Portadyne record player - identify the model? - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

arkadskaya · 17th Apr 2019, 10:34 am

I would also appreciate input if anyone has any idea what it could be worth.

ekjdm14 · 17th Apr 2019, 10:40 am

Did you photograph it in the mirror? (The photos appear to be flipped)

Station X · 17th Apr 2019, 12:01 pm

Images deflipped.

Audio1950 · 17th Apr 2019, 2:44 pm

Can't help with the model number, sorry, but I can tell you that in their day, they were just about the cheapest record player on the market. If memory serves me right, in 1964 they were sold for £10.50. In my opinion the value now would be around the £20 - £30 mark if it's all working correctly. The original cartridge looks to have been replaced with a stereo-compatible version. That alone, again if in working order, could be worth that price on it's own, as they are unobtainable now.

ekjdm14 · 17th Apr 2019, 11:16 pm

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Originally Posted by Station X

Images deflipped.

That is so much easier to look at now, don't know why but it just made my brain do weird things (what's new then?) seeing the tonearm on the left like that.

Still not sure how one can define the stereo-compatible cartridge from the photos, but as said if it's in working order it's got to be worth £20-30.

Herald1360 · 18th Apr 2019, 12:01 pm

Maybe because it's white? Might mean something to the cognoscenti.

Edward Huggins · 19th Apr 2019, 3:22 pm

The ususal give-away is that there appears to be no stylus turnover knob (typical of an old Mono cartridge) protruding out from the front of the tone arm.

ekjdm14 · 20th Apr 2019, 9:46 pm

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Originally Posted by Herald1360

Maybe because it's white? Might mean something to the cognoscenti.

Cognoscenti I most assuredly am not, so that would explain it

Maybe my eyes/laptop screen just aren't as sharp as some either. I can just about make out the aperture in the front where presumably the flip lever would have been, now Edward mentions it.

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Audio1950 Dekatron Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Whittlesey, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 3,761	Re: Portadyne record player - identify the model? Can't help with the model number, sorry, but I can tell you that in their day, they were just about the cheapest record player on the market. If memory serves me right, in 1964 they were sold for £10.50. In my opinion the value now would be around the £20 - £30 mark if it's all working correctly. The original cartridge looks to have been replaced with a stereo-compatible version. That alone, again if in working order, could be worth that price on it's own, as they are unobtainable now.

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Edward Huggins Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Southwold, Suffolk, UK. Posts: 8,325	Re: Portadyne record player - identify the model? The ususal give-away is that there appears to be no stylus turnover knob (typical of an old Mono cartridge) protruding out from the front of the tone arm. __________________ Edward.