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Post by bfhammer on Sept 26, 2020 23:59:02 GMT
Unfortunately I believe almost all of us were born prior to 1980 and would actually recognize it. But I'll post anyway.  A watch for scale. |
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Post by marsss25 on Sept 27, 2020 0:09:14 GMT
Not sure if I ever saw one in metal that wasn't permanently attached to the '45... that's cool!
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Post by jeffhargrave on Sept 27, 2020 0:09:21 GMT
I haven't seen one of those in years! But all of mine were plastic anyway. Oh, did you ever get your pic of Mars done? |
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Post by bfhammer on Sept 27, 2020 0:28:20 GMT
I tried to take photos later at night after interring my brother. I had bad technical difficulties, the most serious being that the dang go-to mount was not slewing to where it should be going-to! I eventually got cold and gave up before sorting it out. The wildfire smoke coming and going day by day also is a factor in my efforts.
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Post by zeb on Sept 27, 2020 3:37:15 GMT
Unfortunately I believe almost all of us were born prior to 1980 and would actually recognize it. But I'll post anyway. I was gonna say "younger crowd?"  I'm pretty sure you and I are the younger crowd here, and I ain't very young. Of course i know what those are. My dad was a record collector. About 5,000 45rpm singles, 1,500 lps. My brother has them now. Unless he messed up and had to sell them for rent money. |
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Post by bfhammer on Sept 28, 2020 22:22:17 GMT
Dan, I churned up the adapter as I was cleaning the dust off of my deceased brother's vinyl records and digging out my own. I filled a 10-gallon plastic tote with our 33's and most of the 45's. I had to put some overflow 45's in a small cardboard box. I just sold them at the used record store yesterday and got $75 for the lot. It broke down as $65 for the 33's (maybe about 60 of those) and $10 for a whole lot of 45's. Guy appraising the collection says they just don't sell many 45's, they are put into a bin for $0.25 each. It felt like about 50lbs in the tote, so I estimate I got $1.50/lb scrap value of vinyl.  |
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Post by jamestkirk on Sept 29, 2020 15:39:15 GMT
Unfortunately I believe almost all of us were born prior to 1980 and would actually recognize it. But I'll post anyway. A watch for scale.
We had these and the modern plastic and metal cap like thingies.
 
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Post by marsss25 on Sept 29, 2020 15:53:13 GMT
Unfortunately I believe almost all of us were born prior to 1980 and would actually recognize it. But I'll post anyway. A watch for scale.
We had these and the modern plastic and metal cap like thingies.
Those are good, but when you have an automatic turntable for a stack of records  You needed the snap-in center or you had to find this  for a stack of 45 rpm... |
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Post by jamestkirk on Sept 30, 2020 14:28:43 GMT
LOL! If you're American, that is! No idea! Oh, it's a singles adapter, never seen one of those here.
We had these and the modern plastic and metal cap like thingies.
Those are good, but when you have an automatic turntable for a stack of records You needed the snap-in center or you had to find this for a stack of 45 rpm...
I also remember the special way how to handle a record and how to take it out of a cover and put it back. I used special anti static inner sleeves from Nagaoka, always made sure the inner sleeve was put upright in the over sleeve and to keep everything dust free and clean, a transparant sleeve was put over the outside. LP's were cleaned before playing with an antistatic liquid in a cleaning devise and then set to dry like plates on a counter before the dishwasher machines.
In a couple of minutes they dried up (there was alcohol in the liquid) and the first 2, 3 times one played the record, there were little balls of dust on the record needle! The best thing was, the records never got static again! I always had a soft brush with tiny black bristles, to take eventual dust from the record just before the needle sank into the groove and sat down to enjoy the warm sound of the LP, which didn't crackle of static but could become worn out in the long run...
When I got myself a outstanding tape recorder, I taped those records with the soft noise in the background but just excellent depths in the stereo for the next 30 or 40 years and yes, my Maxell tapes just sound and function like they did when I was in my twenties... (BTW TEAC tapedeck AD 2300 SD Japanese top manufacture, three motors/heads, Double Dolby System, weighing almost 42 pounds)
Audio my first and long lasting hobby...  |
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Post by John Lind on Oct 1, 2020 12:39:34 GMT
Only time I saw those "in the flesh" was in a jukebox decades ago. I've got a small pile of plastic ones with a few 45 rpm, in addition to an LP collection.
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