I'm sold! Am heading right over to our local record store to buy up some green color RCA 45s! #Goodbye78s
@albertbenajam6761
4 жыл бұрын
The original productions of 45s were color code plastic. The classical red seal line red plastic. Children's records yellow. Green I think was County & Western as I recall. Black plastic for pop music. After 1950 all were on black plastic. Originalrecord numbers were49-####. Released in 2959 were 50-####. Afterwards yeah prefix dropped.
@fromthesidelines
4 жыл бұрын
And "midnight blue" discs were "semi-classical" and Broadway; "cerise" was "Blues & Rhythm" (and jazz); and "sky blue" was their "International" series. As you said, all of those disappeared after 1950- EXCEPT for the red vinyl "Red Seal" releases, which I believe were discontinued by 1952.
@astrosci8864
4 жыл бұрын
You'll be glad you did!
@astrosci8864
4 жыл бұрын
Wait till you hear about quadraphonic!
@WestCoastDP
2 жыл бұрын
@@albertbenajam6761 Here's all of the colors from the demo pack, from Feb. 1949, a friend of my mothers gave me after I helped her move. She was a record manager for many years in Wichita. Red - Red Seal Music, Black-Popular Music, Midnight Blue-Popular Classics, Green-Country and Western, Cerise-Blues and Rhythm, Sky blue-International Music, Yellow- Children's Entertainment. I've never played them. Still in the packet. ..... She and other record managers were invited to the Ambassador Hotel in Feb, 1949 by RCA to reveal the new 45 records. The packet says on the back: "Do Not Open Envelope Until The Speaker Asks You". Bet that was a fun time. I think a week later RCA sent records and players to the record stores for sells,etc.
@michaelwilliams4410
2 жыл бұрын
I will ALWAYS love 45 RPM records, and it's a real shame that these little records lost their popularity during the late 1980's! Cassette singles, CD singles, and digital singles can't be compared to 45s!
@Duckcalculator
Жыл бұрын
And a 45 can’t be compared to a 78, the optimal format. 45 does deserve 2nd place 100%.
@ShinnosukeTokuda1684
11 ай бұрын
@@Duckcalculator 78 rpm >>>> all else
@Duckcalculator
11 ай бұрын
@@ShinnosukeTokuda1684 True
@craigmeyer1468
10 ай бұрын
They are easier to put onto CD
@gns423
2 ай бұрын
@@Duckcalculator78s have excellent sound quality, but the surface noise is pretty high.
@ROCKINGMAN
4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad, despite the negative comments, the 45 RPM record was invented. They lasted many years , with some care, most came in beautiful covers, PVC was the material used because contact with the stylus is smoother. Many of the great artists of the 50's through to the 90's had most of their discography on these for single promotions, entering the charts. The EP is my favourite. 10 inch (25 cms) was another nice format up to full albums.
@mrob75
4 жыл бұрын
so agree with your comment...Not sure why all the negativity...Tough crowd to please.
@WestCoastDP
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, nothing negative about 45's.. Just another progression of music media like Reel to Reel, 8 track, Casettes, CD's, and now mp3. 45 was a hit. Millions sold and Music legends pressed millions of 45 records. Nothing wrong with that. Of course, you'll get 13 year old zit butttt Trolls on all posts on KZitem. Just ignore them.
@robfriedrich2822
2 жыл бұрын
One time they made 45 rpm records cheaper by using polystyrene, sound wasn't completely bad, but not really HiFi anymore
@robfriedrich2822
2 жыл бұрын
EP isn't the best quality. I think, the best compromise is a 7" with 4 minutes music per side or a 12" with 22 minutes, more decreases the sound.
@stevencooper2464
4 жыл бұрын
I started building my collection of 45's in 1964; I still have the entire collection of more than 400 45's. I also still have a few of my father's 78's. Years ago, I owned a stereo record changer that could play 33's, 45's and 78's, with a flip-over needle for 78's or 33's and 45's. Man, those were the good old days, but, I really love my MP3's.
@jean-pierrem34
4 жыл бұрын
You're absolutely right but I still prefer and really love my vinyl :) Love those magic record changers!!
@kkteutsch6416
Жыл бұрын
45 rpm records weren't sold in Brazil, I have 1 or 2 but they are imported, 16 rpm although some record had this option I've never saw a solely disc !
@oldradiosnphonographs
Жыл бұрын
I got too many 45s I’m currently trying to weed out the multiples and records I don’t like
@animalcorvair
4 жыл бұрын
love my rca 45s an i have that player too..easy to restore
@rayfridley6649
4 жыл бұрын
When this 45 rpm player was introduced, Columbia CBS introduced the 33 1\3 rpm turntable, which the spindle is the same as on 78 rpm players. The three speed turntable was introduced quickly after that.
@dougbrowning82
4 жыл бұрын
The CBS LP system was actually introduced to the public a year before the RCA system came out. This was what led to the "battle of the speeds". What's interesting is they both used microgrooves, vinyl media, and had non touching surfaces.
@michaelmckenna6464
3 жыл бұрын
@@dougbrowning82 Earlier Columbia micro groove albums were flat. Columbia did introduce the raised rim to its albums along with the shouldered (raised) label so that by theory, the playing surfaces did not touch each other when played in stacks on a record changer.
@redtape7142
2 жыл бұрын
can i blow your mind for a second? 33 1/3 + 45= 78 so the 78 speed could usually be set by playing BOTH speeds together(45+33
@MarvinHartmann452
10 ай бұрын
That was the ideal format for the juke-box.
@jimrapp6955
4 жыл бұрын
Don't forget that " Nipper " is watching over the new system waiting to hear " his masters voice " !
@barryyoungston5254
4 жыл бұрын
Jim. You can't say that dogs name like that these days. Apparently, some buyers don't like it for some reason!!!!!
@nickv185
4 жыл бұрын
Jim, glad they got the casket out of the logo...was kinda creepy
@CowSaysMooMoo
4 жыл бұрын
@@barryyoungston5254 Yeah....you gotta say "Nippah....."
@gregoryclemen1870
3 жыл бұрын
I have "NIPPER" he is the best dog I have ever had, and OH YES!!!!, he still raises his ear every time I power up my R.C.A."VICTOR" record players, playing "R.C.A." records. david sarnoff would be proud to know that his "DEEP THROAT" equipment is still on the job!!!!
@ds99
4 жыл бұрын
I started playing 45 rpm’s in the 60s and didn’t know until today how they came to be. I figured it was all random. Very educational.
@michaelmckenna6464
3 жыл бұрын
It was probably all random. Columbia had the same success with 33 1/3 rpm and Columbia came up its own format, the 7 inch 33 1/3 rpm single with the small hole for standard spindles. Columbia used that format until around 1952 when it switched to the 7 inch 45 rpm format only because most of the other labels were switching to the RCA format. Columbia resisted because it didn’t want to pay RCA for use of its format.
@prsearls
4 жыл бұрын
I can't wait to trade in my iTunes for one of these! My wife still has 45's from her teen-age years but nothing to play them on anymore. I remember the 78 rpm records my folks had. I'm old enough to remember when stereo was introduced - a very big deal at the time. I think I still have some 33 rpm stereo demo records.
@williamdenton5716
4 ай бұрын
Lol. I have just over 4000 33rpm, 12" records, and 800, 45rpm 7". I'm pretty sure that I enjoy them more now than I did 50 years ago. Of course, I can afford them now. lol
@jaddison1112
4 жыл бұрын
I hope 45 RPM single records would come back, (but I wouldn't bet on it). Having many songs stored digitally is very easy, but having a vinyl record, you can hold in your hand and play, is something special. I remember it well.
@PackinStackin
4 жыл бұрын
There are some 7" 45s being made new. But its nothing like how the 12" 33 rpm vinyl has came back.
@dr3w399
2 жыл бұрын
@@PackinStackin its mostly 33's being made
@195511SM
4 жыл бұрын
And the 'women-folk' enjoy that smaller size too... ( selling point mentioned between the 03:15 - 03:20 mark....)...
@marctronixx
4 жыл бұрын
I came here to say exactly this! :)
@stephendeluca4479
4 жыл бұрын
Hmm, I thought size doesn't matter.
@bobsoldrecords1503
4 жыл бұрын
That line had me laughing so much that I had to rewind the video to see what I'd missed
@gastronomist
4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad they weren't sexist by ignoring the needs of the women-folk.
@xjet
4 жыл бұрын
Well they say it's not the size but how you use it that counts -- mind you, only men seem to say that :-)
@Tonetwisters
4 жыл бұрын
45 RPM's powered the '50s, that's for sure. One song / one record at a time, made rock and roll heroes come alive.
@timw.9466
4 жыл бұрын
My Innuos Zenith mk3 server, streamer feeding my Lampizator Lite 7 SET dac or my White VPI Prime Super Scout turntable are now obsolete! Can't wait to get my RCA Victor system!
@rexlex1736
4 жыл бұрын
Makes me recall my teenage years in the 1960's when I mowed lawns during the summers for spending money wearing cut off Levis and the trips to the record store to browse the lated hits and to buy the latest Beach Boys 45's.
@nickv185
4 жыл бұрын
New lawn mower cost 35 bucks at western auto, I liked the ballads, beatles were ok, parents didnt like much of it.....
@jhonwask
3 жыл бұрын
I always loved the complete home entertainment units.
@rizzlerazzleuno4733
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, and the Super-Duper models also had a tape recorder. All your entertainment needs in one box.
@dan4lau
4 жыл бұрын
I've been reading an article from Gramophone magazine from January 1951 explaining the various formats available at the time. Something I've noticed from reading Gramophone editions from the early 50s is that in the UK, 45s seemed to take a long time to take off. LPs seem to have been primarily the domain of the classical work, and everything else reviewed or talked about was on 'standard' records, which means 78s. This is true at least up to 52, three years after the format was introduced. Another fascinating piece of info the article yielded was that apparently Columbia initially came out with three sizes of 33/3 discs. A 7" single, five minutes per side, a 10" at thirteen minutes a side and the 12" LP at 25 minutes per side. Given that these were all at the same speed, I'm mildly surprised that the 45 got a look-in at all. It's probably been the only format war which was in effect a draw. RCA had their 45 album idea, which quickly bit the dust, and Columbia had their 33/3 single and... medium records which also died the death, leaving RCA King of singles and Columbia King of the long-playing format. Anyone any insights on any of this?
@happyhotdogmusic7038
10 ай бұрын
Columbia actually developed 7 in records in response to rca. They had the entire industry backing the 33 speed but the teens kept buying 45s regardless and eventually they just gave up and the 45 single lives on.
@astrosci8864
4 жыл бұрын
RCA's format is better for you because we are TELLING you it is better for you! LOL!
@gracenotes5379
4 жыл бұрын
They gave it a decent shot, though. I respect that. Format wars are hard to win.
@astrosci8864
4 жыл бұрын
@@gracenotes5379 No argument here. Just the CED saga alone makes me respect RCA's efforts at promoting a format.
@alphonsocarioti512
4 жыл бұрын
The real selling-point was the "single". You only bought the song you wanted. Then came Rock and Roll and it took off. 45 RPM jukeboxes was the last element to it's success.
@robertc2397
4 жыл бұрын
Singles already existed (at 78 RPM).
@astrosci8864
4 жыл бұрын
@@robertc2397 Yeah, but there was no other choice until LPs came out.
@Rlotpir1972
3 жыл бұрын
And later, stereo 45s came.
@astrosci8864
4 жыл бұрын
Instead of having a set standard using only RCA's players, someone just invented the 45 adapter, thereby destroying RCA's dreams of a record monopoly. Oh well...push and pull.
@gregoryclemen1870
3 жыл бұрын
all the "OTHER" record companies that made the 45 rpm records had to pay royalties to "R.C.A.". the 45 rpm adapter was made so you could use an existing record changer, so you did not have to go out and buy a new record player/changer. all the radio stations switched over to 45 rpm records, as did all the jukebox manufacturers!!!!( that sealed the existence of the 45 rpm record
@keithammleter3824
4 жыл бұрын
"Distortion free" they said, about 100 times. Then, a few years later, RCA invented the Dynagroove pre-correction to get rid of some of the distortion. Then the Japanese devised elliptical styli to get rid of some more. Then the Brits devised linear tracking tone-arms to get rid of the distortion still remaining. The presenter forgot to mention that the plastic used in 45's was a lot more susceptible to warping than the old shellac 78's. I had to laugh when the 45 he demonstrated was already warped. Big holes and separate players didn't last long - ideas that must have seemed daft even during development.
@orgami100
4 жыл бұрын
That warping what added rock and roll's.. Whoop whoop! Whoop whoop! Sounds. ...
@publicmail2
4 жыл бұрын
Well that poor guy at 2:35 with clown tie is buying it.
@perrybarton
4 жыл бұрын
Re the big hole design not lasting long, it depends on where you lived. In the States, for example, 45s always had them.
@keithammleter3824
4 жыл бұрын
@@perrybarton : Yes, like Lear 8-track tapes, S-100/CP/M computers, and non-metric measurements - only in the USA. Actually, didn't they eventually come up with a design for 45's that had a three-pointed knock-out section, so that you could play on a regular 9/32" spindle turntable, or knock it out and play it on a large spindle turntable?
@fromthesidelines
4 жыл бұрын
"Dynagroove" discs weren't introduced until 1963.
@BluPhone-mv1ic
3 ай бұрын
At my job they had a compact disc jukebox, space saving.
@111000100101001
4 жыл бұрын
Was expecting that last ‘up sell’ model to have a rotary cylinder player ;)
@DougMcDave
Жыл бұрын
Do not forget the juke box, the original on demand music listening system.
@jdascaingo
Жыл бұрын
According to the very interesting book "From Tinfoil To Stereo" (1959) by Oliver Read and Walter L. Welch, RCA released the first 45 rpm 7" in 1949. The same year they were also released by Capitol Records and London Gramophone Corp., and in 1950 it was done by Mercury Record Corp., MGM Records, Gramophone Co. LTD & Columnbia Graphophone Co. LTD., and Decca Record Co. USA. C.B.S. released them in 1951. And in 1952 the first EPs began to come out.
@xjet
4 жыл бұрын
I love the catchy names for those different models. So much better than later attempts such as "Walkman" :-)
@Solitaire001
5 ай бұрын
Because the name "Walkman" sounded funny to some ears, Sony tried a number of alternate names for the Walkman in other countries: Soundabout, Stowaway, and Freestyle. None of those names stuck and they went with "Walkman" for all areas of the world. Concerning cryptic model names, Sony tends to give all of audio equipment cryptic names. My current digital audio players is the NW-A55, which succeeded the NW-A45 and NW-A35. They've also released the NWZ-A816, NWZ-E435, and NW-X1000, and many other seeming cryptic names (there was a logic to the model names but Sony moved away from that with their more-recent players).
@oldradiosnphonographs
2 жыл бұрын
I like these little players. Sometimes I come home with a box of 45s with stuff I’m not familiar with. Easier to stack on 6 at a time and get up from my chair 2 times instead of getting up from my chair 12 times.
@smrekow
4 жыл бұрын
Oh how freedom from distorsion the new best thing
@MikeBracewell
4 жыл бұрын
Was that the world's creepiest sales guy? Half expected him to do a nazi-salute at the end. And break eye-contact, man - at least once in a while!
@richardgray8593
4 жыл бұрын
HAHA! I was thinking exactly the same thing. He really creeps me out.
@pcno2832
4 жыл бұрын
8:20 5 grams was not bad at all for 1949; today anything below 3 grams is considered good, but 5 grams won't wear out a record very fast. The cheapest child record players were more like 7 to 10 grams.
@danieldaniels7571
4 жыл бұрын
PC No unless that record is a US 45 from the ‘70s or ‘80s made out of polystyrene
@xaenon
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, styrene WAS a pretty shitty idea.
@xaenon
4 жыл бұрын
5 grams isn't really all that 'bad' today either. Of course lighter tracking is more desirable, but 5 grams is perfectly acceptable (required, in fact, for most ceramic cartridges to work properly). Even the hated Crosley Cruiser and their other-brand equivalents work at around the 5 gram mark. The claims that they 'destroy records!' are mostly hype, or related to the cheap sapphire stylus those players are often supplied with. Don't get me wrong - I'm no fan of those 'briefcase' players, but the mechanisms they use are not nearly as bad as some people make them out to be. The audio sections in those players, on the other hand, have a LOT of room for improvement.
@dougbrowning82
4 жыл бұрын
@@xaenon The mechanism behind those Crosley players has been around since the late 1980s. It was the basis of all the 3 piece bookshelf systems of the 1990s. The cheap sapphire styli of those units can easily be upgraded to diamond. Costs a little more but lasts 10 times as long.
@xaenon
4 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed. You can also get a stylus assembly that has a metal cantilever instead of the el cheapo plastic ones for slightly better sound but on those suitcase things it's doubtful you'd hear the difference. Pipe the output into a decent external amp, though, and it's a different story. I won't bullshit anyone and tell them it'll be hi-fi, but it's considerably better than the built-in amp and speakers.
@johnpontoon2625
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video!
@frankpitochelli6786
4 жыл бұрын
2020...over 5 thousand songs on a cellphone which takes up 6 inches and weighs 8 onces. This world is moving too fast.
@Richard_K1630
4 жыл бұрын
Lots of cool stuff. I'll look for these at the upcoming antique radio show in May. Can't wait.
@chrislj2890
11 ай бұрын
I still have my 45s from the mid '60s and they are in excellent shape. It's rather ironic that here in November 2023 they have released the last new Beatles song "Now And Then" on a 7" 45 rpm. The vinyl resurgence is real and awesome! Anyway, I wonder if any of those RCA consoles are still in existence?
@williamdenton5716
4 ай бұрын
I have one. It's beautiful.
@chrislj2890
4 ай бұрын
@@williamdenton5716 Lucky fellow, hope you enjoy it for years to come.
@farrellmcnulty909
4 жыл бұрын
8:45 - I call bullshit! That's not the beginning of the Rachmaninoff concerto, and there was no surface noise as the stylus landed on the groove. Rachmaninoff was dubbed in during post-production.
@xjet
4 жыл бұрын
Oh come on, please... you're not suggesting that salesfolk would lie in the pursuit of profit... are you? :->
@romandjma.recordplayers7806
4 жыл бұрын
I own one of these players, a 45-J to be specific(basically just the same as a 9JY, just without a variable output control). After seeing that clip, I immediately went to do what they showed. I can confirm that there was no wow & flutter, tone distortion, etc. I was honestly surprised because I also jumped to that conclusion at first. I was using a piano record for the best results, too.
@wisteela
4 жыл бұрын
@@romandjma.recordplayers7806 Piano recordings are fantastic for showing wow and flutter.
@romandjma.recordplayers7806
4 жыл бұрын
@@wisteela My point exactly. Yet not a single change in wow and flutter or tone.
@puppycat65481
4 жыл бұрын
it's obvious that they haven't yet discovered the diamond needle, because they mentioned it had a sapphire stylus. (didn't last that long, I used to use those). a sapphire needle in 1969 cost me $2.50.
@williamdenton5716
4 ай бұрын
The sapphire stylus still has a position in the world of turntables.
@AmazingArends
4 жыл бұрын
Then the 45 came to practically define the decade of the 1950s--Elvis Presley, Buddy Holley, sock hops and the like. The 45 came to be about just getting the one song you wanted rather than playing them as an "album."
@danieldaniels7571
4 жыл бұрын
AmazingArends yeah, 45 RPM albums didn’t last long. I only own one.
@fromthesidelines
4 жыл бұрын
Actually, "45" album sets lasted through the mid-1950's. By that time, RCA had created an "extended play 45" disc where TWO tracks could fit on one side, for a playing time of up to seven minutes per side. "45" albums in double or triple gatefold sleeves gradually replaced three or four single boxed sets.
@Spiderman7Bob7
3 жыл бұрын
I am in my 80's so you can imahine how I've seen and heard EVERYTHING change. After all of this I still wish 45 rpm records and players were still popular.
@oldradiosnphonographs
2 жыл бұрын
They’re still popular in MY house! 😤
@alexchiasson322
4 жыл бұрын
In a way, this technology has never been surpassed... The idea of the single was a major revolution that made music what it became...
@efandmk3382
4 жыл бұрын
They had 78 singles. The 45s, as the film explains, were higher fidelity because of the optimal speed. Early 45s were extremely high fidelity. LPs sounded better later, only because they began to use polystyrene to make the 7" discs. Vinyl 45s, though, were superior to LPs. I've often thought they should have used 7" large center hole vinyl 45 rpm discs for everything. By compressing the grooves, they could have put the same program on one side of a "single' that was on an LP.
@petermaxwell2965
4 жыл бұрын
We had the perfect hi fi and stereo records, why did they fiddle with ? They didn't make it better in my opinion .
@saintmichael1779
4 жыл бұрын
@@petermaxwell2965 Stereo for the general public was Introduced in 1958 by Columbia.
@ArtifactAttic
4 жыл бұрын
@@efandmk3382 7" 45s sound best if the recording is less than 4 minutes per side. Once it goes over 4 minutes, the bass and volume must be decreased to allow for more grooves. This also increases the noise level of the media (since you turn the volume up on the amplifier, this increases noise floor). 7" 45s have been as long as 8 minutes per side (with lower bass and volume). EPs with two songs per side were of this type with lower bass and volume.
@gregoryclemen1870
3 жыл бұрын
"STEREO REPRODUCTION" was the direct result of "BELL LABS"(western electric) it was started in the movie houses. I have an R.C.A. console record player that was made in november 1957 that is stereo. I rebuilt this unit, and brought it back to its former glory.( I am not sure "WHO" released stereo to the general public first????)
@ShortBusScotty
4 жыл бұрын
I love the rows of 78 Albums, you'd get 5 78s for a 10 song album. Dang talking of space, my 13 feet of 33s fit on a laptop, and the thumb drive in the car has over 3,000 songs.
@bones007able
4 жыл бұрын
I have never seen a 7" classical set or album... would be neat to own one
@albertbenajam6761
4 жыл бұрын
Classical music mostly from RCA & COLUMBIA consisted mostly of individual opera arias or short selections like violin solos. Albums were sold in boxes that were used for 7 tape reels. But sales were a lot less than for same item on LP. The only other category so sold was Broadway show tune albums. By 1969 only singles sold.
@j.ag.3537
4 жыл бұрын
i have one, he carmen suite with stokowski conducting... in glorious red vinyl ^^
@RobConstantine
3 жыл бұрын
Got a bunch..Rite of spring, Nutcracker..wish I could share pics
@davependragon1
4 жыл бұрын
Just checking, but I am not sure if these records are "distortion free", not sure if he mentioned it or not.
@highpath4776
4 жыл бұрын
If a 45 was , and it was the slowest speed, then how come 7in 33s appeared did they have distortion?
@BADBIKERBENNY
4 жыл бұрын
Back in the day when we knew how to sell / pitch products; with pride and dignity.
@musicom67
3 жыл бұрын
Although he's a creepfest.
@monicaperez2843
3 жыл бұрын
And may I add, integrity.
@craigkopcho7394
3 жыл бұрын
@@monicaperez2843 I wouldn't say RCA was a pillar of integrity. After what they did to Ed Armstrong, they kept FM radio from becoming popular because they sold thousands of AM transmitters and receivers.
@publicmail2
4 жыл бұрын
What a bunch of BS, the dubbed in audio is not from records but they claim it is.
@highpath4776
4 жыл бұрын
I think if a film the audio would be on an optical track ?
@tripjet999
2 ай бұрын
Thank heavens for CDs!
@pressureworks
4 жыл бұрын
Interesting to note the claim of being indestructible, same was said of CDs.
@efandmk3382
4 жыл бұрын
Indestructible compared to 78s, which were very brittle and were frequently broken when they were dropped or during the change cycle of record changers and jukeboxes.
@pressureworks
4 жыл бұрын
EF ANDMK indestructible- not able to be destroyed,
@gooseknack
4 жыл бұрын
The "RCA system of recorded music with distortion free records" was driving me nuts by the end.. lol. It's likely the most arrogant sales pitches I have ever heard. It's funny how it didn't kill the 78's.. nor the 12 inch record!
@kevthe45man
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Brett - I think you'll find that the 45 will outlast the 78 by some distance. As for L.P's well, they are just an excuse to pad out a few good songs with many average ones (in most cases) :).
@fromthesidelines
4 жыл бұрын
The "78" record was officially discontinued by the major labels by the end of 1958. Some jukebox copies- and Canadian and foreign pressings- were available for a few more years. Some children's records were still available in "78" form through the mid-1960's.
@TCGView
4 жыл бұрын
14:11 what I'd give to have one of those beauties.
@jamesslick4790
4 жыл бұрын
10:48 Except for the longer center pin this is the famous "RCA" plug/jack still used today. Most modern jacks will STILL accommodate the longer pin! (I have attached vintage turntables to modern amps!)
@patricknesbitt4003
4 жыл бұрын
Heck, I've connected an iPhone through a Y splitter RCA cable (in reverse) to a 1939 vintage RCA console radio. Sounded pretty good!
@mikeskidmore6754
4 жыл бұрын
@@patricknesbitt4003 My heated Snowmobile face shields use RCA jacks .
@dougbrowning82
4 жыл бұрын
The generic name for that plug and jack is "cinch plug", but many people just call it a phono plug because RCA developed it to connect their phonograph decks to their radios.
@jamesslick4790
4 жыл бұрын
@@dougbrowning82 Yeppers! Before that, RCA radios used screw terminals for "phono attachments" (like VHF/UHF TV terminals for "twin lead"). The "RCA"/"phono" or "cinch" connector was perhaps the first consumer COAXIAL interface. And it's STILL going!
@jamesslick4790
4 жыл бұрын
I interface an Mp3 player with a 1939 Zenith console radio that has a non coaxial (two pin) audio input, It's labeled "Television"! (Zenith, was assuming an upcoming video ONLY option once TV became a "thing"?) It was probably used for Phono, or not at all! But! It takes a moderate ("Walkman" level) input so it's PERFECT for straight up "out of the box" playing of Old Time Radio Shows! (The Shadow, Sam Spade, Inner Sanctum.....)
@rpmcanada1971
Жыл бұрын
I also thank RCA to have invented 45s, as about 90% of my large collection are the beloved 7" records! They're easy to handle, and you can have incredible variety in the same room space that would be taken up with larger records. 45rpm is optimal as well, faster and a bit more vibrant than most recordings on 33 1/3 rpm. On the other hand, they're less fragile than 78rpm shellac records. 45s are a good compromised conterpart of 78 10" singles, even though the speed is slower. And above everything, all of these analog recording technologies smash artificial digital recordings. That's why the 45rpm 7" records are my favorite format of all time. The only improvement to the RCA invention I would suggest is to records short tracks of, maybe under 2:30 or so, at 78rpm on the same vinylite, played with the same microgroove stylus. BELL Records made a few 7" 78s in the 50s, and the quality is even better, if you can get a copy still in decent condition (as all the ones I got so far were in not so good condition).
@Pgcmoore
4 жыл бұрын
outstanding!!!
@craigkopcho7394
Жыл бұрын
was a giant leap in frequency response. 8 Khz to 15 Khz.
@astrosci8864
4 жыл бұрын
The 45 RPM format was great for those who did not want to buy an entire album, but just one song (and its B-side). That's about it, really, except for slightly better fidelity because of the slightly faster speed.
@williamdenton5716
4 ай бұрын
I noticed that this video fit into the very small time frame when the 45rpm EP records were available. At least 3 songs per side on the EP's. The 7" single song per side took off a year or two after this.
@rlowle1228
4 жыл бұрын
Kinda like watching refer madness.
@andrewsmactips
4 жыл бұрын
Just don't ask where they get the throats.
@gregoryclemen1870
3 жыл бұрын
R.C.A. set out to get the best "GOLDEN THROATS" they could buy!!!!
@alanmusicman3385
2 жыл бұрын
It's very telling that it took RCA about 7-8 years to meet Sarnoff's challenge to improve on the 78 RPM Shellac record. You have to wonder how much of that was the engineers formulating the new format and how much of it was the other departments dithering about the risks and feasibility of a single company attempting to wean the world off the old format! I expect there were similar internal tussles in Philips regarding CD in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It's starting to feel like a little bit odd notion now that just a few big companies could be the main gatekeepers between the talent and mass audiences for music, but for 60 years or more they definitely were. By owning the means of recording, technical transfer to and mass production of discs and (in many cases) owning the distribution networks as well as slick and all reaching promotion departments - they had a very large degree of control. With a lot of that now gone it's small wonder that the music industry is so very different! Up to 50 minutes of music with no attention needed! It'd be fun to reach into the film and drag these guys to now and see their reaction! Wonder how long it would take them to catch up with where things have got to!
@michaelmckenna6464
3 жыл бұрын
“One sixth of an ounce” is 4.72 grams. The weight of these earlier tone arms was non adjustable and most weighed about 8 grams.
@pcno2832
4 жыл бұрын
RCA was fighting a loosing battle, pitting their 45s against the 78s that were already on the way out. The 45s did have a few advantages over 10 and 12 inch 33s: they were better suited for singles, and if you bought an album, you could pick the order in which its selections would be played. But people wanted to at least have the option of a whole album on one disk, or to play multiple albums automatically, still, RCA was going out of its way not to give it to them. Eventually they got wise and realized that while the 45 would dominate the singles market, their customers wanted to play them on the same turntables that could handle 33s and their old 78s.
@lwilton
4 жыл бұрын
33's were from CBS. This was one of the earliest format wars, and RCA largely lost for a number of reasons, not the least because you could get a half hour on a 33 and 5 minutes on a 45. Techmoan has a nice video covering this format war reciently.
@fromthesidelines
4 жыл бұрын
Actually, RCA was taking aim at Columbia's "33" long playing record by reviving research into their "45" disc, after Bill Paley personally demonstrated one to General David Sarnoff before they publicly introduced it in June 1948. Paley offered to jointly release his "33" record with RCA, but Sarnoff was SO angry that "a little company" like CBS could upstage anything RCA could accomplish, he ordered the "45" disc to be perfected as soon as possible- which turned out to be December 1948, but not officially introduced until January 1949. However, the Columbia albums became very popular with consumers.....and RCA finally "gave in", and began offering "33 Long Play" records in January 1950, while continuing to stress "45's".
@xaenon
4 жыл бұрын
PC No RCA was intent on replacing the 78 and was working on that prior to the war. Development got shelved for the duration; one of RCA's execs defected to Columbia and took a lot of that information with him and they used it to create the LP, essentially beating RCA to the punch. But where RCA wanted to drive the 78 into obsolescence with their 'single' (which was effectively the same concept as the old 78), Columbia's goal was to make a single record that could replace those old 'albums'. What neither realized at the time was there was actually a market for BOTH types of records - especially when that newfangled 'Rock 'n Roll' music came along.
@fromthesidelines
4 жыл бұрын
Then why did they wait until 1958 to finally discontinue the "78" disc in the United States- as the other labels did?
@xaenon
4 жыл бұрын
To answer your question, I'll ask a few of my own. Why did VHS continue selling after the introduction of DVD? Why did cassettes continue to sell after the introduction of the compact disk? Why did 8-Track keep grinding on after the cassette had been improved to the point that it surpassed 8-Track? Why did they keep building steam locomotives for decades after the advent of diesel locomotives? Why was Intel still making original Pentium processors long after the introduction of Pentium-II and Pentium-III chips? The answer is the same in every case, as well as with the 78 record: There is always a group of people who aren't ready to abandon a considerable investment in the old system. At the time that the 45s and singles were being introduced, a lot of people had 78 players (some of these were fairly new, purchased after the war!). It's precisely why many record players had a '78' setting long after 78s had been discontinued (and many modern ones still do, SIXTY YEARS later). As long as there is a market for the old format or system, there will always be someone willing to cater to it. Of course, eventually the 'old way' market will dry up as people do finally make the transition.
@lwilton
4 жыл бұрын
We may not know whether the chicken or the egg came first, but there can be no doubt that the used car salesman preceded the invention of the used car.
@postal_the_clown
4 жыл бұрын
And if 50% of marriages end in divorce, 100% of divorces begin with marriage.
@captaintrips2980
4 жыл бұрын
There was the adapter that fit over the 33 changer spindle to allow 45s to be used too. They usually came with those old console type systems. They worked well as I recall.
@postal_the_clown
4 жыл бұрын
Oddly, my folks weren't big on records until we got a Westinghouse phonograph in '58 and I've never used a cylindrical changer. I remember a rectangular one that fit over the spindle but actually, I never collected enough 45s to use more than the plastic inserts...
@danieldaniels7571
4 жыл бұрын
Those happened quite some time after this video. At the time this video came out, RCA & Columbia were at the beginning of a format war, and doing their best to make their players incompatible. That’s why the units shown here that play 78s use a completely different turntable to do it.
@martinhughes2549
4 жыл бұрын
In some territories such as the UK there was no difference in the hole size between 45s and 33s.
@captaintrips2980
4 жыл бұрын
@@martinhughes2549 That was handy. The British have a knack for keeping things simple, and adapting.
@martinhughes2549
4 жыл бұрын
@@captaintrips2980 I remember adapters for imports and ex juke box 45s though. You can buy "dinkers" to widen 45s with a narrow hole for jukeboxes as well.
@flash001USA
4 жыл бұрын
These guys would have flipped out to hold a thumb drive in their hand that would NOT only hold every record in their room saved in high resolution but every single family photograph in the house scanned along with every paper document in the house scanned along with the complete library of congress on it too. Now that's amazing!
@MrDegsy69
4 жыл бұрын
It blows me away everytime i think about it as i was raised on analogue vinyl records in my teen years back in the seventies. The ever diminutive SD cards and SSD computer drives of today will in turn give way to storing digital data at atomic density levels when quantum computing finally arrives. The first professional computer i operated was a linotype CRTronic 360 with a 7 inch diagonal green screen that was DOS command prompt only. It booted from twin 5.25 floppy hard drives to load DOS and the command line. No GUI or WIMP in those days or hard drives for that matter!
@flash001USA
4 жыл бұрын
@@MrDegsy69 I look at today's technology and it still takes me back with amazement. I'm old enough to remember when television was just black and white. I remember when color televisions came out and our neighbors purchased one. Every single kid on the Block was invited over their house to watch The Wizard of Oz in color. Now that's crazy
@P-G-77
4 жыл бұрын
haaaaa old times....
@postatility9703
2 жыл бұрын
At 3:17,the opinion that women prefer a smaller size.
@usmale4915
4 жыл бұрын
Standard play speed was 78 rpm, Columbia came up with the 33 rpm. 78 minus 33 equals. . . .wait for it. . . .45! Hardly a coincidence! RCA saying they discovered the best possible playback speed is truly a myth!
@Solitaire001
3 жыл бұрын
From what I understand, the reason for the established record speeds is that they are even divisions of 3,600 RPM, the speed that an electrical motor spins at 60hz: - 3,600 RPM / 46 = 78 RPM (roughly, but originally 78 RPM was an approximation from the time of hand-powered record players). - 3,600 RPM / 80 = 45 RPM - 3,600 RPM / 108 = 33 1/3 RPM Gearing reduces the speed as listed above.
@usmale4915
3 жыл бұрын
@@Solitaire001 Very interesting and educational. Great comment, thank you.
@Allen-ps6bx
4 жыл бұрын
Had to laugh when he said it comes with a permanent sapphire stylus that never needs replacement! Heck even a diamond stylus needs replacement after so many hours of play! There's no such thing as a permanent stylus!
@fromthesidelines
4 жыл бұрын
RCA sold replacement needles at the time- and they conveniently chose not to stress that in this sales film.
@Allen-ps6bx
4 жыл бұрын
That would be considered false advertising saying you never have to replace the stylus.
@efandmk3382
4 жыл бұрын
At the time, the new "sapphire" stylus was a HUGE upgrade over the old steel "needles". The new styluses were developed for 45s and LPs because the old steel needles would have ripped the crap out of the new vinyl discs. They also had the advantage of having a useful life of hundreds of hours instead of 15 or 20. BTW, Styli are not really diamond. They are cubic zirconium.....which is as hard to wear out as a diamond, but can be damaged, (by dropping,for example). You should never have to replace a "diamond" stylus unless it or the the cantilever, is accidentally damaged.
@ArchivalPictures
4 жыл бұрын
He's actually referring to the suggested steel needle change between shellac disks on old 78RPM Victrolas. . They wore out quickly.
@rugosetexture2716
4 жыл бұрын
Gosh, that takes me back. When I was a tot in the mid '60s we had one of those bare-bones turntables that plugged into the family TV set. I remember my dad saying it cost $20 when it was new. I think it was purchased about 1957. It worked well, too. Because it made use of the TV's amplifier and speaker it had very good sound. Thanks for this!
@TPOrchestra
4 жыл бұрын
We had this very model in the late forties and early fifties and I remember it sitting right on top of our RCA television when I was under five years old. I would pay big money to have it back. The demonstration of how fast the changer worked jogged my memory of it and I remember that speed and was fascinated to watch it change records.
@oldradiosnphonographs
2 жыл бұрын
@@TPOrchestra I actually currently own a 1949 9-EY-3 and hope to get it restored one day
@subramaniamchandrasekar1397
4 жыл бұрын
So this where the phrase.. selling by the numbers came from
@neilforbes416
4 жыл бұрын
14:52 This is EXACTLY where Garrard, BSR and Collaro had it ALL OVER pitiful little RCA, One turntable that could play ALL THREE SPEEDS! No need to have a separate turntable. Play all your EMI, Decca, PYE, CBS Polydor Fontana and Philips 45rpm discs with an attachable spindle adaptor for some of the large-centred labels(and those overseas issues you may have). Slip the adaptor off and you can play your small-centred 45s(and those with the punch-out optional centres) as well as the LPs and shellac 78s. Again, RCA only got it half-right. The records were good but that pitifully stupid litle player.....WHAT A JOKE!
@highpath4776
4 жыл бұрын
Philco and the USA makers were sort of first in on multispeeds once the 33 format became known about, indeed before customer launch of the 33 to have good mix of players to go.
@gregoryclemen1870
3 жыл бұрын
R.C.A. came out later with the "MULTI-SPEED" record changers. you have to take into account that the 45 rpm recording was in its infancy at the time(1949) also I worked on all of this equipment. I can tell you that there was only 3 companies that made record changers( R.C.A. was one of them) and would put what ever brand name on the changer. most companies did not make their own record changer. "voice of music" was another record changer that was heavily used!!!!
@neilforbes416
3 жыл бұрын
@@gregoryclemen1870 The Garrard, Collaro and BSR changers would've appeared in Britain in 1950 because that's when the vinyl 45rpm format first appeared there. In Australia 45s didn't start appearing until about 1954 or 1955. But those makers of turntables would've been far superior to American products as they were built for quality, not churned out by the quantity.
@gregoryclemen1870
3 жыл бұрын
monarch was the only american built turntable, besides R.C.A., and voice of america at that time. I agree with you 100% , B.S.R, COLLARO, and GARRARD had them beat in terms of quality. the little R.C.A. 45 rpm record changer / record player was designed to be a "KIDDIE" record player with low wattage output at the time. it was not designed to "rattle the windows", and it was not "STEREO" either. thanks for getting back with me, and have a great day!!!. ( when I was growing up, I hade a garrard turn table, and I never had any problems with it !!!)
@neilforbes416
3 жыл бұрын
@@gregoryclemen1870 One of the more ubiquitious turntables was the BSR UA8 model(with the support arm swinging over from the left, and coloured always in cream, bronze(pickup arm and support arm) and brown(start/stop/eject and speed selector knobs aswell as the platter mat for the 10-inch, 78rpm-size turntable platter). These turned up in several makes of stereo and mono record players or radiogram consoles in the late 1950s up to about 1965, they were also fitted with 120V/60Hz motors for USA/Canada-made grams.
@williamdenton5716
4 ай бұрын
The 45rpm singles also have superior sound quality, in my opinion.
@viperch25
4 жыл бұрын
the sad thing is at 6:55 thats alot faster then modern CD changers
@danieldaniels7571
4 жыл бұрын
Is there such a thing as a modern CD changer? I thought they stopped making those years ago.
@viperch25
4 жыл бұрын
@@danieldaniels7571 well modern compared to the record player shown lol
@viperch25
4 жыл бұрын
@Timothy Simpson and dont forget all the noise the damn things make as the turntable moves or the trays move around
@astrosci8864
4 жыл бұрын
"Golden Throat". I thought you got that from smoking cigarettes.
@fromthesidelines
4 жыл бұрын
RCA stressed the words "Golden Throat" when touting the sound quality of their phonographs, radios and TV sets through the mid-1950's.
@astrosci8864
4 жыл бұрын
@@fromthesidelines Yeah, I know, but it would have made a good cigarette marketing ploy too in the 1950s. LOL!
@raulduke6105
4 жыл бұрын
One of my first purchases as a new teenager. Beach boys surfing USA for .99
@jeffdalrymple1634
3 жыл бұрын
I'm sold on that double breasted Brooks Brother suit the moderator is wearing.
@pcallas66
4 жыл бұрын
Fascinating!!! Thank you for sharing.
@pressureworks
4 жыл бұрын
Yep, whenever going to a record shop, the one thing I want is complete selectivity, especially The Peel Session version.
@romandjma.recordplayers7806
4 жыл бұрын
This must be a very early film, from when the 45 was either not released or in early production. All of the 45 changers in this film have the first edition changer, which they updated quickly after problems with the arm dropping so fast that the needle flew off the record. There was also a problem with the separator knives. It didn't say this in the film, but these separators spun out instead of pushing in and out. The knives would jam into the side of some records, causing the knives to break loose from the shaft they were riveted to. Then, in around 1950/1951, they made their last changer with the 'RP-168'(the changers shown in this demo) mechanism, the 45-J. By then, they had made a few improvements, like adding an air piston to dampen the tonearm as it dropped. The later versions of the 45-J even had new separators that pushed in and out. After that, they started producing a cheaper changer known as the 'RP-190'. These are what you see all the time, with a usually black tonearm and plastic platter.
@dougbrowning82
4 жыл бұрын
At what point did they switch from the start button on the front to the slider on top?
@romandjma.recordplayers7806
4 жыл бұрын
@@dougbrowning82 Some consoles used 'player only' units that had the slider. When the RP-190 was brought on, that was when they added the slider to every player.
@dougbrowning82
4 жыл бұрын
@@romandjma.recordplayers7806 I had both types. A Bakelite cased player with built in amp and speaker which had the front button, and a radio adapter with a metal top chassis and Bakelite base with the top slider. I used to play the adapter through a Bakelite Golden Throat radio with the big, golden roundel grill. The volume knob on my self contained player matched exactly the volume and tuning knobs on my Golden Throat radio.
@postatility9703
2 жыл бұрын
It appears as though Nipper was getting ready to start nibbling the album cover
@matthewclark3538
4 жыл бұрын
They were sure selling the idea of accepting smaller living spaces.
@efandmk3382
4 жыл бұрын
Ever been in a post WWll tract house? They were typically less than 1000 SQ. Feet. One turn-around bath, small kitchen, one or two small bedrooms, a floor furnace in the living room, and an alcove in the kitchen for the hot water heater.. Most of them are gone now. They were basically free standing one or 2 bedroom apartments. They were impossible to upgrade or expand. Over time, most of them have been razed and replaced.
4 жыл бұрын
Exciting technology for its day.
@mikeskidmore6754
4 жыл бұрын
16 , 33 45 78 .. have seen them all still have all but 16
@StringerNews1
4 жыл бұрын
I saw 16 RPM records at a center for the blind. They used that speed for "talking books".
@jamesslick4790
4 жыл бұрын
I had seen 16 rpm records in the 60's and 70's used for language learning records. 16 rpm was to slow for even AM radio quality music, but was OK for speech.
@danieldaniels7571
4 жыл бұрын
James Slick 16rpm records were also used for the Seeburg background music systems used in department and grocery stores for years. They need a special adaptor as they have a hole even larger than RCA 45s.
@jamesslick4790
4 жыл бұрын
@@danieldaniels7571 Cool!
@xaenon
4 жыл бұрын
Daniel Daniels I have a modest collection of those records (some 70-odd discs, including some Customusic, Merrimac, and even a Kingtone record!). I even designed some spindle adapters for them and sell them through a 3D printing service.
@MuzikJunky
Жыл бұрын
Someone should invent a high-end version of this with modern technology, including a replaceable cartridge and adjustable tracking force! Peace.
@MediaWest
2 жыл бұрын
then we got jukebox'...
@edivaldojose4294
2 жыл бұрын
muito lindo o aparelho!
@papabits5721
4 жыл бұрын
What an age we live in
@tonybentley3715
4 жыл бұрын
I love 45s , and the changers were a marvel , and RCA was a highly respected brand !
@postatility9703
2 жыл бұрын
Those 45's looked pretty warped
@postatility9703
2 жыл бұрын
The lighter weight of the 45's led to weaker Americans.
@oldradiosnphonographs
2 жыл бұрын
78s FTW
@briananthony4044
4 жыл бұрын
Those tone arms should really be locked down and not allowed to float around like some of the examples shown, great way to damage the ''needle''
@xjet
4 жыл бұрын
But, according to the salesman, its a "lifetime" saphire needle so it should withstand anything... right? :-)
@BubbaBigDude
10 ай бұрын
I still like my 45s but you can tell this video is very dated... if I'm going to listen to a symphony I'll play a 33 1/3 LP long-playing record.
@dewey70
2 жыл бұрын
I'll be having one of those 9W101's, please ... with 45 rpm.
@wisteela
4 жыл бұрын
Superb. I'd not thought about putting them on bookshelves before, and now I know why it's called an RCA jack or connector.
@alext8828
4 жыл бұрын
I'll take 3 of them.
@prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010
4 жыл бұрын
Alex T we only have, two left. 📀📀
@alext8828
4 жыл бұрын
@@prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010 Ha! Too bad. Forget the whole deal.
@bbailey7818
10 ай бұрын
14:54 the big plus. That tiny TV screen.
@StoneyRerootkit
6 ай бұрын
🎉Tiny *Eye Witness* Television❤😊🎉😊🎯🖥🛡🎶 Plus, The Golden Throat Feature! Noice🎉😊
@werre2
4 жыл бұрын
back when RCA was something other than an antiquated connector standard RCA was mismanaged from top to ruin Commodore-style.
@danieldaniels7571
4 жыл бұрын
Jeff Webb I love my CED video discs, though.
@dtimboggs
4 жыл бұрын
GE tanked RCA after buying it back in 1986
@misterhat5823
4 жыл бұрын
@@dtimboggs No... It was the failure of the CED. Although one can argue that the CED failure was due to RCA's arrogance and complete ignorance of the market.
@captaintrips2980
4 жыл бұрын
I have a brand new clothes washing machine, branded RCA. Seriously. It works fine, but I can't get it to play music
@captaintrips2980
4 жыл бұрын
@@danieldaniels7571 Your house must be like a museum, lol.
@jamesslick4790
4 жыл бұрын
The coolest feature of the "45" (and somewhat defeated when stored in an album), is that you could grab a "thumb full" from a stack and drop them on a changer. I know they were pushing albums (to compete with 78 rpm and 33.3 rpm) but, CLEARLY "45" was THE medium for "singles" (as history has shown). RCA may have failed to convince Classical fans that this was THE medium for Symphonies, But it came out at the exact right time for the coming "Top 40" radio explosion!
@danieldaniels7571
4 жыл бұрын
James Slick I love how this film nonchalantly pretends Columbia’s LP format doesn’t exist.
@jamesslick4790
4 жыл бұрын
@@danieldaniels7571 LOL Right?, I doubt that a Chevy film would have admitted that Ford and Plymouth existed too. But, in the end both "45" and "LP" were winners. That's rare!
@bbailey7818
10 ай бұрын
@danieldaniels7571 Even their big consoles didn't have the 33 long play. Very good marketing by Columbia to sell a simple Philco plug in long play turntable.
@jamesslick4790
10 ай бұрын
@@bbailey7818 Yes, RCA pulled an "Apple walled garden" approach, Columbia (and just about ever other manufacturer that licensed the Columbia 33 RPM LP system )made a way for their devices to use ALL three (33,45 and 78 RPM) record formats. Good for them AND the consumer! Good thing RCA held so many TV patents, Their early attempt to be a 45 RPM only system might have sunk them in the 1950s!🤔
@gustavefrankfurter6462
4 жыл бұрын
I want that guys suit! I'd look like a pimp!
@bikutavictor7920
4 жыл бұрын
Hurry RCA Victor!!
@arthurwatt4144
4 жыл бұрын
I saw records that looked warped while playing lol
@Twentythousandlps
4 жыл бұрын
In early 1950, RCA added 33 and 1/3 LPs to their line.
@patricknesbitt4003
4 жыл бұрын
They must have known that Columbia was going to kick their a$$es in the format wars.
@fromthesidelines
4 жыл бұрын
They had to. "The War of the Speeds" between RCA and Columbia in 1949 was such that it affected record sales. Some people simply waited to see which format was going to be the "standard", and refrained from buying new phonographs and records (although some very smart companies manufactured "3 speed" turntables to accommodate those who wanted a choice). In January 1950, RCA started releasing "33 Long Play" discs.....and Columbia decided to offer "45's" in January 1951. That was that. And that eventually ended production of the "78" single {because sales had reached a point where the big labels decided they just weren't profitable enough to continue releasing them} in 1958.
@homer2336
4 жыл бұрын
These format wars reminds me of blue ray vs HD. We waited for the decision of the winner before we bought a player for that reason. Another was beta vs VCR.
@Madness832
4 жыл бұрын
The entire spindle, stack & turntable are rotating at the same speed, so little-to-no lag time after a record drops.
@lwilton
4 жыл бұрын
Actually the spindle is stationary, at least on every one of those I've ever seen.
@jamesslick4790
4 жыл бұрын
@@lwilton On the ORIGINAL R.C.A. "45" system, the spindle DID in fact rotate (you can see this right in this video.), Later ones did not.
@danieldaniels7571
4 жыл бұрын
l wilton every RCA changer I’ve ever seen made exclusively for 45s had a rotating spindle.
@jamesslick4790
4 жыл бұрын
@@danieldaniels7571 Yep! That feature and the shorter "throw" of the the tonearm DESIGNED for 7" records is what made those units so fast at changing records.
@vwestlife
4 жыл бұрын
This design of the "world's fastest record changer" only lasted for a year, because it was very picky about all records being the same thickness in order to work correctly. When Columbia and other companies began manufacturing 45s of varying thicknesses, it was prone to either dropping multiple records at a time or not dropping them at all, so they had to modify it to slow it down and make it more tolerant of different thicknesses of records. But even the slowed-down version was much faster than most standard record changers.
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