[BC] Weirdo dials /was/ ABC Network in the wired days

[Phil Alexander]

On 12 Jul 2005 at 23:08, Rob Atkinson wrote:

> you mean when it would go clang?  :  )  you had to put the needle down 
> because there was no time to cue and x ur fingers right?  kind of 
> embarrassing on the (hopefully rare) occasions when it would get to the 
> music before getting speed.
> 

It's been too many years to be sure, but the way I remember it, there
was one clunk when the adapter planetary dropped out after you switched
from 45 to 33-78, and another clunk and muted clang when you grabbed
the lever at the edge of the platter and down shifted from 78 to 33.

All the RCA's I knew had the speed adapter kits and light weight tone
arms with the little red, green and blue plug-in cartridges about the
size of a postage stamp. Those were easy to work with because you could
see the stylus at the front - - unlike the GE VR-II where it was hidden
back underneath. I hated those GE's, especially when they were mounted
in viscous damped Gray tone arms. <g>

Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
Broadcast Engineering Services and Technology 
(a Div. of Advanced Parts Corporation) 
Ph. (317) 335-2065   FAX (317) 335-9037





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