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Old 14th Feb 2012, 10:21 pm   #66
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Default Re: BSR Record Player Decks

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Originally Posted by BrianMcN View Post
I'm assuming that this one must be a BSR C129 series as it's almost identical, only a few differences on the tone-arm head, the lifter arm and the case around it.
I have a slightly different version of this deck from the very late 70s, mine is much flashier and has FAKE strobe segments on the platter, both on the outer edge and on the inner aluminium disc around the spindle

the strobe pattern is fake because it's been designed randomly and has no relation with the actual speed of the platter and mains frequency. There are two rows of segments and the inner one just has twice the number of segments of the outer row and of course it's useless.

I think they could have done it right at no additional cost, but maybe a real strobe pattern would show that the deck isn't running at the exact correct speed

There was also a further evolution of this same deck with a S shaped arm, still with the same fake counterweight!
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