I don't know about these newfangled slow-speed records, everyone knows you need to spin a record at 78 rpm to get proper hi-fidelity sound...
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Joe
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I have one of these, 1946 vintage I believe, that someone had thrown away. I repaired it and was surprised to learn upon disassembly that it has, as the ad shows, automatic play. Above the needle is a piezo crystal that converts the physical vibrations of the needle to (weak) electrical impulses to be sent to the amplifier. The dull needle and the clunky piezo make for a pretty flat sound but it's still fun to know it works at all after 70 years. I see the ad brags about the "Modern All Automatic" play mechanism wholly encased in the wide spindle. I've often wondered about the big hole in the 45's Is this the reason? More research required.
Well that didn't take long. The internet consensus(worth every dollar spent on it) is that the large spindle is a factor of packing in the changer combined with proprietary marketing. In reading my previous comment I see that I flopped my 9 for a 6. My changer is from 1949.
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I have one of these, 1946 vintage I believe, that someone had thrown away. I repaired it and was surprised to learn upon disassembly that it has, as the ad shows, automatic play. Above the needle is a piezo crystal that converts the physical vibrations of the needle to (weak) electrical impulses to be sent to the amplifier. The dull needle and the clunky piezo make for a pretty flat sound but it's still fun to know it works at all after 70 years.
I see the ad brags about the "Modern All Automatic" play mechanism wholly encased in the wide spindle. I've often wondered about the big hole in the 45's Is this the reason? More research required.
Well that didn't take long. The internet consensus(worth every dollar spent on it) is that the large spindle is a factor of packing in the changer combined with proprietary marketing.
In reading my previous comment I see that I flopped my 9 for a 6. My changer is from 1949.
Interesting, I also wondered about the large diameter on the 45s. Did you ever, as a kid, try to play a 45 without the insert?
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