Crosley or BSR - which is better?
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Yeah, what is up with this crosley? I see it's being sold for over $250 and it does not look plasticy like their other products?
KentTeffeteller
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Yes, and that is the one and thus far only Crosley I'd ever want to countenance owning.
RamblinE
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I was thinking about this guy as well. Would take one over a BSR, even a nice BSR.
The title of this thread should be "Which one is less awful?" 
Agree with the BSR crowd, at least it's made of some real stuff. And doesn't have SPEAKERS built into the same enclosure with an electromechanical device.
Agree with the BSR crowd, at least it's made of some real stuff. And doesn't have SPEAKERS built into the same enclosure with an electromechanical device.
So in effect you're telling people just entering this hobby to not enter it? I submit it's better to play records on whatever's available than to not play them at all. When I started in this hobby I used a cheap BSR with a Shure I bought used at MusicCraft in Oak Park and it gave me much enjoyment.
Before this hobby I used a GE Trimline "suitcase stereo" and enjoyed that too. And it didn't ruin any records either.
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Just my opinion Tom
"I would rather go without before I chose either in all honesty". Might be good for some folks but I think a $5 tagsale cheap P-mount Technics would be a better choice, I am sure others agree also and some will also disagree
"I would rather go without before I chose either in all honesty". Might be good for some folks but I think a $5 tagsale cheap P-mount Technics would be a better choice, I am sure others agree also and some will also disagree
You are correct about that line not taking a magnetic cartridge. It looked like a 310 to me... it's been a long time. Probably has much the same mechanism though, I used to know those inside and out... the 310 was comparable to the Garrard 40b... another reliable record changer.
Good point.
OMGCat!
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My friend was given a BSR Transcription (forget which model) record changer and the thing weighs a ton so it might be quality-ish.
Definitely better made than the Crosleys I've poked around at.
Unfortunately it doesn't work and trying to troubleshoot mechanical things with two kittens attacking and trying to play with everything has put a stop to the repair until I can get it home unless I want to start the thread "show us cats in audio gear".
Definitely better made than the Crosleys I've poked around at.
Unfortunately it doesn't work and trying to troubleshoot mechanical things with two kittens attacking and trying to play with everything has put a stop to the repair until I can get it home unless I want to start the thread "show us cats in audio gear".
A 310 was designed to take a magnetic cartridge.
Yes it was though I have seen a few with ceramic cartridges. There were some 'better' ceramics around but no good ones, compared to any magnetic, obviously.
JURB
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JURB
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BSR Macdonald 95 - AKA Realistic Lab-100 - I would have no issues with playing any of my records on this. Had it at home for some time until it went to a new owner. Still using the nice Shure M55E that was mounted on it when it came from Salvation Army.
Isn't that like an almost totally different animal ?
Well some Technics... You just described my first table and it was so poorly isolated it was unlistenable. I'd thought to myself 'well the radio station uses Technics and they're good, this is a Technics, so it must be at least OK right?' Live and learn. Replace that with 'thrift store mid level or higher Technics' and I agree 100%.
A lot of people don't realize that a ground wire is usually missing from those cheaper P-mount tables, is that what you mean by poorly isolated? I have a SL-B22 model in the garage that works perfect but I had to make a ground wire for it so that it was listenable. That one I paid a $1 for and was my granddaughters daily driver until I upgraded her to a much better Sony
