Show us your collection

[Matthew]

Come on . Show us your collection of Phonographs, Records, Cylinders . and Players of sorts .
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[Doug VanCleave]

Okay Matt, You twisted my arm. I have over 30 phonographs. Here are some of the more presentable ones.

RCA made six table model and portable 45-rpm record players between 1949 through 1957 that had push-pull output stages. I have all six, here are four of them.

Back right is a 1952 Model 45-EY-4

Back left is a 1954 a 45-HY-4 , The first New Orthophonic High Fidelity model. It came out while they were still selling the 45-EY-4 but at $69.95, it cost $20 more than the EY-4.

Front left is a 1956 7-HF-45 in a maple veneer cabinet, the first model to have a separate tweeter and woofer.

Front right is a 1957 8-HF-45P the portable version and the last model to use a push-pull amplifier.



This console is a 1958 RCA SHP-9. It has a twin cabinet for the left channel speakers. This was the first year for stereo phonographs. Each channel of the amplifier has three AF amp stages and a single ended 6V6 output stage. The left and right output transformer primaries are connected out of phase and the cartridge is out of phase to simulate push pull output when in the monaural mode. Even the mono tuner has a phase inverter so it works the same way. It's like putting 2 batteries in parallel, you double the available power but the light isn't any brighter.

[Matthew]

Nice Doug . i love that RCA victor u have . i don't have any phonos around anymore . got rid of them all . Thay were all Xistor .
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[panther]

Boy ! Those RCA's in the background are nice. You have two, send me one O.K. ?
Dan
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[cliff_marsland]

The only vintage phonograph I have is a 1940s transcription turntable, the Rek-O-Kut Rondine, that would have been used in a radio station.

I forget the model number, but I also have a Technics, I think SP-10 Mk11 from the 70s.

The one I actually use is a new Rek-O-Kut Rondine 3 made by Esoteric Sound (the name pays homage to the old brand, but similarity ends there). It's an audiophile quality transcription turntable.

[cliff_marsland]

Oh, saw that one can include records too - the only vintage recordings I'm into are radio transcriptions, mostly 16-inch, from 1922-62. I have maybe circa 500 of them. Although I have a few junky ones, I try to keep it to the good stuff. I specialize in mystery and detective shows.

[radionutz]

OKAY;
To look at mine go to my web site at:

www.home.earthlink.net/~dmign/index.htm

then click on PHONOS on the right hand menu bar and enjoy.

DON

[radionutz]

OH DOPEY ME!
In my last post I said to view my phono collection to go to my website and click on the right side menu bar. Well there is no menu bar on the right, I meant the other right, that is really the LEFT side. Take a look and let me know what you think.

DON

[Doug VanCleave]

Don,
It looks like you put a lot of time into your site. That 3-speed automatic RCA is a model 2ES3. It sold for $69.95 in 1953. The numbers RCN 274 307 indicate that it was built by RCA the 7th week of 1953. The record changer was built by VM, but RCA was building their 3-speed VM clone by 1954.

[Guest]

WOW! DOUG;
Thanks for the information. Is there a source for this kind of ID information such as a book or website or is this just something that you know from past experience? I have many, many books on old radios but nothing on phonos other than the Vourtsis book on 45s.
Thanks again, DON

[Doug VanCleave]

Don,
I try to collect original sales brochures and magazine advertisements for the phonographs and radios that I collect. Your 2-ES-3 phono was on one of them along with the 45-EY-3 and 45-EY-4.

[Alan Douglas]

Here's 50% of my phono collection (The other half is a Columbia Q). Friend of mine, radio collector, had this "Mediterranean" Victor and didn't like the styling. I said I did, so he gave it to me. It's a Radiola 17 but I don't remember the Victor model.



Excuse the photo but there isn't much space to back up or move furniture.

[bingster]

Here are a few of mine...

First up is the workhorse of my collection, my 1946 Zenith 7R070 portable radio/phono. I bought this one on eBay, and the seller said it "worked." All too often that means the radio will pull in one super strong station, if you take it outside, lick your finger and touch the antenna terminal. Or the record player works, but it plays at half the proper speed, and would sound great... if it had a needle. Imagine my surprise when it arrived, and I found that the radio is very sensitive and selective, and that the phono turns at a dead-accurate 78RPM. It's covered in the Trans-Oceanic's black stag, and also carries the radio's latch on top (minus the "Trans-Oceanic" lettering on the bottom catch). The thing's incredible.




Next up is one of my two Zenith phono/oscillators. This one is the S-8501. The motor works fine, but that's about all I can attest to. The cartridge is surely stone dead, and the idler wheel is shot. Since the cartridge doesn't put out, I don't know if the transmitter works or not. Quite the nifty thing, though, and one day it'll be as close to new as I can make it.



Under the hood we have (L-R) 100-76 ballast, 35Z4GT rect., and 12SA7 osc. And a big honking piece of asbestos.

My other Zenith phono/oscillator (S-9001) isn't nearly as fancy as this one. It's a simple low box with rounded ends, and the platter and tonearm are exposed on top. I'd take a picture of it, but it's at my parents' house (also known as "Storage Facility No. 1").


Next is my Amberola 30 in it's accessory cabinet.

I've got two Edison Diamond Disc players, too, but the folks are guarding them for me as well. One's the common mahogany Chippendale (C-250), and the other is the little mahogany upright Hepplewhite (H-19).

[49Stude63]

I will have to post some more but most of my consoles have phonos, the RCA V-301 has a Callaro Conquest replacement phono and the Philco 42-1011 has a Beam-of-light unit along with the Philco 41-611P (no pictures post yet). The Truetone D901 has a replacement phono unit and my Philco 46-1209 has the D10A unit for 78's only. I have a couple of smaller units Philco/ Silvertone / Truetone radiophono combos. More in the late 70's model I have a Dual 1229Q and a Technics unit that I have hooked up to an Onkyo A-10/T-9 integrated amp/tuner combo.

[joybird]

[shovelhead]

Doug, your '58 RCA brings back memories of the console my parents bought in '57. The front was different, horizontal bars across the front. Mahogany finish, mono, not stereo. But under the lid it looked the same. Half-heartedly have been looking for one, maybe someday I'll score.

[Tom Albrecht]

Here's a new item in my collection -- an RCA 45-J record changer (45 RPM) from 1951. It's a cute little guy with a bakelite case.

Recognize the 45 record on there?

And another item I've picked up recently - a Victor VV-VI tabletop player with enclosed horn:


And then there's my "old" stuff, like this Brunswick player, which can handle both vertical and horizontal cut records:

To see this guy in its two configurations, look here:
http://antiqueradios.com/galle ... figuration
http://antiqueradios.com/galle ... figuration

And finally, my Edison Amberola V clyinder player:

(I wasn't as good a photographer back when I took this picture... and yes, now I know that that sleeve doesn't go with that cylinder!)

There are more pictures of all of these in the Phonograph Gallery if you want to see more.

Coming someday (when I take the time to restore it) - an Edison Standard cylinder player.
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[Ken G]

Collection .. could never get it all in one spot for a picture but i did just get one of these

http://www.pinballrebel.com/ar ... /sstd4.htm

[gerryu21220]

Here's a few of mine. I don't have photos of most, so I - ahem - borrowed a couple from other sources.



A Voice of Music 562 Hi-Fi in black - mine doesn't have legs.



An RCA "New Orthophonic" Hi-Fi 45 player in Mahogany.



My Zenith Console SF2580 in Early American style maple. This is my own photo I took when I brought this puppy home.



An Edison Fireside Model A Cylinder player. Wish mine looked as good as this!

Gerry

[Steve Johnson]

Well, here's the first in my Phonograph collection. Got it off eBay.

Been wanting one for years.
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