Junkley record player from August, 2013 - Page 2 - Videokarma.org TV - Video

jr_tech · #16 02-20-2014, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by radiotvnut

That's the same model as the piece of junk I just obtained.

Indeed! I hoped that I had found the exact model that you were testing on Amazon.

Question... Have you measured the tracking weight of this piece o crap? Bad sound, poor speed regulation and poor construction *might* be excused in something this cheap, but if it ruins records, it should not be sold, IMHO.

jr

Dangler · #17 02-20-2014, 02:45 PM

My daughter is getting into records, so I gave her some of my duplicates and stuff I'm not into. I knew she had one of those Crosley combos and asked her what she was going to use to play them. She said the Crosley. I decided to give her a Pioneer turntable, Pioneer receiver and some 10" floor speakers and told her to use the Crosley for cd's.

radiotvnut · #18 02-20-2014, 03:27 PM

My new "anti-crosley" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OKSVzjlrm0

truetone36 · #19 02-20-2014, 06:03 PM

Good video

Jon A. · #20 02-20-2014, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Dangler

My daughter is getting into records, so I gave her some of my duplicates and stuff I'm not into. I knew she had one of those Crosley combos and asked her what she was going to use to play them. She said the Crosley. I decided to give her a Pioneer turntable, Pioneer receiver and some 10" floor speakers and told her to use the Crosley for cd's.

Might I suggest removing the turntable from the crapley just in case?

radiotvnut · #21 02-20-2014, 10:29 PM

I think I've mentioned numerous times how hard it is to sell vintage items around here, even if they have been restored. Not that I'm planning on selling it; but, I could advertise the Newcomb in the video for $40 and it would sit here until hades froze over. Around here, most want late model stuff and the presence of a big LCD screen and the ability to text is also a big plus.

So, I advertised the Crosley for $40 on one of the local facebook for sale pages and within 30 minutes, someone claimed it and we made the exchange this afternoon. The buyer is in his mid 20's and is a teacher. He said he wanted something to play records in his classroom. I asked if his school had any old Califone players left and he said those were all gone.

Hopefully, I won't hear anymore out of him; but, I'd give him his money back if he calls to say it does not work in a reasonable length of time.

Jon A. · #22 02-21-2014, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by radiotvnut

So, I advertised the Crosley for $40 on one of the local facebook for sale pages and within 30 minutes, someone claimed it and we made the exchange this afternoon. The buyer is in his mid 20's and is a teacher. He said he wanted something to play records in his classroom. I asked if his school had any old Califone players left and he said those were all gone.

Well, you can count on the stupidity of the general public to flip stuff like this. It also goes to show that having a lot of formal education doesn't necessarily mean someone is smart. Time to think outside the chinese plastic box people!

maxhifi · #23 02-21-2014, 11:09 AM

I have thought about buying
One of the vestax portables, they look half
Way decent

Dangler · #24 02-21-2014, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by KV-1926R

Might I suggest removing the turntable from the crapley just in case?

Why on earth would I want to do that? She's 37 years old, married and living in California.

Jon A. · #25 02-21-2014, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Dangler

Why on earth would I want to do that? She's 37 years old, married and living in California.

No need to get nasty. I just got the idea she might be a teen and would want to try the crapley out of curiosity.

Dangler · #26 02-21-2014, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by KV-1926R

No need to get nasty. I just got the idea she might be a teen and would want to try the crapley out of curiosity.

I wasn't getting nasty. It's just that she might try to kick the crapley out of me if I start taking her things apart.

Beachboy · #27 02-22-2014, 10:39 PM

I sold one of those Crosley "all in one entertainment centers" yesterday to a couple of military guys for $30. The one guy said his wife was starting to collect records and wanted a turntable to play them with, but he nor his buddy seemed to have ever seen a turntable playing a record before. They seemed impressed with the sound (!) but I guess if you're one of the younger generation and have spent your whole life listening to music through earbuds, even the crappy 4" Crosley speakers in a wood box might sound better than earbuds. My aunt was giving me one of those Crosley retro radio/combo units every Christmas for the last decade or so, and I'm slowly selling them off thru Craig's List. It just hurts me to think of the money she originally paid for this particleboard junk.

AUdubon5425 · #28 02-22-2014, 11:48 PM

My wife's uncle told her he wanted to get me one of those for Christmas from some monthly-payment catalog like Fingerhut. She's been around me long enough and has undoubtedly overheard about 1200 conversations Radiotvnut and I have had on the subject, so she mentioned it to me. Thankfully he hadn't ordered it yet and she talked him out of it.

dieseljeep · #29 02-23-2014, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Beachboy

I sold one of those Crosley "all in one entertainment centers" yesterday to a couple of military guys for $30. The one guy said his wife was starting to collect records and wanted a turntable to play them with, but he nor his buddy seemed to have ever seen a turntable playing a record before. They seemed impressed with the sound (!) but I guess if you're one of the younger generation and have spent your whole life listening to music through earbuds, even the crappy 4" Crosley speakers in a wood box might sound better than earbuds. My aunt was giving me one of those Crosley retro radio/combo units every Christmas for the last decade or so, and I'm slowly selling them off thru Craig's List. It just hurts me to think of the money she originally paid for this particleboard junk.

It seems funny that she would give you the same gift every year, for several years running. Doesn't she remember what she gave you the previous year.
BTW, I saw a higher-end unit the other day. A Detrola!

Beachboy · #30 02-23-2014, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dieseljeep

It seems funny that she would give you the same gift every year, for several years running. Doesn't she remember what she gave you the previous year.
BTW, I saw a higher-end unit the other day. A Detrola!

She gives me a different model every year. Crosley builds dozens of variants on the same theme. I have one which is a copy of the '30's Spartan Bluebird radio, one with radio and CD player only, a couple that look like miniature jukeboxes, the radio/CD/tape/turntable in a retro wood case I just sold, a cathedral "Philco" lookalike, a "tombstone" AM/FM, a Belmont pushbutton reproduction, and a bakelite all-in-one with remote control. I finally got her off the Crosley kick, now she's on a different gift theme that's probably even more useless to me.