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julie_m · 10th Nov 2017, 5:19 am

I don't think autochangers were anything like as bad as they were painted. It was probably more perception than reality. Records did get "played to death", but even a cheaply-made single player can ruin records by mistracking, or by using the 78 rpm stylus tip

I actually have designs on fitting an autochanger with a magnetic cartridge, "just to prove I don't know the difference between can and should". (Probably a BSR UA14 changer out of a common-as-muck UY85 / UL84 "box" record player, just for least sacrilege).

10th Nov 2017, 5:19 am	#30
julie_m Dekatron Join Date: May 2008 Location: Derby, UK. Posts: 7,735	Re: Were all Autochangers Record Grinders? I don't think autochangers were anything like as bad as they were painted. It was probably more perception than reality. Records did get "played to death", but even a cheaply-made single player can ruin records by mistracking, or by using the 78 rpm stylus tip I actually have designs on fitting an autochanger with a magnetic cartridge, "just to prove I don't know the difference between can and should". (Probably a BSR UA14 changer out of a common-as-muck UY85 / UL84 "box" record player, just for least sacrilege). __________________ If I have seen further than others, it is because I was standing on a pile of failed experiments.