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Stereos, Hi-Fi’s, Record Players, Gramophones

I know this might be tempting providence but my cassette tapes, some of which I used to play in my 1984 Ford Escort still work well. The car was bought new and only kept for two years and some of the tapes predated that car.
 
A Sparks said:
I believe old mono records are actually worth more than the stereo versions for some reason.

Also, I think I read recently that vinyl is outselling CDs for the first time in years. The younger generation are realising that you get a better sound from it - I think it's great that it's coming back!
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A Sparks, I think you are correct on the vinyl and manufactures are scrambling to get turntables out there. Old vinyls as long as they play are in great demand!
 
mw0njm. said:
yer they were a bit of a gimmick :grinning:
Tone control is a one-knob equalizer, actually it's a hi-cut resistor. This means turning it down cuts the highs (or brightness) of the tone, making it bassier (or darker). Hope this helps.
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Thanks Pete, that is helpful.
 
Johnfromstaffs said:
I know this might be tempting providence but my cassette tapes, some of which I used to play in my 1984 Ford Escort still work well. The car was bought new and only kept for two years and some of the tapes predated that car.
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Cassette tapes are starting to come back again too, I've seen some for sale in record shops!

I still have all my old vinyl and cassettes :)
 
We used to blow on the needle to remove any dust. I think we also had a record cleaner, looked like a blackboard brush but made of a type of - possibly - foam product (?). You used to switch on the turntable and hold the ‘brush’ on the record to clean it. Think we also had anti-static cloths for cleaning records. Viv.
 
Action shot (!) of my mum loading Glenn Miller EP onto the Decca! Looks posed to me. I think the year would have been whenever that Glenn Miller record was released. The LP propped at the back might have been Montavani - she was a big fan. Viv.

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Viv,

We had one of those record players at school so certainly no later than 1950. EPs were first introduced by Columbia & RCA Victor in 1952, so I guess the early 1950s. Glenn Miller died during the war, so that's really no guide. Mantovani lived less than a mile from me when I lived in Bournemouth, and also used to come into dinner at Poole Harbour Yacht Club when I was with the Lennie Wright Quartet. Our late member, Eddie Haynes, also knew Lennie as they lived on opposite sides of Norfolk so used to swap drum pupils. Promo picture at PHYC below, which is already on here somewhere I think.

Maurice :cool:
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