

The flywheel evens out the revolutions of the motor so it is a completely smooth operation with no jumps and jerks anywhere in the cycle. It has a heavy table - the thing upon which the record rests - and the heavy table acts as a flywheel. A good turntable comes with a four-pole or synchronous motor. The best device to do this is a turntable. To get the best out of his equipment - preamplifier, amplifier and speakers - he wants to make a record turn at exactly the speed the master record was cut. If he wants to get the ultimate out of his equipment, he buys a turntable. If a components buyer dislikes the idea of changing records or turning a record over every 25 minutes he buys a changer. The radio-phonographs done up in cabinets all use changers, so there is no room for argument there. Most people buying a components system for the first time debate with themselves or with a salesman whether to buy a turntable or a changer. It is tremendously refined, but in essentials, the same thing Edison used. Nowadays, the device is called a turntable, a record changer or an automatic record changer.

That part is the device that spins the record. One part of a high fidelity stereo system is basically unchanged from the model Thomas A Edison laid out. Little change in turntable since Edison (1963)īy Preston McGraw – Western Kansas Press (Great Bend, Kansas) December 14, 1963
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Here’s how to choose a turntable that will make your vintage vinyl records come alive, based on all the retro tips on what really made a difference back in the day.
