I'll probably be banned for this: I bought a Crosley

I have the same one, got mine for my 12 birthday. Still have it in the box.

 

You could have gone to KFC and got a $5 fill up meal.

 

Doesn't piss me off, it's just disappointing that someone would feel o.k. trashing records by playing them on something like this.

 

Could save a lot of trouble by putting copious amounts of wood glue all around the edges of the lid . . . then closing it.

 

Lots of people come here looking for turntable recommendation. PERSONAL STATEMENT: I'm not giving mine on this record player.

 

I love mine. The only mod I did was add some lead weight to the back of the arm to lower the tracking for a bit! It's a well designed record player. The sound is really well balanced for one of these.

 

glue it shut, now you have a $5 paperweight or gift it away.

 

What flavor?

 

I'm betting BANana.

 

"Ban member" button? Yikes. Did I say how much I love this turntable?

 

$5? I probably would've bought it.

 

He deserves it

 

You can improve speed stability if you add a nice record weight! A very stable 22 rpm is so much better than an eccentric wavering 35 rpm, trust me

 

I got one for a gift and use it for 78's and to spin records for cleaning with a brush. I think 78's sound more "period" on it out of the little speaker and I don't care if the records get hurt. I'll probably play them once or twice and then onto the shelf ...

 

One of these days when I am old and bored, I'll mod one of these by installing an old Garrard small platter record changer with a short spindle, upgrade to a 2 gram magnetic Shure, a custom built (by me) tube magnetic cart pre-amp, install, a 50C5 tube amp with a silicone rectifier, upgrade the speakers, and upgrade the volume and tone to CTS pots. This will be the world's first high fidelity "Crosley", oh! and of course a "high fidelity" decal stuck on below the "Crosley" name. Maybe I'll sell it on ebay?

 

Little known fact: Crosley is the Klingon word YELSORC spelled backward.

 

And YELSORC in Klingon means "total ****e" . . .

 

Sell it to a hipster for $25.

 

Replace the spindle with a longer one, stand it on it's side and use it to spiral cut hams. Perfect for those holiday meals.

 

Kinda makes me want to buy one, make a bunch of YouTube videos of it spinning Beatles records and posting them all here. Just for laughs.

dan c

 

An interesting video that I think goes with this thread.