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Episode 131 – Original Upload 1.9.24
This playlist is 87% vinyl friendly. Impressive. Via The New York Times at the beginning of 2024, this Fluance RT85N turntable was voted the best under $600, so in this day and age that’s spinning economy-style. Modern… in a non flashy kind of way… apart from turntable’s finish, of course. Any track marked * has been […]
Play >Episode 130 – Original Upload 4.8.24
This playlist is 97% vinyl friendly. Soooo close! One of a two turntables plus mixer combo that made up artist Fabien Clerc’s unique (as in totally one-off) ‘Back in the Good Old Days’ creation and if your great great grandmother had been into DJ’ing she might have taken a shine to it. Fully functional and […]
Play >Episode 129 – Original Upload 7.7.24
This playlist is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad. From 1959, if you fancied a carpet look on your portable suitcase turntable casing and platter(!), the Philips AG9148 mono gramophone was for you, maybe. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms tweak/edit/chop and the occasional tune might […]
Play >Episode 128 – Original Upload 2.6.24
This playlist is 86% vinyl friendly. Impressive. A Columbia GP-3B Portable Record Player, out of Japan. Teal! Relatively available second hand at £150-£200 but not as old as they appear, coming from the ’90s… and very weedy sounding, judging by a play through on Youtube. Possibly aimed at cratedigging DJs, I saw a few with […]
Play >Episode 127 – Original Upload 5.5.24
This playlist is 87% vinyl friendly. Impressive. B&O Beocenter 7700… If I remember rightly, back in the ’70s when me and my mates were getting beyond the Dansettes of our parents’ time, Bang and Olufsen was a bit too expensive. That didn’t matter much with me. I just didn’t like the sleek, minimalist look. My […]
Play >Episode 126 – Original Upload 7.4.24
This playlist is 78% vinyl friendly. Not bad. An early 1970s BSR P195, courtesy of Birmingham (UK) Sound Reproducers – with an eye maybe on reel to reel tape machines they would then make a decade later? 🙂 They were more bullish with their turntables though, having grown the company in the 1960s to employing […]
Play >Episode 125 – Original Upload 3.3.24
This playlist is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad. From 2022, with this being the Pro-ject Metallica Limited Edition turntable – though I have the band, Kiss in my head for some reason – it’s the only time you’ll see either group mentioned on 41 Rooms. This set up came in at around $1600 and I […]
Play >Episode 124 – Original Upload 4.2.24
This playlist is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad. As you can see, the Electric Banana Stereo Phono had some bold claims made on it back in the ’70s. Originally costing $40, these days you might have to pay nearer $900 if you’re daft enough to want one, with the above version residing in the International […]
Play >Episode 123 – Original Upload 7.1.24
This playlist is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad. What sort of witchcraft is the Mag-Lev ML1? With no moving parts inside, no belt and no motor, its magnets that keep the platter hovering in place and rotating. Balancing on its feet when not in use, once the tonearm is moved into position, the feet retract, leaving […]
Play >Episode 122 – Original Upload 3.12.23
This playlist is 81% vinyl friendly. Not bad. The idea of Istanbul, Turkey based industrial designer, Pelin Özbalcı, the ‘Ripple’ turntable surfaced at the end of 2021 and continued what he’s sees as a line of ‘joyful products, experiences, and product-user interactions… ‘ If it had been a 1960s design it wouldn’t have looked out […]
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