NICE RCA CTC-40 combo!!

[TV Engineer]

Originally Posted by JB5pro

I will see if I can get it. I doubt it since I am really busy and budgeted at the moment. If someone else needs help with it I can likely do so. It it is the exact cabinet I have but mine has more orange in the speaker grill fabric and mine has the CTC 54. My turntable is the slightly more modern version of that one that also does not have the Studio Strobe adjustment which is frustrating to me since it plays records too fast. I guess '68 or '69 was last year for Studio Strobe? Then RCA decided they could make more profit at customer's expense? Seems like there is no excuse to take the speed adjustent off the top model. Mine is from '72 which is the last year for that cabinet. It has a slightly cheaper version of that stereo control panel without those switching buttons and one of the round knobs takes thier place but I think it is also rated at 200 watts. It sure sounds like it. I have had that system full blast without distortion many times. I love the sound. Mine has remote control. I would expect this one to be remote but apparently not.

A strobe and fine speed adjustment are not necessary on a record changer equipped with a synchronous motor, as this one is according to the catalog page posted elsewhere in this thread.

A synchronous motor will always run at synchronous speed according to line FREQUENCY. Line voltage will have no affect on it.

If a changer equipped with a synchronous motor runs too fast, it needs a new idler wheel.