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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 !

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Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2021 10:19 pm
by hermitcrab
Welcome... glad to have you here!

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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. :)

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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

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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

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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. :)

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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 :o My first player was used for 45s and those same records, it was an equally rugged GE "automatic" :oops: 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 8-)

Dave, The Motorola Minion

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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

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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.