a really nice machine. This is so much better than the cheap Crosley turntables and those based on them. The AT95 is a cracking cartridge and though the tracking force is a little high, as you rightly say it's not going to do too much damage to records like the aforementioned machines will. It also sounds really nice for what it is. I remember reading somewhere that there is a spring inside designed to counteract the pull on the arm, maybe that can be adjusted to solve the jumping issue?
Techmoan, I noticed when you played the casanova 70 record you had it on the 45rpm even though its a 33rpm record. Why? I noticed how different and higher pitched the song was. Even though for the brief moment it played, I liked it so much that I went and got a copy of that record for myself and recorded the output from the Air track on 45rpms just to have on my phone for on the go. Weird huh?
I'm super jealous of all that picture vinyl! So few labels do that these days, but I suppose that's part of the fun with collecting, you get to find all those unique LPs.
Don't get me wrong it looks the part, but they added a horizontal arm to a vertical player, just, why??? The weight is spot on but if the weight was configured differently it wouldn't skip at the beginning.
I dont know if his scale picked it up at the right weight. the distance away from the record because of the scale, could cause it to have higher weight than at the record level.
I am more interest in the color vinyl and picture discs. Back in the day I love playing these disc over the standard color vinyl records I had in my collection.
For added interest I was looking at designing a deck based on a ceiling fan. Hammer a nail in the ceiling that will connect to the attached record and play it through some quality recessed speakers and that would make a good talking point. The only downside would be providing a set of step ladders to turn the record over! It would still do less damage than a Crosley!
It's pretty cool looking. I do not want one, not just because of the skipping issue but I just don't see the need of needing it. I like your recorders!
Wait a second was that Atmosphere? I'm from Minnesota and may I say sir you are awesome for using that record for this video. I see Atmosphere and many other Rhymesayers each year at Soundset.
could be wrong but I think the reason why there's two belts is not to have one as a replacement but to help with the speed up for 45rpm records by installing both of them on the motor and around the platter
3:31 "excuse the fingers." ...aaaaand thats how you slide into 3rd base.
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Wonderful video. I am from the era of the 78 RPM records so I am quite old :) I appreciate to see these things impossible to get in Argentina with +400% inflation per year. Cheers from Patagonia.
I think the thing that would turn me off this is the screw-on piece to hold the record onto the platter. I feel like if I was in a listening marathon and going through albums with some regularity, having to fumble around with a big ol' screw would get obnoxious quick.
+Daniel G My wife and I just got this player two days ago. We've listened to several albums back to back, and although it's an extra step, it's not annoying to me. If anything, it puts me more in touch with the process. I like making espresso and hand grinding my coffee beans though, so maybe not for everyone.
Its an interesting design but doesn't seem to take up that much less space than a conventional horizontal deck. Also the build quality seems a bit agricultural. And built-in speakers on a turntable are never a good thing! Its a novelty but audiophiles are going to run a mile!
some people go to some extreme measures to isolate the turtable from vibrations and sonic interference and then these guys comes along and just puts a speaker on the tonearm....
I don't like the fact you have to touch the belt to adjust the speed.. or that it's even exposed to the air, or that you even need a belt.. it's just going to break in a couple of years due to sunshine exposure. Also you can't play 78rpm records with this thing, which is weird considering the 400$ price tag of this device. That and the fact that it skits a lot make this a pretty poor value-for-money phone player...
+redtails a different cart is needed for 78"s, also the design has to be changed a bit. The high end Technics turntables cost thousands and are not designed for 78's. Would you trust putting your 78's in that record player? This machine is made more for looks than for performance. It is neat to have it, but I will stick with my TD-146 for enjoying music.
***** Some high end turntables (check out idler turntables) are built exactly like that. And some are worth tens of thousands of dollars. A belt is cheap and easy to replace, you can still find belts for turntables made in the 70's so no problem there, unless you don't get that belt greasy there will be no problem. The problem with this machine is that there is no way to know that the speed is accurate and there doesn't seem to be a way to adjust it.
sobolanul96 Finger grease (natural oils) is not a good thing and when he handled the records the way he did I was screaming inside. Never touch the surfaces of a record and always handle by its edges. With this fiasco (why I never liked vertical turntables) you can't properly handle the records and for that exact same reason is why we should not be handling belts either. At the very least they could have used a mechanical changer like almost all others have. The lack of 78RPM was the first thing I didn't like and this thing is 400 dollars? No thank you.
He meant the "Crosley" brand. The actual hardware on those is by Hanpin Electron, and while those aren't all bad, the particular briefcase brand really scrapes the bottom of the barrel there, delivering something that wouldn't be worth even $30 for a list price of $170. It uses a piezo crystal pickup to cut corners on cost of the whole device, which incurs 5 grams or more of pressure and besides sad sound quality, that's just not good for the records at all.
Hello "mister Techmoan"... I've modified my floating record to By-pass the integrated amp, and i can say confidently the integrated amp is tailor made for the integrated speakers and acts as a filter to get louder highs and lower bass. And that filter gets transfered as is on your big speakers when you use the line out rca. Not to mention the integrated amp does have some fairly high distortion. All in all, i realy recommend you to try it with a by-pass to your own phono stage. After that, the only complain i have left is the "ok" cartridge and some motor noise that transfers to the needle you can hair at high volumes. Regards, Benjamin
I got one of these from Kickstarter. Delayed for several months and when it arrived it was skipping/ sticking every minute or so. Had to return it for a replacement. If you look at their kickstarter page, it's an uncommon but not rare problem. Sound itself is pretty good for what it is, but you only get to appreciate it for a minute before it sticks, again and again.
During audio trade shows in the late 1960s, Dual used to hang their 1019 turntable upside down to demonstrate it's dynamically suspended arm design and holy horrors... it played! Quite well thank you... no doubt a lot better than this P.O.S.
One just sold on ebay for over 600USD, more than it was new on Kickstarter. It came with replacement AT95 cartridges which made me suspect it was having issues - mine tends to cause the needle to deviate to one side and I replace it now and again. I see that the company has probably gone bust.
Yep, they no longer seem to be about, which is perhaps not surprising given the people that want this kind of thing probably all get them in the initial wave - it’s not really a long term sustainable business. Though they’re holding their value extremely well going by eBay sales.
@@Zveebo If I was going to get one of 'these', I'd go for the (presumably) Chinese clones - they seem to be built better and have better components. They sell for more than the original but less than ebay prices (search in HKTVMall).
On sale at the moment. www.hktvmall.com/hktv/en//main/ASK-Gadgets/s/H0972006/Electrical-Appliances/Electrical-Appliances/TV-%26-Entertainment/Audio-%26-Speaker/Mini-HiFi/Floating-Record-Vertical-Turntable%E8%83%A1%E6%A1%83%E6%9C%A8%E8%89%B2%E7%B6%93%E5%85%B8%E7%89%88/p/H0972006_S_D1GWD
They're still being sold in Hong Kong and China, presumably elsewhere too. They have the Gramovox name, and the same basic structure but there are some changes/ upgrades with the arms and cartridges, some chrome too. I wonder what is the relation between these machines and the original company which seems to offer pre-order only for the original machine on their website? Anyhow, I got here because I'm wondering what's the best way to pack these away for storage when you no longer have the original box.
+Landrew0 That's not right, many musicians and studios issue their recordings on vinyl again. And the audiophiles always say that vinyl is still the best audio format, most audible than CD. Off course with a good quality turntable not like this :)
Pro-Ject, a company with well-established "audiophile" credentials has just released a vertical turntable, the VTE. Apparently, it's already available for preorder in the UK.
I really love mine, and you really should hook up external speakers as it sounds great. The AT95e is a great mid range cartridge, I may upgrade later but for now it does the job great! Also regarding letting it "get up to speed', because the platter spins freely you can actually grip it by the locking knob and give it a gentle twist to help it get to speed. We're only talking about saving a second or two but it helps. Should be noted other turntables with the same platter/belt design have the same warm up.
+Peter Smit ahhh Mr Obvious, pleased to make your acquaintance . However two can play at this game. On planet Earth we have infinite vertical space, but limited horizontal space. Mic Drop. Boom! (goes the dynamite).
+Techmoan Uhhh... not when you have to consider a _ceiling_, or even worse, _the shelf just above_, in many configurations! Point goes to +Peter Smit for the WIN!
Because, silly Techmoan, one tends to assume (or... "assYOOM," if I say it _your_ way) that these things are normally not used outdoors! {Rolling over the "Moan's" precious snobbery mic. with my truck, instead of a funny little mini-car [of any brand}, haha! CRUSH!} +1 to Peter Smit again! But... while (or... "whilst," if I say it _your_ way) I say that, I still like your videos. :-)
If anyone is having trouble finding the song from the clear spotted record, it appears to be Air - Les Professionnels played at 45 RPM instead of 33/3 RPM.
I like mine very much as a standalone player. I have a Pro-Ject connected to my main system. I usually play older records, jazz and whatnot on the Gramovox. The sound can get quite loud enough for my bedroom. I got really pissed at Gramovox for making us backers wait for so long to get it, but once I got mine I went over it with a fine toothed comb and am very impressed and pleased.
OMG this whole time i thought the name of your channel was technoman.
Oh my god. Same
Lol same
Wait was it a typo?
I think he initially wanted to make videos about tech and sex toys, hence the name.
Legit same moment
Want the vertical look on your turntable?
Just suspend a mirror at a 45 degree angle above your turntable :)
genius
Because SCIENCE!
You saved us thousands!!
Inverted image.
Incidentally, that's exactly how some Sony mini-Hi-Fi systems did it for CDs.
Great device, this is what picture discs are made for!
A poorly placed logo could result in a bit of motion sickness but then who'd be sitting transfixed by the disc while listening?
+Alastair Ward Well, I can see a fullstoned dude just watching the Bob Marley record turn.
tmimify letting the needle get to the centre and going click, click, click for hours...
If I were a kid whose dad played records on a vertical turntable like this, I wouldn't be behind computers at all.
Just watching this.
Round.
and round.
and round.
and round again.
and again.
and again.
and then it's bedtime and I've already fallen asleep.
400 dollars?!? It's cool, but not 400 bucks cool.
+The Hylian Loach reckon with a bit of 'know-how' a old discarded turntable could be 'made' to the same?
It's $550 now
nvm it's 98000 dubloons now
A mildly good turntable can go up to 800 and the highest qualities will probably cost you more than a shitty car
My Dual can play records vertically and horizontally. It also has auto start and stop. Hell it can even play 78's! I got mine for 100.00USD, + 100.00USD for a hand made Grado needle and cartridge.
I'd like this more if they had a version that didn't have the built in speakers.
I don't need them and I think it'd look a lot nicer with a plain front without the cheap looking speaker grills.
+Dan Xepha Hmmmmm maybe if they sold solid wood pieces with magnets to replace the speaker grills and cover them
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Wouldn't really work for me. I don't like paying for stuff that I'd never use.
Agree, as the last thing you want is extra vibrations!
Get the Pro-Ject vt-e instead, its vertical as well and with no speakers
All record players have built-in speakers you’re probably more interested in turntables which do not have speakers and requires you to buy speakers with it
I'm addicted to your channel, i used to buy what hi-fi magazines from mid 80s to mid 2000s. I threw them in a skip, imagine how i felt when i saw that a mag sells on ebay for £5 minimum. Over £1200 thrown away. Keep uploading please.
I've been using my iPod vertically since before it was cool.
Really? Never even knew you could do that!
The iPod was never cool, it was just an advertisement that you were a marketing tool that didn't know how to use an MP3 player, that was 1/3rd that cost.
ipods were cool in 2001 they have the best menus/ui and atleast the volume is consistent across all my ipods
fuzzywzhe ok boomer
@@Xemerius7 ok
400$ is not a lot of money for such a well engineered product. Amazing design, decent specs, and I love the no-frills approach to making a vertical turntable. Like you, I'm also suprised they pulled off a kickstarter success story. THere really isn't a lot of those lately.. I'm actually contemplating saving up to get one now. Thanks for the exposure!
Being a vinyl person I found this very interesting . A good review , you covered the details of the product and it's operation well. It is certainly a talking point and takes up less room. And is pretty well constructed , so it should last . It may attract dust a bit though not having a cover .
Great review - thanks for the attention to detail in both cartridge weight, skating, and setup (and unlike other reviews, you're very cognizant of not letting your arms/hands get in the way of our viewing). I think I'll wait for v2 or 3.
This channel is so cool
+Nicholas Joost Agreed. I looked at this channel originally to get some reviews before buying a dash camera. After a snoop around, I quickly learned this is a treasure trove of cool tech both old and new. I find myself looking forward to subsequent videos.
The "Tracking Force" is usually for the standard orientation. For Vertical Orientation, at least for this maybe 2.75g to 2.85g might work better due to the different azimuth weight issue. This is just a guess, and this design is more and less complicated than I might imagine.
Just wondering whether a vertical table is still considered a table. : )
Wow, quite a collection of really cool looking vinyl albums. That turned out to be a nice way to demonstrate this turntable. Great review video.
Definitely cool looking but I don't trust it to not mess up my records.
IT’S 2.6 GRAMS! OF TRACKING FORCE
Melissa Chapman is that a lot
@@jonathandunlop6342 Normally you can get away with anything between 1.5 and just under 3 grams. Anything more and your shits fucked.
Melissa Chapman 2.6 is nothing, crosley’s have like 5-8, 2.6 is fine and won’t damage your records
linkfan95 Not true. You always need to go with the manufactures recommendation. Some needles are way more dull than other so they need more weight on them and it wrong damage the record since it’s dull. But if it’s sharp and you put 5g, well then your fucked
I have very little interest in having or working on the equipment you showcase, BUT, I love your videos. I work from a desk almost all day long and every day of the week. Being retired, I get to work all of the time now. Your stuff is just what I like to watch when taking my breaks to get my head a rest. My hobby interests are hvac equipment and cars, but your work is just as compelling. Thank you very much. I am a subscriber from the minute I remembered to hit the button.
Maybe it's just me but i still prefer a old skool Technics SL 1200
I'm actually rather surprised to see how good it is, I kinda expected it to have at least one major flaw. The lack of Anti-skate isn't great, but I think it can be forgiven either way.
Great b-roll with all the changing vinyl by the way, enjoyed that.
Are you aware of Pro-jects VTE wall mount turntable? It hasn't quite hit stores yet but I'm going to do a little video when it arrives!
That's a beautifully designed piece of technology, I've never been interested in vinyl, but this is pretty amazing.
It's gimmicky. Records are a great format though!!
Awesome and thank you for the review! If I actually had one of these, I probably would have gotten about 9 minutes of actual enjoyment out of it, so thank you for saving me the set up time and the $400.
Thank you for the thoughtful review. I'm still on the fence, but you've given me a lot to think about.
So glad you've you reviewed this player ,these have been all over Facebook last month or so and they looked very interesting ,might have to have a look at getting one at some point
i love your entire collection of vinyl. also love the vids been subbed for a while
That would look awesome with a glow in the dark record
Glad to have it reviewed by an independent audiophile. Now I really want one.
bet that hologram record would look really great just spinning there.
I'd love to see you review a tangential / linear tracking turntable. When I was a kid I thought the Bang & Olufsen ones were the coolest thing ever.
Thanks for showing this -- it's pretty interesting. But this turntable lacks an anti-skating mechanism, which it still needs despite the vertical orientation of the platter. Skating force comes from the angle of the stylus/cartridge relative to a straight line between the tonearm pivot and the stylus. The friction caused by the stylus riding the record groove will try to pull the tonearm inline with the cartridge and not inline with the length of the tonearm (see the closeup of the tonearm at 6:11). This amounts to a slight inward force. Without any countermeasure, the stylus will deflect from center just a bit, and this will cause some distortion and asymmetrical pressure on the inside wall of the record groove.
I like how the vinyl lp's just wont die.
+Albion Laster Because, for some of us, you simply cannot beat that familiar 'thump' followed by the odd crackle as the stylus hits the vinyl (no matter how gentle you lower the arm). CDs and MP3 are simply far too clean and clinical, so much seems to be lost to technology.
An original War of the Worlds album, for example, included a large booklet full of artwork which transported you to the time and place. I have a Monty Python 'boxed set' - the cover unfolds to form a box which resembles a pile of LPs - makes for hours of great reading...
If I hear an 'oldie' today, I can often still picture the artwork on the album cover as it sat on my bedroom wall.
+Albion Laster
...and 45s.
+sludgeguts
Ahh, "lost" to technology. You're really nostalgic! It's not a "loss," but an improvement. I still understand being nostalgic, though.
Maxx Fordham also something about owning physical music feels good
They are better
It seems surprisingly decent for the price and it being a Kickstarter product. You'd obviously be better of buying a more reputable brand at that price range, but still not bad for a novelty product. Good review as always, I really enjoy your channel!
I was thinking about that for about a year. Your voice reminded me of someone. You sound like James May!
+Syed Ahmed I know, but who cares!
Holy shit he does
@@lenikt3560 every British man at his age sounds like May
Great review Techmoan! Really cool design of TT! And not a bad price either! I didn't even know before I watched this and your other vertical tt video that it was even possible to have a vertical turntable! Very informative as always
This device looks amazing and fun to have in the living room.
Thanks for putting the tracks in the description ! Top man.
love the color Records!
The Audio-Technica AT-LP120 turntable comes with that same cartridge, the AT95E, and its recommended tracking force setting is around 1.5-2.0g, so it's tracking a bit heavier there, probably to compensate the verticality there.
I'd have said the 5.01g is more likely to be off because of the weight rather than the scales
I love little twists and modifications on existing stuff like this.
8:40 the freakin Tefifon music x3
it just never getrs old
very nice job here, i enjoyed your review much.
i'm waiting for my gramovox for over 6 weeks now, can't do it anymore longer, i'm so looking forward to it! :)
My opinion: Great sound, strange shape.
If you get that reference, you're a legend.
XD
ashens' violin video?
5:15 Atmosphere-Can't break.
5:35 The Roots-The Session
I must say, you enjoy a lot of music that I wouldn't have expected. I've seen and heard you mention a lot of underground hip hop and I think it's great that it connects with all sorts of people.
The D.O.C. ! Man your taste in music is exquisite!
I got one via kickstarter, or rather I got 3. The first one had really bad skipping problems (there were a significant number of us in the same boat), the second one was better but not perfect, there seemed to be way too much downforce, it would distort the cantilever of the stylus. I haven't used mine for ages now. I still have that 'project' LP12 that I've meant to rebuild.
Excellent video, and a really nice machine. This is so much better than the cheap Crosley turntables and those based on them. The AT95 is a cracking cartridge and though the tracking force is a little high, as you rightly say it's not going to do too much damage to records like the aforementioned machines will. It also sounds really nice for what it is. I remember reading somewhere that there is a spring inside designed to counteract the pull on the arm, maybe that can be adjusted to solve the jumping issue?
I haven't bought a record in decades. I had no idea they come in colors other than black. Cool!
Techmoan, I noticed when you played the casanova 70 record you had it on the 45rpm even though its a 33rpm record. Why? I noticed how different and higher pitched the song was. Even though for the brief moment it played, I liked it so much that I went and got a copy of that record for myself and recorded the output from the Air track on 45rpms just to have on my phone for on the go. Weird huh?
Changing the speed helps to prevent content ID (although it doesn't prevent it entirely)
I'm super jealous of all that picture vinyl! So few labels do that these days, but I suppose that's part of the fun with collecting, you get to find all those unique LPs.
Don't get me wrong it looks the part, but they added a horizontal arm to a vertical player, just, why??? The weight is spot on but if the weight was configured differently it wouldn't skip at the beginning.
+Travis Piper That was my thought, why not just balance it? Or better still make the weight at the bottom screw up and down, so the user can.
I dont know if his scale picked it up at the right weight. the distance away from the record because of the scale, could cause it to have higher weight than at the record level.
The world doesn't deserve awesome channels like these
LOL. Love the puppet skits.
Reach end of video, see 30 seconds' runtime left: "Yay, Muppet skit coming up!"
+Stoneysilence
I recognise the soundtrack to the skit from the Tefifon episode. That's an excellent reference, there!
+Adrian Magni
Well, then you weren't really at the _end_ of the video.
I've still to find out what that magnificent meme music is called
Michel van Briemen look at the tefifon follow up video. The name is in the comments
Its a shame they are now 800 to 1k on their website.
Looks cool but seems very impractical.
olaniyi570 saves shelf space.
How? Can use any record just like a normal player
It looks like it takes up just as much space as any other turntable. Looks like a messed up U Turn Orbit in a way..
Another great piece of work.... Like the detail about the tracking force. Brilliant.
6:18 Man that platter looks out of round
actually it looks like they have a soft start built into the drive motor to stop it from slipping or overloading on startup. nice touch.
*If you are interested in buying coloured vinyl then this place has lots of exclusive discs*
www.newburycomics.com/collections/exclusive-vinyl
Thnx for the information!
I am more interest in the color vinyl and picture discs. Back in the day I love playing these disc over the standard color vinyl records I had in my collection.
Is there any difference in sound quality, when you compare a modern digital remastered vinyl, to the original release?
+Jason Bassett stick with original pressings.
Thanks for the link, now excuse me while I drain my bank account.
HOT MOMMA i've been in love with this record player since the second I saw it, and techmoan reviewing it is best of both worlds
How rich are you to keep affording all these items?
+mrrkdino I don't think he has children.
He once said that his Dashcam Videos finance his Hi-Fi Videos.
+Rising Sun But he says on this video @ 0.50 "I decided to put some money in and get one". Can't have been cheep.
This channel is his job.
For added interest I was looking at designing a deck based on a ceiling fan. Hammer a nail in the ceiling that will connect to the attached record and play it through some quality recessed speakers and that would make a good talking point. The only downside would be providing a set of step ladders to turn the record over! It would still do less damage than a Crosley!
I was here before the music had to be changed
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You are awesome for putting the names of the songs I'm the description! Thank you, Thumbs up!
next time, upside down turntable
It's pretty cool looking. I do not want one, not just because of the skipping issue but I just don't see the need of needing it. I like your recorders!
would the star wars record look good in this 😄
Wait a second was that Atmosphere? I'm from Minnesota and may I say sir you are awesome for using that record for this video. I see Atmosphere and many other Rhymesayers each year at Soundset.
I see that you like colored records haha
He probably just used his more visually appealing records to show it off
could be wrong but I think the reason why there's two belts is not to have one as a replacement but to help with the speed up for 45rpm records by installing both of them on the motor and around the platter
3:31 "excuse the fingers."
...aaaaand thats how you slide into 3rd base.
Wonderful video. I am from the era of the 78 RPM records so I am quite old :) I appreciate to see these things impossible to get in Argentina with +400% inflation per year. Cheers from Patagonia.
I think the thing that would turn me off this is the screw-on piece to hold the record onto the platter. I feel like if I was in a listening marathon and going through albums with some regularity, having to fumble around with a big ol' screw would get obnoxious quick.
+Daniel G My wife and I just got this player two days ago. We've listened to several albums back to back, and although it's an extra step, it's not annoying to me. If anything, it puts me more in touch with the process. I like making espresso and hand grinding my coffee beans though, so maybe not for everyone.
Eagerly awaiting you trying their gramophone - that really should arouse your interest
Its an interesting design but doesn't seem to take up that much less space than a conventional horizontal deck. Also the build quality seems a bit agricultural. And built-in speakers on a turntable are never a good thing! Its a novelty but audiophiles are going to run a mile!
Knight Rider Channel The majority of "Audiophile" tables on the market are not built much better.
some people go to some extreme measures to isolate the turtable from vibrations and sonic interference and then these guys comes along and just puts a speaker on the tonearm....
Not a fan of MDF with veneer.
The 1019 Dual record player (and other Dual's) can play vertically. An amazing hi-fi record player forgotten to time.
I don't like the fact you have to touch the belt to adjust the speed.. or that it's even exposed to the air, or that you even need a belt.. it's just going to break in a couple of years due to sunshine exposure.
Also you can't play 78rpm records with this thing, which is weird considering the 400$ price tag of this device. That and the fact that it skits a lot make this a pretty poor value-for-money phone player...
+redtails a different cart is needed for 78"s, also the design has to be changed a bit. The high end Technics turntables cost thousands and are not designed for 78's. Would you trust putting your 78's in that record player? This machine is made more for looks than for performance. It is neat to have it, but I will stick with my TD-146 for enjoying music.
+redtails Exactly my thoughts especially with finger oils and stuff. I actually cringed when I saw him touching the belt.
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Some high end turntables (check out idler turntables) are built exactly like that. And some are worth tens of thousands of dollars. A belt is cheap and easy to replace, you can still find belts for turntables made in the 70's so no problem there, unless you don't get that belt greasy there will be no problem. The problem with this machine is that there is no way to know that the speed is accurate and there doesn't seem to be a way to adjust it.
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Finger grease (natural oils) is not a good thing and when he handled the records the way he did I was screaming inside. Never touch the surfaces of a record and always handle by its edges. With this fiasco (why I never liked vertical turntables) you can't properly handle the records and for that exact same reason is why we should not be handling belts either. At the very least they could have used a mechanical changer like almost all others have. The lack of 78RPM was the first thing I didn't like and this thing is 400 dollars? No thank you.
That "Back to The Future" picture disc is beautiful.
What manufacturer is it that makes the briefcase turntables?
+teddybeddy123 Crosley
+Vagner Alexandre Abreu Might as well recommend sandpaper at that point.
+kan't be lol
He meant the "Crosley" brand.
The actual hardware on those is by Hanpin Electron, and while those aren't all bad, the particular briefcase brand really scrapes the bottom of the barrel there, delivering something that wouldn't be worth even $30 for a list price of $170. It uses a piezo crystal pickup to cut corners on cost of the whole device, which incurs 5 grams or more of pressure and besides sad sound quality, that's just not good for the records at all.
i’ve got an electrohome turntable. it’s quite nice, not many people know of them. it’s the same briefcase style of turntable but it’s muchh nicer
Hello "mister Techmoan"... I've modified my floating record to By-pass the integrated amp, and i can say confidently the integrated amp is tailor made for the integrated speakers and acts as a filter to get louder highs and lower bass. And that filter gets transfered as is on your big speakers when you use the line out rca. Not to mention the integrated amp does have some fairly high distortion. All in all, i realy recommend you to try it with a by-pass to your own phono stage. After that, the only complain i have left is the "ok" cartridge and some motor noise that transfers to the needle you can hair at high volumes.
Regards,
Benjamin
I see at least 2 Sony PS-F5 non-working units cheap on eBay right now, why don't you buy and repair them and make a video
I got one of these from Kickstarter. Delayed for several months and when it arrived it was skipping/ sticking every minute or so. Had to return it for a replacement. If you look at their kickstarter page, it's an uncommon but not rare problem. Sound itself is pretty good for what it is, but you only get to appreciate it for a minute before it sticks, again and again.
During audio trade shows in the late 1960s, Dual used to hang their 1019 turntable upside down to demonstrate it's dynamically suspended arm design and holy horrors... it played! Quite well thank you... no doubt a lot better than this P.O.S.
One just sold on ebay for over 600USD, more than it was new on Kickstarter. It came with replacement AT95 cartridges which made me suspect it was having issues - mine tends to cause the needle to deviate to one side and I replace it now and again. I see that the company has probably gone bust.
Yep, they no longer seem to be about, which is perhaps not surprising given the people that want this kind of thing probably all get them in the initial wave - it’s not really a long term sustainable business. Though they’re holding their value extremely well going by eBay sales.
@@Zveebo If I was going to get one of 'these', I'd go for the (presumably) Chinese clones - they seem to be built better and have better components. They sell for more than the original but less than ebay prices (search in HKTVMall).
On sale at the moment. www.hktvmall.com/hktv/en//main/ASK-Gadgets/s/H0972006/Electrical-Appliances/Electrical-Appliances/TV-%26-Entertainment/Audio-%26-Speaker/Mini-HiFi/Floating-Record-Vertical-Turntable%E8%83%A1%E6%A1%83%E6%9C%A8%E8%89%B2%E7%B6%93%E5%85%B8%E7%89%88/p/H0972006_S_D1GWD
They're still being sold in Hong Kong and China, presumably elsewhere too. They have the Gramovox name, and the same basic structure but there are some changes/ upgrades with the arms and cartridges, some chrome too. I wonder what is the relation between these machines and the original company which seems to offer pre-order only for the original machine on their website? Anyhow, I got here because I'm wondering what's the best way to pack these away for storage when you no longer have the original box.
Puppet!!!
Very impressive. I'm glad someone's keeping obsolete technologies alive.
+Landrew0 Turntables are not obsolete. They are actually making a comeback
+King Schultz In my opinion he only thought the vertical turntable to be obsolete technology
Vinyl records are obsolete. They only live on in the lives of quirky collectors.
+Landrew0 That's not right, many musicians and studios issue their recordings on vinyl again.
And the audiophiles always say that vinyl is still the best audio format, most audible than CD. Off course with a good quality turntable not like this :)
Please review one of those briefcase cheapo record players in debt
Well done on choosing the right sort of Kickstarter campaign.
There is no way I would put my personal vinyl on that turntable.
Pro-Ject, a company with well-established "audiophile" credentials has just released a vertical turntable, the VTE. Apparently, it's already available for preorder in the UK.
it looks interesting but it sounded pretty poor & i don't like that arm skating everywhere
I really love mine, and you really should hook up external speakers as it sounds great. The AT95e is a great mid range cartridge, I may upgrade later but for now it does the job great! Also regarding letting it "get up to speed', because the platter spins freely you can actually grip it by the locking knob and give it a gentle twist to help it get to speed. We're only talking about saving a second or two but it helps. Should be noted other turntables with the same platter/belt design have the same warm up.
this thing is... sooo ugly...
+Hunter Rodrigez Check out Vertical CD players they were so cool.
As usual, excellent selection of gear and superb explanation !! Well done !!!
You don't save space.
You win space horizontally, but lose space vertically.
+Peter Smit ahhh Mr Obvious, pleased to make your acquaintance . However two can play at this game. On planet Earth we have infinite vertical space, but limited horizontal space. Mic Drop. Boom! (goes the dynamite).
+Techmoan
Uhhh... not when you have to consider a _ceiling_, or even worse, _the shelf just above_, in many configurations!
Point goes to +Peter Smit for the WIN!
+Maxx Fordham Peter didn't specify indoors or outdoors, so why restrict my answer.
Picks up mic then throws it down again loudly.
Because, silly Techmoan, one tends to assume (or... "assYOOM," if I say it _your_ way) that these things are normally not used outdoors!
{Rolling over the "Moan's" precious snobbery mic. with my truck, instead of a funny little mini-car [of any brand}, haha! CRUSH!} +1 to Peter Smit again!
But... while (or... "whilst," if I say it _your_ way) I say that, I still like your videos. :-)
Interesting, as always. Very happy with my Pioneer PL990 though. Fascinating to see things like this.
I love that collection of albums you got there.
Thank you for Sharing & Posting such intriguing Videos. I appreciate all the time & thorough effort you put into them Sir. Thank you.
If anyone is having trouble finding the song from the clear spotted record, it appears to be Air - Les Professionnels played at 45 RPM instead of 33/3 RPM.
I like mine very much as a standalone player. I have a Pro-Ject connected to my main system. I usually play older records, jazz and whatnot on the Gramovox. The sound can get quite loud enough for my bedroom. I got really pissed at Gramovox for making us backers wait for so long to get it, but once I got mine I went over it with a fine toothed comb and am very impressed and pleased.