And that's what I love about VWestlife: cuts-to-the-chase; no fluff, no BS (nice voice, too).

I would love to see a collaboration between you and vwestlife! When I first stumbled across your channel ,I thought that you had 100k-500k subs. you produce outstanding content. you absolutely deserve those subs! Keep up the good work! - Caden.

@Recordology

3 жыл бұрын

Great idea!!

Is there a way to lower the tracking force, maybe by stretching the spring on the tonearm. I would be tempted to try it at least.

I just found ELO Out of the Blue in my collection yesterday.

Always appreciate your dedication to these suitcase and lower end players... Woulda liked for you to play the "damaged record" on another player, be curious to hear the level of "groove damage." As well, could be helpful for others to hear what "groove damage" sounds like... People often forget that the average vintage records was likely played on a heavy tracking record changer back in the day, and people often were not really good about changing stylus' back then either. Though in all fairness, I'd personally rather a vintage BSR over this Victrola (kind of a "Duh" statement). Keep up the fine work sir!

Love Mancini. I was surprised when you said “It had quite a bit of organ mixed in, and like my dad I don’t care for organ much.” Ha! I actually seek out those mid century lounge/jazz style records specifically with organ!! I’ve picked up some really great ones recently for pennies. BTW, that Crosley Collegiate I bought off your recommendation last year has played hundreds of records flawlessly!! Definitely a hidden gem amongst inexpensive players.

@Recordology

3 жыл бұрын

Good to hear!

Great show ! Keep it up. Stay warm ✌

@Recordology

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Could you place a few dimes behind the pivot to reduce the tracking weight?

I hope you don't mind me asking this, but has anyone sent you second hand record players to review?

@Recordology

3 жыл бұрын

Not yet!

@secondchancejunkyard7946

3 жыл бұрын

@@Recordology I have a few, if it's alright with you.

Honestly, I’m no super expert, but I wouldn’t think 6.5g would do such immediate and noticeable damage. I’d look at the stylus itself, or check to see if it’s “skating” like crazy. I do have an old Caliphone with the clunky Bakelite tone arm and I measured it at 9.7g of force. I don’t use it anymore because of that, but it didn’t do any noticeable damage. Curious to see if you find anything specifically wrong with this player. ;)

@Recordology

3 жыл бұрын

The stylus keeps getting mentioned as a possible suspect.....hmmmmmm

@DetroitStars

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I think it's a bad stylus and/or a skating force problem. If you don't have one, perhaps the purchase of an inexpensive USB digital microscope could help shed some light on the problem. Actually, the use of a digital microscope to inspect a stylus would be a good subject for a future video.

I thought I was the only one who realised it, lol, love both channels

I honestly pronounce vwestlife the same way you do (that record player is called the Victrola Canvas)

Love that Mancini record. I have it on CD paired with the original Mr. Lucky album. I will dissent though to say that I love Mancini's use of organ. It's one of the things that drew me into his music in the first place.

@muzluv33

4 ай бұрын

Yeah Baby Elephant Walk from Hatari.

Westlife is also the name of a pop group from Ireland. I think that is what he named his channel after.

@georgeboubous8318

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, his YT name is a combination of VW (Volkswagens are his favourite cars) and Westlife.

Is it Victrola that is owned by 'Circus World Direct' ? Always makes me chuckle!

@Recordology

3 жыл бұрын

That's actually Fluance and Electrohome! I agree - of all names lol! Victrola is Innovative Technology (not TechnologIES)

@AlexTechYT

3 жыл бұрын

@@Recordology Oh Ok! Quite confusing...

@dougbrowning82

3 жыл бұрын

@@Recordology Circus World Displays is also Citizen, and First Alert, among other brands.

When I was in Middle School my parent took me to Service Merchandise to buy a combo unit for Christmas. (Record changer by BSR, AM/FM radio, 8 track player) Yeah I'm that old. So anyway, I pick out this unit made by Soundesign. A few months later Consumer Reports test combo units. Turns out this one tracked at an amazing 11grams. I still have some of those records. They are damaged like this except 10 times worse.

@Recordology

3 жыл бұрын

I loved Service Merchandise!

@jcmolero71

Жыл бұрын

I had the worst BsR turntable in a Riviera music center, the turntable had a s shaped tone arm and a tetrad cartridge weighed to 3.5 g, but the bad part was the plastic platter which left permanent marks on the vinyls and being plastic the motor noise was severely transferred making inaudible low volume records

I’d love the Victor sticker aka old HMV logo 😁 change the cartridge and stylus it’ll track at normal at 5.8g approx

Is there a brick sticker for the headshell lol.

@Recordology

3 жыл бұрын

lol

It's funny, we all know the good KZreadrs across different channels. Who on here watches Snango066 and Radiotvphononut?

Mr. Lucky Goes Latin is classic Mancini at his best.

what next? A caller Id with a color screen?

9:35 has me rolling 🤣 You seriously said screw it and did everything to piss off an audiophile 😂 In all seriousness I’m sorry this crummy thing has damaged your records. I’m sure that’s heartbreaking and I’d be upset as well if I were in your shoes.

@TheGreenDoggoOfWisdom

3 жыл бұрын

I love pissing off audiophiles sometimes lol

Buddy ,,, ya need to put a new stylus on there.... I have had them come bad on brand new equipment..... take a red one and a razor knife and trim it to fit.... and see if it’s a defective needle....I’m just curious at this point... lol... I have classroom players with 89t carts that track at 8 grams and don’t tear up a lp... a styrene 45 yes.... and lp... no

Thank youfor a great informative video. It crossed my mind when I saw the headshell and cartrigde that more plastic part were added to what it is used too. It looks better to the customer when it is sold. But this extra plastic, maybe it causes the tracking force to be higher than usual for these suitcase players. If it is poosible to remove that part, maybe the tracking force will be less. This is just a thought from me. All the very best to you.

@Recordology

3 жыл бұрын

That's an excellent observation.

you can't polish a turd.

I always avoid portable turntables

Yes some of these records are great and to play them on a record player like that means trouble

I would argue that there could very well be something wrong with the stylus on this player. While 6.5 grams is definitely not good, it doesn't seem like it would really be enough to cause this much damage to your record. Considering that these ceramic cartridges can technically track at 6 grams, it seems problematic that you're having this issue.

@cryptidproductions3160

3 жыл бұрын

With how cheap the stylus heads on anything using those guts are it's entirely possible it came with one that's totally mangled and gouging records from the factory They're cheap to replace (like 2 styli for $10) for it might be worth testing further with fresh ones

Haha yeah I’ve done that! Hey I won that?!😂

What about sticking the stickers all over both sides of the J Collins Vinyl,and see how the stylus copes with the record then.Alternatively,rip out the entire record player.....Consign it to the bin,and stick in a small loop of N Gauge track,and run some model trains in a suitcase...Now that`s a novel idea.? ... good to see you have survived the transformation,back from Being VWestlife....Bizareness in the extreme Lol !!! Nice video sir !!

Can they damage your records?

@NicholasTobolski

Ай бұрын

Every record player will “damage” your records as part of normal use. The important thing is whether you regularly clean both your records and the stylus.

I play my 78's on those players.

Take that white stylus off and put on a red one with a metal cantilever. Seems to fix the problem.

Just a bad example.such a shame this one wrecks records.

I have a ton of records that my great ant gave me from her Norman Rockwell days. She belonged to a dancing club with her workplace and they did all the old school dancing I even have video of her dancing in the 80’s well she has all kinds on the exact music I’m sure you like. I’m not much into it and am wanting to get rid of it. I’ll make a video on this and maybe you will want some of them. Unfortunately I can’t afford the post to ship them to u as they weigh a bunch but maybe we could figure something out. Some are like new

@Recordology

3 жыл бұрын

Please email me and let me know what you have.... recordology1938@gmail.com

@TiltedTripodMedia

3 жыл бұрын

@@Recordology ok when I get a moment I ill ive been run ragged driving back and forth to Columbus for moms surgeries. ill send some photos

LIKE number 1 which is quite fun. :)

@Recordology

3 жыл бұрын

You are back in the lead Jon! ;)

I can’t figure out why everyone is so fascinated with the suitcase record players. They made sense back in the 60s when there were no cassette walkmans‘s or portable CD players or even smart phones and MP3 players like we have today. If you’re wanting to listen to a record today you’re more than likely going to sit at home and play it not carry it all over the place so these don’t make a whole Lotta sense in today’s world wouldn’t you wanna just get a nice one for your desk that you could sit down and it would be connected to your hi-fi system with your speakers. I don’t know I don’t think I’ll ever figure out why people like them so much I don’t like them they’re not really good quality and I don’t think they ever were Not even back in the 60s where they were popular

@Recordology

3 жыл бұрын

I actually agree with that.....but for some reason people LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM they sell like CRAZZZZYYYYY...

@TiltedTripodMedia

3 жыл бұрын

@@Recordology I think that's because they are inexpensive and most people don't know what they are doing or looking at especially the younger generation that didn't grow up with them. too many people have the mentality of it cheep easy and plays records and its wrong. well whatever makes everyone happy I guess. I plan to invest in better equipment as many of the records I play or have are not cheep and I want to take care of them as well as get better sound and more value out of the record. thanks for the reply I really enjoy hearing back as its rare to hear from you tubers anymore which I understand if you have 100k+ subs. I have the audio technical lp 240 and although its all manual its built like a tank and cost quite a bit too it sounds fantastic for its price point.

@dougbrowning82

3 жыл бұрын

The concept behind a suitcase player is when you're not using it, you can put it away in a closet.

now all you need is to: keep your voice at the same tone for the whole video have incredibly dry humour and then you will be VWestlife!

This is a fantastic album.

I don't find this a junky record player. In fact, I 👍 like EVERY sticker on this thing. I should tease ya, and say they give ya enough stickers to decorate 45 45 RPM records, since this thing plays 45's. I found a Crosley at 👍 Goodwill a couple years ago, and I hated how they ruined their Crosley AM/FM 📻 radio/record player combination with them. Had it 👎 not been filled with these hideous stickers, I would have bought it for the $29.99 that 👍 Goodwill was asking. Yours are the most interesting stickers. Your friend, Jeff.

Suitcase or all-in-one players are for those who don't really care about good sound.

@Recordology

3 жыл бұрын

Its true....and many dont!

I have a few comments about your video. On the Judy Collins' record, you put your fingers on the grooves. If you do that (and I know you don't), it's a no-no. As far as the scale goes, it must be at the same height of your TT to get an accurate reading. I put squares of cardboard under the scale to raise it up. VWestlife's name is Kevin. Take a look at his video "Will cheap record player DESTROY your vinyl?" It's very interesting. VWestlife is gay (I am gay myself) and he has a video on coming out. As far as interesting finds in your record collection, I have a story to tell. I've got many classical albums. One I have is "Concertos for Cello" by Antonio Janigro and the Solisti di Zagreb. I''ve had it for years, but never played it. It's an RCA Living Stereo from 1960. (Living Stereo, I think, are the best stereo recordings ever.) It's fantastic. I don't know why I waited so long to put it on my TT. Anyways, the inner sleeve is original and has on one side "What is Stereophonic Sound?" As stereo was available to the general public in 1958 one can see why this was necessary. On the other side are titles available on RCA. I was looking at it today and what should I find? "Mr. Lucky!" I looked it up on Amazon and it's about nine bucks. I was thinking about getting it, but I dislike organ, too. At least in pop music. (Bach is a different story.) I have Mancini's albums of Peter Gunn. (If you can get one, it will blow you away.) I have one more Mancini album, "The Versatile Henry Mancini" on Liberty from 1959. Versatile is right. It's awful. It's a tropical theme and it says on the back, "Lou Maury's tasty organ stylings." Never, absolutely never, get an album that has "stylings" on the back! Stay safe, my friend.

@Recordology

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I know him - we have chatted on email few times, terrific guy. I was referring to the show name / intro. And the touching of the record was intentional.....its a running gag on this channel re Judy Collins.

@saintmichael1779

3 жыл бұрын

@@Recordology Really? You know him. Hot damn!

Sorry your records got damaged. my player is working better, as you know I have the same one but I placed a metal washer on the back of the tonearm, it acts as a counterweight using Velcro to hold in place. and I also broken in the needle by playing some old scratchy records and 78rpm’s, now the needle is broken into, and the tone arm is lighter and it’s working great

Lol.... can’t wait for this...!!! First

First!

Well to me it's quite obvious to me that you're not vwestlife, because you have a wife. AFAIK, vwestlife isn't interested in women at all.

@01chippe

3 жыл бұрын

I thought that, but wasn’t going to be the one to say it!