Vintage 2 sided record player

Fongolio
Fongolio Posts: 3,516
edited February 2009 in 2 Channel Audio
I saw this curiosity on Canuckaudiomart this morning and thought I'd share. Has anyone ever seen one of these before? I'd grab it if I lived any where near him but I'm on the west coast. Check it out:

http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/117409-extremely_rare_junk_for_the_collector__/
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited February 2009
    I have seen them before but I dont think I would trust placing one of my records in that thing.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited February 2009
    I agree. It would be a great conversation piece, but it seems like it would be an accident waiting to happen when real vinyl is at stake.
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  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited February 2009
    I like how the seller refers to it as a piece of vintage junk, but wants $40 for it. I guess it would help to know what the cartridges are.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,165
    edited February 2009
    I remember those.......never had a desire to own one. Remember those DAK Industries catalog's from the 80's/90's. Had all those close-out electronics that no one wanted......it was in there.

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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited February 2009
    I would never put a good record on it. I would just like it to have a piece of vintage turntable weirdness. I have a Technics linear tracking unit that plays nice but I don't use. I just love old vintage gear and the weirder the better.
    SDA-1C (full mods)
    Carver TFM-55
    NAD 1130 Pre-amp
    Rega Planar 3 TT/Shelter 501 MkII
    The Clamp
    Revox A77 Mk IV Dolby reel to reel
    Thorens TD160/Mission 774 arm/Stanton 881S Shibata
    Nakamichi CR7 Cassette Deck
    Rotel RCD-855 with modified tube output stage
    Cambridge Audio DACmagic Plus
    ADC Soundshaper 3 EQ
    Ben's IC's
    Nitty Gritty 1.5FI RCM
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited February 2009
    Fongolio wrote: »
    I would never put a good record on it. I would just like it to have a piece of vintage turntable weirdness. I have a Technics linear tracking unit that plays nice but I don't use. I just love old vintage gear and the weirder the better.

    I'm with you on this one. I'd love to have it in my music room.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited February 2009
    I think that actually has a magnetic cart on it. I do remember seeing it in the DAK catalogs in the 80's. I think Sharp and Mitsubishi had vertical versions of this also.
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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited February 2009
    I had a Sansui one. Worked better than you'd imagine, but I never put good vinyl on it and it didn't sound particularly good. Had a cool optical system for finding the track breaks. Even had a serial input so you could use a remote on it. Yeah- a remote for a turntable. Go figure.
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