Posts Tagged ‘turntable’
Columbia’s Portable Mixing Rig
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Recently spotted a Columbia GMX-3 mixer on eBay. A portable mixer from Japan which is designed to be used with a pair of GP-3 portable turntables. Interesting piece of kit, but from what I can find online the turntables are only mono although they do have pitch control and built in speaker. Each device runs on either 100/110VAC (with built in tranformer) or batteries.
Going on recent eBay prices it would cost over £350 (US$560) to buy a pair of turntables and a mixer.
Tags: columbia, diggin, gmx-3, gp-3, japanese, portable, record player, turntable
Posted in All things vinyl, analogue, Related Devices, Retro, video, Weird & Wonderful | No Comments »
Minty Sony PS-F9 for sale on U.S. eBay
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
This looks very nice, but you’re going to need deep pockets to get this one. It’s already over US$500 with 3 days to run!
eBay LinkUpdate: It sold for US$910!Tags: ebay, for sale, portable turntable, record player, turntable, vinyl
Posted in ebay, Sony PS-F9 | 5 Comments »
Many reasons for disappearing record shops
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
The UK’s Independent newspaper has an interesting story about the disappearance of record shops in London’s Soho. It’s more complicated than just being a lack of customers.
The revolution that killed Soho’s record shops
Thankfully, Brighton & Hove in the UK (where I live) seems to be going against the grain as usual (which is one reason it’s such a great place to live) and I have recently discovered two new record shops that have opened in the last year: Up Tight Records on Sackville Road in Hove (01273 774 832) and Monkey Music Emporium on Baker Street in Brighton (07814 955 217). Monkey Music is also selling a great range of quality turntables and Hi-Fi. Resident Music on Kensington Gardens in Brighton has also started stocking vinyl again.
Tags: brighton, hove, london, record shop, soho, store, turntable, vinyl
Posted in All things vinyl | 1 Comment »
Close N Play
Monday, July 27th, 2009
70s greatness from the U.S.A.
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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
Posted in Related Devices, Weird & Wonderful | No Comments »
Linos Portable Record Player
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
This is a concept at the moment, but looks pretty cool:
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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Sony PS-Q7 Mini Turntable
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Another great piece of engineering from Sony. I remember these from back in the day.[youtube]PiG2F_tHeQ4[/youtube]Tags: ps-q7, record player, sony, turntable, vinyl
Posted in Related Devices | 10 Comments »
