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Hello everybody!
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:32 pm
by back-2-mono
Wow. Am I glad I found this forum. My hi-fi journey began in 1958 when my parents gave me my first Crescent, 45rpm record player which I no longer have. It included the Chipmunks Christmas record which I still do have.
Glad to be here. More to share later.
Gary
Re: Hello everybody!
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:48 pm
by Hi-Fi-Mogul
back-2-mono wrote: ↑Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:32 pm
Wow. Am I glad I found this forum. My hi-fi journey began in 1958 when my parents gave me my first Crescent, 45rpm record player which I no longer have. It included the Chipmunks Christmas record which I still do have.
Glad to be here. More to share later. Gary
Welcome aboard, Gary.
I like your handle. I am a big fan of mono records.
Those Chipmunks were pretty fun.
That 45 is a nice momento to have.
Just call me "Mogul", everybody else does !
Re: Hello everybody!
Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:19 pm
by hermitcrab
Welcome... glad to have you here!
Re: Hello everybody!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 2:21 am
by electra225
Welcome aboard, Gary! Glad to have you here. Don't be bashful, just jump right on in and join us. We are a friendly bunch, so you should feel right at home.

Re: Hello everybody!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:30 am
by TC Chris
Gary:
You and I must be about the same vintage. Not only do I have my Chipmunks 45, I have the player and have restored ( a grand word for new filter caps and cartridge) it. Here's my YouTube video of the little RCA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrc0enXp8AY&t=5s
Chris Campbell
Re: Hello everybody!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 4:26 am
by back-2-mono
Thanks for all the warm welcomes. I do plan on diggin' in here real soon.
Hint, hint...The RCA SHF-3D got a real work-out tonite!
Great video Chris of your RCA phono.
Gary
Re: Hello everybody!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 4:50 am
by electra225
We look forward to following your projects, Gary. If you need help posting pictures, let one of us know.

Re: Hello everybody!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 5:51 pm
by Motorola minion
Welcome to the forum, I am a bit younger but my parents had many records and they were played (and worn) on my Mom's '56 Birch radio-RP with a V-M changer. That went on for 10 more years

My first player was used for 45s and those same records, it was an equally rugged GE "automatic"

but the best system was in the living room and it was a whole different story.
When I was not quite born, a Motorola TV was purchased which I still have. At the age of 4, I accompanied my Dad to a dusty-smelling stereo shop in a mall in San Antonio. Based upon his co-workers' recommendations, he selected a Scott Stereomaster 344B, Dual 1009 turntable and Altec Lansing Bolero 890 speakers. This setup and the TV resided in a tall pie safe cabinet, with doors, for many years after.
We never had a console but as I got older, I began to service them and got my love of them after having a Fisher 610 and later, guts from a Motorola SK-28 3-channel which I put tongether in a 52 Admiral TV cabinet. FF 45 years and here we are
Dave, The Motorola Minion
Re: Hello everybody!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:14 pm
by William
Welcome to the forum Gary, and I hope you have as much fun on the forum as we do?
Bill
Re: Hello everybody!
Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:50 pm
by 19&41
Welcome Gary! One of the first record players I remember was an RCA 45 player with a crescent changer. It was my sister's with a Roy Rogers motif. That little unit got a lot of use.