I'm married. I know the video says "for singles only", but can I still watch?

@EgoShredder

4 жыл бұрын

@@nooneinpart They kept a record of their visit, and told Mr Mack this is his vinyl warning. After that he will feel the tone arm of the law, and they may even deck him!

@David_Phantom

4 жыл бұрын

I assume you're also a Dad?

@jamesslick4790

4 жыл бұрын

@@EgoShredder 😛

@scarletrevolt

4 жыл бұрын

@@EgoShredder I like your wordplay, good sir.

@arthurvasey

3 жыл бұрын

I was once asked if I had a police record - I replied “Yes - Walking On The Moon!”.

'' It sounds bad, but is still a fun toy''. That's what girls said about me in the 90's...

@Kalebandbuzz

7 ай бұрын

Nice

Your wishlist for this product is actionable! Your viewers will now be eagerly awaiting the VWestlife mod of this turntable, with re-wired stereo headphone jack, upgraded speaker, battery pack option, and an upgraded motor!

@wd3574

3 жыл бұрын

@@tarstarkusz I'm a late Gen-x er or a young boomer, and I wouldn't buy this for myself, my kids, and probably not any of my friends would buy this either.

@wd3574

3 жыл бұрын

@@tarstarkusz Maybe. I really don't know the target market for this thing. But the revival in vinyl in general I don't think is from the Boomers, but from a much younger demographic. I could possibly see the younger people buy these things as a novelty for the 45s they find at the thrift store. When I was a kid I bought some 45s because they were cheap and I only wanted that one song, but also purchased LPs too - to listen at home, not because of the audiophile aspect. Cassettes were convenient for the road, but pre-recorded cassettes didn't cost much less than the LPs. I usually made my own cassettes from the LPs or 45s I already owned.

@johndelgadillo2815

3 жыл бұрын

@@tarstarkusz as a part gen z i use a audio technica at lp 120 through my 80s sony hifi that thing is awful i dont know who would buy it or want it in the first place

Finally, some cute singles in my area! Love your video titles, they always make my day.

@ 18:25 As a kid from the late 60s - early 70s, I would have loved that GE unit, The AM radio is a "killer app", Being able to store a few records AND have a radio actually puts it ahead of most portable CD players from two decades hence!

To be fair: The outside is well made and looks good. The rest is just a waste of ressources.

@chrisa2735-h3z

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@N0zer0

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly, for a cheap toy, it does sound OK.

" *one stereo speaker* "

The days when VWestlife uploads a new video are the best days

i have a 7 inch 45 record called 'man on the moon', philips label, says 'this pressing is an historic souvenir exclusively for news of the world readers'

@pyotyrprepka1875

3 жыл бұрын

I had the same record he played his as a kid

@maximilianfischer8899

3 жыл бұрын

TechMoan has made a video about that record

I still have thousands of 45s from the 60s and 70s. That are still in pretty decent condition. This new player sounds interesting. As always great review...😊😊 and I also remember the Soupy Sales Show on Channel 5 in New York City. That show was very funny.

This would be perfect for the Star Wars read-along books 😁

its stereo sound coming out of one speaker. what a great invention!

I would consider one of these small "high-efficiency" speakers that you can get pretty cheaply and sounds as good as those small portable bluetooth speakers you can easily get nowadays

The wow and flutter was just terrible. When listening to those music cuts, it sounded like constant key changes in slow quarter tone fluctuations. I don't miss those days.

@chrisa2735-h3z

4 жыл бұрын

I heard it too! It sounded awful!

@vwestlife

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the flutter is pretty bad. It's due to a combination of a cheap motor and a small, lightweight platter with very little rotational mass to smooth it out.

@maximilianfischer8899

4 жыл бұрын

@@vwestlife Maby you can try oiling it, like you showed in another video

@eDoc2020

4 жыл бұрын

Would it be possible to add some extra mass to the platter? Maybe you could glue some weights to the edges.

@vwestlife

4 жыл бұрын

@@maximilianfischer8899 Oiling the motor didn't help.

Thank you for another great video. An excellent review of the record player. Love the channel and can't wait to see what video you will have next.

I really enjoy these weird little turntables, and I'm really happy to watch your videos on them. I'd be tempted to get some of these otherwise.

I bought the other model of this, blue one with the battery power option. I was not under any illusion that it would sound any good. I have a couple of other turntables for good sound. I bought as it reminded me of the toy record player I had as a child and there is something quite cute about it. I just have it open and on display. If a child comes to visit this is the one I will allow them to play with. Also I was amazed how well packaged it was, as it is essentially just a toy.

Not too bad for a toy. Honestly it's probably built better than the cardboard record player I had when I was a little kid lol... except mine had an AM tuner in it, like a newer version of that vintage one you showed. It's cool that they designed it to play those 3" records too. You know what would be cool? if someone made a 45-only record changer, like the new version of the original RCA ones. After all, it would be nice to be able to play a bunch of 45s without having to change them every few minutes, and they are designed specifically to be stacked. Maybe this device can have its own built in amp, and also an option to plug into a receiver.

7:15 I ran it through Shazam and it recognized it as Beyond Discovery by Electro Alien Beat. lol

@und4287

4 жыл бұрын

"Beyond Discovery", hmm.

@vwestlife

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe they sampled the JFK speech.

@N2tech

4 жыл бұрын

@@vwestlife Oh i'm sure, I hear it all the time in club music. Was just surprised it would pick it out.

"Japanese" ceramic cartridge.

@jdekong3945

4 жыл бұрын

made in China...

@Livewire91

4 жыл бұрын

The genuine japanese chuo denzi ceramic cartride would almost cost more than that record player.

@xaenon

4 жыл бұрын

I think they can get away with that since it's a Japanese design.

Notice, at 08:54, the indent at the center hole, which was at the correct thickness to work in changers such as the RCA 9-JY from 1949. I don't know why so many manufacturers refused to follow the original RCA design, which would have made record changers that much more reliable. This is why I can't put a stack of newer 45s on a spindle and expect them all to play. But, in the early 1950s, manufacturers were more careful, even on kids records. I bet that Soupy Sales record was on vinyl, too! BTW, I didn't realize about the ruby styli, because I thought sapphire was about as cheap as they went for cheap styli. Now I know better, because I've come down with a case of 45s lately, and a lot of them are styrene!

Excellent thorough review

Even for a kid wanting to get into records, I'd pass on giving this thing, and I'd just get them a 1/2 decent used turn table that can play all sizes/speeds, a USB powered amp, and some basic bookshelf speakers.

@jamesslick4790

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is a novelty thing,not a "real" record player.

@vwestlife

4 жыл бұрын

The target age range for this product is probably around 6 to 10 years old, and I doubt many kids that age would know what all that equipment is or be responsible enough to use it on their own without breaking it.

@CommodoreFan64

4 жыл бұрын

@@vwestlife that's why you as a responsible parent teach them!! Edit: By the time I was 7 I was responsible enough to use a hi-fi setup on my own, because my parents, grandparents thought me how, I was even doing basic repairs to my computer's, and was given a full soldiering kit by the time I was 10. I watched my parents and grandparents and learned!!

@vwestlife

4 жыл бұрын

But that was probably back when it was very common for people to have hi-fi component systems. Now most people don't. Like it or not, there is a lot of demand these days for self-contained record players with built-in speakers. We should be glad there are higher-quality ones now available, such as MPK's own TT270.

The best thing here is the box of plug adapters.

6:53 The german Single release of Heavens on Fire from Kiss is also pressed on Styrene. I've never had a Styrene before, they are so uncommon over here...

@georgeprice4212

10 ай бұрын

Styrene? In Germany?? I doubt that! Every 45 I have from Germany is on vinyl.

I enjoy your videos as they are very informative and also, very fun and very entertaining. I never get tired of watching them. Just an FYI; Polystyrene is injection molded, not pressed like vinylyte, which is the lighter equivalent of vinyl. Plus, on polystyrene injection molded singles, the labels have to be applied onto the record manually. Thanks again for another wonderful video.

I have this! Cute as a pin!! Sound is ok if you remember tiny record players of the 1960s!!

Sounds like my sister’s Show and Tell 7:09.

@saintmichael1779

4 жыл бұрын

I had Show and Tell. I got it Christmas 1965.

@oldmaine4314

4 жыл бұрын

My sister received her Show and Tell Christmas 1964. I remember as a kid thinking it was so cool. A TV and a play along record player that we could watch whenever we wanted. It came with an astronomy record and slide strip, that was my favorite.

I goofed. This video's only been on here for 11 months, but how hilarious that is, with the slurred speech sound of "A Long time Ago". I laugh about every time I hear 👂 it. 😆 😆 😆!! Your friend, Jeff.

Those Bose companion computer speakers you showed are actually pretty nice for being Bose and how small they are, I found a pair being thrown out and took them home and their impressive for how small they are. The turntable like most MPK things is an absolute toy. I wish I had bought one of the Vestax portable turntables when they were common, those were actually very decent.

I'm diggin' those 45s!

Soupy Sales ahhh yes. I want you to go tru your parents pockets and send me all that dirty green paper that's in them....🤣🤣🤣🤣

@CommodoreFan64

4 жыл бұрын

He said at a comedy show in the early 90's he made $80K from it.😆🤑

@jamesslick4790

4 жыл бұрын

@@CommodoreFan64 Early 90s?!? VERY EARLY....It happened in 1965! ..and the "take" was only a few bucks...Much of it play money.

@CommodoreFan64

4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesslick4790 Straight from the man himself when he explained the whole thing in 1993, watch, and learn before you shove your foot in your mouth next time. kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2GDqdtse8udqbA.html

The noticable speed variations when you were playing back music was the most objectionable to me. It does need a better motor.

Thanks for the shout out!

The association that does all the Record Store Day releases released a couple of those 3 inch records, and that micro-turntable with the Audio Technica stylus on it

I got the 3 inchs model that looks like an 80's Technics as a gift for my daughter for her birthday. It was expensive and she didn't like it as it was very bad for playing those small records.

I can still remember those little portable battery operated record players that were around in the 80's when I was a kid. My cousin had one that actually had little disco lights in the lid. It was really cool and didn't sound too bad but they were better quality players back then. I bought one of those styrene 7" 45's from a local charity shop a few years back, though I can't remember what it was called. It sounded so scratchy it was unlistenable. I guess someone had played it on a very worn or dodgy stylus. Had to throw it away which was a shame. Styrene records are not that common over here in the UK though.

Vinyl wrapped vinyl player 👍

glad when i was a kid the little kids record player i had was actually pretty good. of course this was back in the mid 80's when they were still good quality. i don't remember the brand but it was a good little one, just played 45's and was about this size

MPK seems to be obsessed with 7" records

@turntablethomas2584

3 жыл бұрын

I hope for a 45 revival like their is a vinyl album revival right now

Great item to get youngsters into the world of vinyl at a very low price!

Thank you for showing us this wonderful turntables. In Argentina is very hard to get this (taxes) and they are very expensive thanks to our 150% inflation rate so we enjoy how is the real World. Regards from frozen Patagonia.

Very informative about the stylus. I have one of these record players and was playing “ Pete’s Dragon” Walt Disney Read-a-long record which unfortunately I found out too late that it was styrene! Yes, it was ruined but I managed to find another record on eBay.

The "stereo speaker" claim is amusing: a singular speaker being stereo is impossible or nonsensical, right? But if I had to come up with a definition of a stereo speaker, it would be that the one speaker is playing both the left and right channels, so it's kind of correct, from a certain perspective.

12:36 The Middle Ages called, they want their song back.

This channel deserves my subscribe button

does anyone else remember the rhythm guitar being on the right side in Jimi Hendrix foxy lady and it going into a full stereo pan when he went into the solo and foxy being on both the left and right at the same time like an echo??? Because that one is bugging me and bugging me every single time I hear the song.

I bought it knowing it would be awful . I gutted it .. replaced the horrible rumbling motor with a good one.....removed the awful speaker and amplifier..... box says STEREO but of course it's not.....installed a stereo amplifier that gave significant volume and better sound ...changed it to a 3 speed to accommodate the many children's records I have that require 78 rpm . replaced the platter with one the same size except its metal ... added a stereo / mono switch and there's also a line out .... memory foam on the inside open areas to absorb resonating vibration from the increased loudness....replaced the phono cartridge with a flip stylus for both microgroove and 78 groove records. yes, this was a lot of work but I love it . it's a far cry from something that would normally get purchased and immediately thrown in the garbage

Great video as always buddy!!! I love your record player reviews!! Any word on anyone making a new record changer for 2020?

@vwestlife

4 жыл бұрын

Not so far, which is surprising because more and more albums are being split up onto two records, so you'd think where would be demand for a turntable which can play multiple records automatically.

I haven’t really seen any 7 inch records for sale at all after vinyl became popular, so I wonder for who this is made since collectors won’t come near those things. And Childen aren’t exactly interested in older music.

@ThriftyAV

4 жыл бұрын

I'm wondering if they are more popular in other markets around the world. This product would not exist without approval from some bean counter who says there is a market for it.

@JeffCD77

4 жыл бұрын

ThriftyAV : I would love to know who says I want to design, build, market and sell this product. This is the best they could come up with? Pretty pathetic if you ask me.

@JK-bf9qg

4 жыл бұрын

7" format is still immensely popular with punk and other indie genres.

This could make a nice DIY project to upgrade to some reasonable specs. Redesign the PCB with some readily available modules, some filtering, adding some weights to the platter to minimise wow and flutter, a better speaker...

Thinking about taking one of these on my next holiday to England to check out vinyl i'll be purchasing from flea markets. I'll just have to remember to take the 3 pin to 2 pin power adapter, the 240 to 120v adapter, the single spindle adapter, the single to jukebox record adapter, the headphone to phono adapter for the graphic equaliser to improve the sound, the phono to headphone adapter for the bluetooth transmitter and might even upgrade the cartridge to magnetic, So I'll need a magnetic to line level pre amp adapter, A counterbalance adapter to lower the weight. Or I might just buy something better without the adapters!

They make pretty cool looking products though. The colors are trippy. I bet in a blind listening through a quality stereo system and modding the player for stereo I could fool some people into thinking it sounded like an expensive turntable.

That speech is on the track APOLLO XI by OMD on the album Sugar Tax.

Soupy Sales was a well known American comedian from the 1950s and 1960s. He had a kids show called "Lunch with Soupy Sales."

Yeah, I know who Soupy Sales is. I really like your case for the 45's. It's really 1950's style--just the thing for sleep-overs!

@Musicradio77Network

4 жыл бұрын

Soupy Sales was a TV personality. He had his own TV show in the 1960’s, and had his only hit with “Doin’ The Mouse”. In 1968, he was a regular panelist on the syndicated version of “What’s My Line?” In 1969, he did a parody of “MacArthur Park” by Richard Harris titled “Muck Arty Park”. He also had his own radio show on WNBC-AM in the 1980’s, and that was it.

Yes, the weight on the tonearm here , may not actually cause record damage persay, but it will wear out records due to the weight on them, it will wear records out though

I think it can be improved a lot by matching the correct impedance to the cartridge and fitting a better speaker

I remember Soupy Sales.

So this thing has a stereo tone arm and stereo amp and stereo headphone jack yet it's mono all the way. I had the Sega Game Gear which had mono from the built-in speaker and stereo if you plug in headphones. I wonder if a mod can be done to the circuits of this player if it could be modded to play mono from the built-in speaker but stereo through the headphones jack.

records in the early 70s were in stereo. there were mono pressings for radio. every early 70s record i have is in stereo.

It’s like a little baby Crosley Cruiser

This week, I just found some of those 78rpm 7” discs. Never heard of them before. I was confused and surprised. The ones I bought are on the Bell label

@frschoonover1

Жыл бұрын

FYI, Bell Records, which was founded in 1952, were the very first to use injection molded polystyrene for 7 inch singles. Bestway Products were the company that injection molded the singles for Bell Records, and the injection molding of polystyrene later became the standard for the vast majority of US record labels well into the mid 1990's. Polystyrene was used because it was cheaper to use than vinylyte, and also, it saved time. The only drawback was that the labels had to applied manually to the records.

@georgeprice4212

10 ай бұрын

@@frschoonover1different Bell Records label. The ones that are mentioned above are from between 1945 and 1950. There were many record labels that went by Bell.

for some reason ive got a saying stuck in my head about record players of which I can't seem to find where I first heard it or read it the higher end of the recommended tracking force comes from the engineers, and the lower end comes from the companies marketing department

I added a better 3" parts express speaker and got much better audio. Also to make the midrange better you can get a $5 preamp to match the impedance.

@vwestlife

4 жыл бұрын

Do you have a source for that pre-amp?

@Fardemark

4 жыл бұрын

www.ebay.com/itm/DC-5V-15V-12V-AD828-Stereo-Preamp-Power-Amplifier-Board-Preamplifier-Module/132837996861?hash=item1eedc2f93d:g:kbQAAOSwmBhb2AnP

@Fardemark

4 жыл бұрын

I used that in the crosley 3" mini cruiser and it made a good improvement

@xaenon

4 жыл бұрын

Make a video about it, brother!

Good lord that wow and flutter...and i thought my panasonic stereo had terrible flutter lol.

The cost, and for what it is, being for children, I think it is actually good, not taking into consideration the tonearm weight , but it is good.

You might as well use the bigger brother suitcase by MPK since it can play small records too.

D'oh! When I watched this video yesterday I was a bit confused by the title. I was wondering why married people couldn't use this. Now I realize he means music singles, not relationship singles.

as that runs off 5v, you could fit 4 AA nimhs with simple charge circuit(resistor or small bulb 😉)

@andygozzo72

4 жыл бұрын

update , i commented before i saw you dismantle it, its all ready to have it fitted😁

I wonder if you could improve it as it's so easy to take to pieces buy adding sound deadening material inside also I wonder if you could fit a better quality speaker inside

had the book and was banned by our parental units from watching soupy sales . gah , am revealing my age .

Great video! I am also wondering what the music at the end of the video is. (19:30)

@vwestlife

Жыл бұрын

It's not music. The narrator explains what it is.

Sounds like it's raining outside

Hey my brother and i collect some of pacific stereos gear and was wondering if you could review there ELC cassette line? Theres only two models

If you removed the mono speaker and put in two small stereo speakers will it be stereo?

@jamesslick4790

4 жыл бұрын

No, Since the headphone jack outputs mono, it obviously has a mono amplifier. I'm going to assume that the only thing "stereo" about it is that the cartridge is stereo record comparable.

I have a copy of the Bingity Bangity Bus book, which gives no suggestion that an audio version ever existed. Interesting. (I know who Soupy Sales was, but postdate his activities to the best of my knowledge.)

Sounds like anyone buying this would be better off lighting their BBQ grill with the $29 instead. At least you'd have a burger to enjoy in exchange for that money. These types of cheap electronics are just landfill fillers.

@CommodoreFan64

4 жыл бұрын

Amen to that!! Just get your kid a used 1/2 decent turntable, a basic phono amp, and basic bookshelf speakers, then teach them how to use it correctly.

@danny1959

4 жыл бұрын

@@CommodoreFan64 This kind of response not only smells of snobbery, it's delusional snobbery.

@hurkamur1

4 жыл бұрын

@@danny1959 Putting a *little* bit of effort in is "snobbery"? Nowadays it's actually pretty easy to put a whole set together that is actually enjoyable to listen to for under $100. It can be fun to listen to 45s on portables like this when you're a little kid, but it's really just a novelty.

@JK-bf9qg

4 жыл бұрын

My Vestax died so I bought the 250 as a cheap replacement. As someone who uses a portable to needledrop unknown 45s for a couple seconds when out and about, it serves its purpose and is worth the price.

@Sarathewise158

3 жыл бұрын

@@hurkamur1 Can you give me this audiophile-approved, easy to set up,

Classy fisher price job

Soupy Sales was a regular panelist on the 1960s game show, "What's My Line", and was one of only a few comedians signed to Motown Records.

Hey! That's a THREE SPEED platter motor. A two-speed motor doesn't need that five-pin terminal block. Of course, the 78 speed circuit (which would have its own trimmer pot) isn't there.

I have a few Fidelity HF 42s lying about at home. Still works great.

This MPK 7” record player can also play Japanese 8ban 3” records from Japan. “Techmoan” made a video about the Bandai 8ban 3” record player on his channel. kzread.info/dash/bejne/rItruq57oqWoqaQ.html

What kind of alignment protractor is that?

where could I get onewould love to have one for the music room for decoration

Why no built-in large hole adapter on the turntable? Since that is going to be the most common 7" record to be played, why not have a lift & twist large hole adapter built into the turntable?

@vwestlife

4 жыл бұрын

Because they wanted it to also play 3-inch records, as I explained.

@stepheng8779

4 жыл бұрын

may come as a surprise okbridges the world is not America. No large hole 7" singles here apart from those cut out for jukeboxes, so not common at all.

@okbridges

4 жыл бұрын

@@stepheng8779 I am well aware of the small hole UK 45rpm 7" records, I have videos of them on my channel. I just find it odd and amusing that a player for records no larger than 7" it has only an adapter and built-in adapters are not made on low-cost turntables anymore.

@georgeprice4212

10 ай бұрын

@@okbridgesok, oldphart. 😆 I remember those as well.

Hey there! Did you verify the claim that it had a genuine belt drive? Just curious.

@vwestlife

4 жыл бұрын

It is belt drive.

Cool

I was more interested in Mary mc Teague’s record player...let’s see a review of that one

What is the instrument referenced on the final record? "Cordeaux"?

@vwestlife

4 жыл бұрын

The Thomas Chordion.

5 volts... almost can be run on a USB but like with any power voltage, you never want to max it out, only at 80% or less. If the player ran on 4 volts, it should be no problem. If you can get a cable thick enough to carry the current, maybe two USB ports

The Holidays on Track Records? According to wiki, they were not one the Kit Lambert Track Records. So this must be a small company before 1967

@vwestlife

3 жыл бұрын

It's this one: www.discogs.com/The-Holidays-Patty-Ann-Big-Brown-Eyes/master/1268415

@mrllj2487

3 жыл бұрын

@@vwestlife wow I just found out that an old friend of mines father was a partner of Track Records. The late Don Costa

I remember having 7" 78 records, however they were mostly children's records.

@georgeprice4212

10 ай бұрын

I had one as a kid on the Peter Pan label, Christmas tunes.

Where can we buy this record player 🤔 👀 ?

@vwestlife

3 жыл бұрын

It should be available on Amazon.

A 45 RPM record that at the first part of the record already tells you to turn over the record. I’ve never heard of something like that.

The sound was very rough !

So my understanding is that they could have made this player much much better if they put more effort in to designing electronics to make it stereo and filter out motor noise? I hate it when devices have breaking flaws just because they were rushed to production or cost was reduced in places where it didn't really save that much money. Its especially irritating with issues with firmware/software which is one-time cost and device is sold for years and many people suffer because of rushed design which could be easily avoided. On the other hand I love when device is made carefully with all care and attention to how it works, even if technically its outdated.

omg i had that bingity bangity school bus record and book!

Ooh I want it it's so cute! I doubt it will work nearly as well as ones from the 60s tho.

I'm going to be charitable and assume that it's designed to play stereo records. (stereo cartridge), even though the output is mono.

@vwestlife

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, as I showed in the video, it has separate left and right wires going from the cartridge to the amplifier.

@xaenon

4 жыл бұрын

Well, yeah, it would have to be. Those Chuo Denshi knockoffs are everywhere for ultra-cheap, why use anything else? No need to develop a mono version; just use the inexpensive, abundant, still-in-production off-the-shelf item, and wire the left and right together for mono. Believe it or not, 'off the shelf' hardware was pretty much how IBM developed the first PC. The engineers tasked with its development regarded the concept of a personal computer to be basically a 'toy', and they weren't going to reinvent the wheel to build it.