[BC] Turntables

[Jerry Mathis]

Turntables were a LOT of maintenance. You were always needing to clean the idler wheels, lubricate them, or replace them. The motors were always giving trouble. Those little rubber shock mounts would rot out every few years. The stepped shafts (what did we call them? Not pulleys, surely?) needed cleaning, and they sometimes actually wore down and changed the record playback speed.
 
You would adjust the little setscrews for the RIGHT amount of tension between the platter, the motor, and the idler, and the DJ's always thought they knew better. Back the screws all the way out for the maximum tension (and start speed). Then the idlers would get flat spots overnight......
 
And we won't even go into cartridges and styli.....
 
Now, where's my can of 3-in-1 oil?   
 
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Jerry Mathis

 
On 2/22/10, Scott Bailey <wmroradio at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>I ripped out my Collins, Model #200 Turntables three years ago and gave them away and trashed every piece of vinyl in the station. I knew any of those songs on those records I could download off itunes, Napster, etc. I gave the turntables to a guy who has a little internet station he broadcast part-time on.

>I was super glad to get rid of those turntables! I am more than happy that turntable and cart machines are a thing of the past, period. No more records, and no more carts!

>I'm sorry, I know some of you disagree with me, but I just do want another turntable or cart machine again. The days of putting on a record, cracking like we're having a bacon frying contest is over! Cheers to MP3!

>Today's CDs are becoming a thing of the past! Heck, we have been using them for 20-25 years now and I'm ready for CDs to go and not take up space!

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>Scott Bailey
>WMRO Radio, Gallatin, TN