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Big Bird’s on the cut

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Think I saw one of these in a shop in Santa Cruz, California. Unfortunately it was closed.

Tags: big bird, kids, plastic, portable record player, sesame street, toy
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Baird Emerson Wondergram

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

First produced in London by Baird in 1960, this is probably the first portable record player to have a similar form factor to the PS-F5. Definitely a direct ancestor.

The design is truly ingenious, open the lid, pop your disc onto the spindle and gently place the needle on the end of the tone arm into the groove and it starts playing. The record is spun by a pair of wheels set into the top of the case, they are spaced so that the innermost one drives 45s, and the out one drives LPs. To stop both wheels trying to drive the disc at the same time the inner one is slightly smaller, so that when you are playing an LP it doesn’t come into contact with the record. The speaker is on the underside, and you would think that the sound will be muffled, but they have that one covered. Three spring–loaded feet raise the player off he ground, allowing the three-transistor amplifier full reign to blast your socks off. Actually it’s not that loud but it’s enough to fill a small room – providing there’s not too much background noise…

From Dusty Gizmos.

Lots of photos and info on Electric Gramophone, including a complete strip-down.

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Mitsubishi Vertical Turntables

Monday, July 27th, 2009

This came in 2 flavours, a separate (LT 64) and a music centre (X-10)

Image courtesy of Rick via Flickr. Thanks.

Close N Play

Monday, July 27th, 2009

70s greatness from the U.S.A.

Tags: close n play, kids, portable, toy, turntable
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As if the last video wasn’t mad enough, how about being able to walk around and scratch? This is DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist at Sala Razzmatazz, Barcelona (25/03/08). Would love to know how the needles are staying on the records.

Tags: barcelona, cut chemist, dj shadow, sala razzmatazz, scratching, turntablism
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Scratching on a Vestax Handytrax

Sunday, July 5th, 2009

Tags: handytrax, portable turntable, vestax, video
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Void: Levitational Turntable Concept

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Here’s a bizarre design concept. Getting the record to float and rotate accurately would be one thing, but then having the ball somehow stay still and follow the groove would be an amazing feat. Anyway, some interesting thinking.

More pictures and info on Design Boom

Tags: concept, design, levitation, record, record player, turntable, vinyl
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Linos Portable Record Player

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

This is a concept at the moment, but looks pretty cool: linos2

The designer, Charles Pyott, says:

“This was a quick project I did to create a small portable record player for the casual vinyl crowd. The main innovation is a space saving design that “clamps” the record into place instead of using the traditional platter layout. The inspiration for the design was to use flowing lines that gave the impression of passing through the record with bright colors to underscore a fun product that was not made for the DJ or Audiophile.”- Charles Pyott on Coroflot

…not that innovative really, considering the PS-F5 and PS-F9 both had a small turntable and clamping system, and were around 26 years ago! Being able to plug it directly into a computer via USB for sound and power, or a USB power adapter and regular jack connections to an amplifier are good options that could make this a winner for convenience with today’s younger vinyl owners. If the price was right. More info & images on the designer’s website. Via Yanko Design

Tags: portable, record player, turntable, usb
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Play CDs or DVDs on a record player

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

This wouldn’t work very well on a PS-F5 (due to the linear tracking being set to work with either 17cm or 30cm diameter records), but is interesting none-the-less. Re-purpose those old piles of useless old CDs by cutting grooves in them so they can play on a regular turntable.