Episode 133 – Original Upload 3.11.24

This playlist is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad. With that brass look reminding me of something you’d get in a hardware shop this chunky but small turntable from 1998 is still in production, and at 13kg weight Kuzma’s Stabi S is sturdy. ‘A uniquely designed turntable, (it) is a minimalist, beautifully engineered piece of kit. Its […]

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Episode 132 – Original Upload 6.10.24

This playlist is 85% vinyl friendly. Impressive. The BRAUN PC3 SV may have been a brick of a 1950s turntable but it’s yours from Holland for just on €500 plus postage and the extra charges that seem applicable on buying just about anything, old or new, from anywhere these days. 🙂 Any track marked * […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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