Record player - help
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Topic: Record player - help
Posted By: happythe
Subject: Record player - help
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 10:57
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Dear frens, I'm a loss with my record player; recently it's started slowing down and stopping! Then I have to leave it for some time, and eventually it starts again. The belt is fine. Can the turnin' mechanism just break? If so, does it start and stop like that? I bought it off my dad six years ago or so now, and it's always been fine. What to do? What to do?  happythe ------------- Stop me from dreaming? Okay :-( |
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Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 12:39
For record player you mean a Cassette player? if it start to get slowing down and stopping, that's a bad sign. It's a mechanical failure that will mess up your records, and I don't know if the are technics that still works cassette players in your area. Can't help you really...  ------------- |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 13:55
^ Yeah, he meant cassette player. That's why he said record player.  To the topic starter: honestly, if the belt isn't the problem, it's probably the motors inside. If there is a repair shop that specializes in turntables near you, I would go there. If not, perhaps you should invest in a modern, less-problematic record player. I know it won't be as perfect of a setup as what you have right now, but it's better than no setup at all. I'm sorry, I'm no expert, or else I would be more specific with the help.
 Just don't take it to just anybody to get it fixed, though. |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 14:29
You know that english is not the only language that exists and that's why I ask her that, you know... cassette =/= Record. But well, now that I know that I will try to rescue a record player because I have good ol' cassettes in house and I miss them... ------------- |
JLocke wrote:Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 14:41
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Vinyls, cassettes and CDs are all records. Just because the word "record" was popularized by the expression "vinyl record", that doesn't means records are only the vinyl ones. Even the discs before the vinyl era were called records. I do agree that the OP most likely refers to a turntable though.  |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 14:48
Turntables are called ''Record Players''. CD players are called ''CD Players''. Cassette players are called ''Tape Decks'', ''Tape Players'' or ''Cassette Players'', typically. Just going by traditional lingo. It's obvious what the guy was referring to. He even mentioned the 'belt', and 'turning mechanism'.
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 14:53
I think cassette players have belts too (but I may be wrong).
And as you can see, it wasn't that obvious. We're an international forum with a very diverse "population". |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 15:07
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^ Think what you want. If the man wanted to know how to fix a tape player, he would have called it a tape player. Bottom line. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 15:16
I was actually lucky enough to dodge the cassette bullet. I do own vinyls and plenty of CDs, most of which I have transferred to my Zune, but cassette is the one format I never invested in. Although, I have an uncle who has a massive cassette collection. His player finally broke on him, and so he's deciding to transfer them all to his computer somehow. Sounds like a logistical nightmare, to me.
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 15:17
Thanks for the friendly discussion  |
Posted By: happythe
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 17:14
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My oh my. Didn't mean to cause this confusion. I did mean a turntable, but no matter, thanks for the advice from all contributors! In any case, it looks as though it may be in this state for a while, cos I got no money to have it fixed for the moment. ------------- Stop me from dreaming? Okay :-( |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 17:30
Well, again, I'm sorry I couldn't be any more helpful than I was. I know modern turntables aren't really to everybody's liking, but they are easier to repair, since they have all-modern parts running them. If you spend considerable time listening to vinyls, I would suggest investing in a newer model. How old is your current one, anyway?
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 17:35
Sue your Dad?   Wait, I got a better one, take the belt off and spin the disc manually with your index finger. ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: March 12 2010 at 22:24
 ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: happythe
Date Posted: March 13 2010 at 11:44
Haha, unfortch I can't sue him, he's paying for my education!  Otherwise I would, of course!
No, it's fine, I suspected as much, but I'm quite attached to it and just wondered whether there were some quick fixes for this kind of thing  You know, hit it hard, or douse it in sawdust, etc. I'm not sure how old it is, it's a Rega Planar 3 probs from early 80s.. I may think about a new one, yep, but in any case not in the immediate future. It's not all bad though; using Spotify instead is causing an almost revolutionary change in my listening, mainly in the move away from the '90% of good prog is from before 1975' attitude, which I've been trying to quell for years.  ------------- Stop me from dreaming? Okay :-( |
Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: March 13 2010 at 13:36
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^^ My father always hit the side of the TV with a hammer when the picture was not what it should have been. Worked a few times...and then ya buy a new TV. ------------- Can you tell me where we're headin'? Lincoln County Road or Armageddon. |
Posted By: Boxhead
Date Posted: April 28 2010 at 11:12
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If it is a belt drive TT then take the platter off, remove the belt, then start the TT up. There should be an idler wheel that the belt is attached. See if the idler keeps turning. If it does it may then be the main bearings on the platter disc. You may have to grease the main bearings, check on the Rega site and see what the recommendation from the manufacturer is quantified. I have had to change the belt on my Thorens and lube the bearings. Bought it in 77 and it still plays great. ------------- Klipsch, so much it Hz |