A turntable that also plays CDs & cassettes

A turntable that also plays CDs & cassettes - Anders Nicholson 2655

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Күн бұрын

If you enjoy vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes, and want one audio component for all three formats, the Anders Nicholson 2655 is almost a great solution... almost.
FYI: This system was also sold under the Memorex and Encore brand names, and in the UK as the Neostar NTCD1V Vinyl2CD: • Neostar Vinyl2CD USB T...
Time flow:
0:00 Introduction
1:33 Features
4:09 Turntable
9:48 Cassette player
14:07 CD recorder
17:50 A look inside
20:46 Conclusion
Owner's manual: www.amstereo.org/files/anders_...
Other documents: www.amstereo.org/files/anders_...
Records and tapes shown in the video, in order of appearance:
Jeremy Heiden - Blue Wicked
Vincenzo Salvia - Auto Radio
Betamaxx - Lost Formats
Eddy Howard & his Orchestra - All Dressed Up with a Broken Heart (78)
Anders Enger Jensen - Retro Grooves Vol. 3
The Ken-Tones - For Your Dancing and Listening Pleasure
Slugbug - Stupid Rock EP
Ivan Rodriguez - Ajena (78)
Anders Enger Jensen - Retro Grooves Vol. 2
Cicada Killer - The Cicada Killer Demos
Bib Hi-Fi Stereo Test Cassette
Les Gillis and Mountain Fire - Ball and Chain (cassingle)
GNC - The Walkers Tape
Live From High Fidelity: The Best Of The Podcast Performances
Concert Hall Symphony Orchestra - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 13
Shirley Horn - Softly
Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra - Gimme A Little Kiss, Will Ya? Huh? (78)
#vinyl #CDs #cassette

Пікірлер: 575

@AndersEngerJensen Жыл бұрын

0:35 Haha... you caught me!! Nah.. I wouldn't make such a shoddy design if I were making these things. Funny stuff though. I guess I should send you my latest album on vinyl and cassette then, to complete the collection? ;)

@vwestlife 11 ай бұрын

Sure, thanks!

@kneel1 11 ай бұрын

Hey anders! Thank you for your interior design contributions to Norway

@alpanabanerjee6979 11 ай бұрын

This is anice instrument &Ilike it much.

@ChristopherSobieniak 11 ай бұрын

At least you stopped by, thanks!

@blindlemon9 Жыл бұрын

I figured that this little beauty would be a complete disaster. The fact that it’s only a partial disaster feels like some kind of victory.

@iHawke Жыл бұрын

Sign of the times...

@pedrodaniellopesferreira2916 Жыл бұрын

Like anything nowadays... if it isn't awful, it's a good surprise.

@manolokonosko2868 Жыл бұрын

What can I say? I love this channel, the humor in the videos, and especially.... especially the obscure music. We need more Ken-Tones songs, Kevin!

@MarkPMus Жыл бұрын

Was he playing the Ken-Tones as a tribute to Barrie?

@zpxlng Жыл бұрын

I've gotta find 'The Walkers Tape' somewhere; it sounds absolutely amazing.

@spuds6423 Жыл бұрын

@@zpxlnga time machine back to the 80's without a DeLorean!!😅😅

@RaoulDuke77 Жыл бұрын

It's always a good day when VWestlife uploads

@FG-gu9rn Жыл бұрын

Probably someone didn't notice this, but if you take a closer look at the display on 20:44, you can see the signs for an AM/FM radio, SD/MMC/MemoryStick/SmartMedia/CompactFlash cards and USB, that means they used the screen from a more enhanced model that had an AM/FM tuner, USB input and a card reader, or the one from the mini HiFi system with a built-in turntable 🤣

@ShawnTewes Жыл бұрын

You can also faintly make out the signs for MP3 and WMA, meaning those features might have been available on a higher end model too.

@christo930 Жыл бұрын

Not necessarily. This may be an off the shelf screen.

@plan7a Жыл бұрын

I noticed this, as I've stated in my comment; perhaps I should have read some comments first to see that someone else noticed it also. LOL.

@madmax2069 Жыл бұрын

Or it just means it's a screen that was probably used for other devices.

@01chippe Жыл бұрын

It’s probably just a generic off the shelf display that can be used in a variety of devices.

@ozzie_goat Жыл бұрын

You know it's gonna be a quality product when it has the "bright unreadable smeary" LCD on it

@FunkatronicDingus Жыл бұрын

Extremely good profile pic you have there

@ozzie_goat Жыл бұрын

@@FunkatronicDingus I will forward your compliments to the artist

@christo930 Жыл бұрын

Also likely an illegal product on par with a device designed to get around the copy protection on a video game console. The RIAA managed to get regulation or law forbidding CD-Recordable audio equipment to use standard disks. Instead, they have to use special disks with a special tax that goes right to the RIAA. Imagine giving an industry group direct taxing authority over consumers!!!!

@rich1051414 Жыл бұрын

Sometimes you can replace the polarizer with one rotated 90 degrees from the first and it will invert the colors. Inverted LCDs reminds me of those cheap timex indiglo blue digital watches in the mid 90s.

@RealEpikCartfrenYT Жыл бұрын

Speaking of bright smeary LCDs, i have a VERY cheap stereo that is so cheap, it doesn't even have a brand name, and it had an obnoxiously blue LCD screen for the "fake digital" radio tuner, which is just a (really good) analog tuner with a digital readout. The LCD is also on when the CD is playing. I grabbed my soldering iron and I replaced the blue LED in it with a white one. It's a bit dimmer than the original LED, but most importantly, the screen is actually more readable, and its black segments on white background.

@wolvesaywe1155 Жыл бұрын

I am so glad I found this channel all the best from the UK .

@joonglegamer9898 Жыл бұрын

You always find the weirdest stuff. I come home from work, and 22 minutes are gone just like that. Thanks for the video, you never fail to deliver some of the worlds most forgotten (and never knew existed) items.

@electronicengineer Жыл бұрын

I must chime in and agree 100% with your comments. Kevin is Mr. Obscure himself, in the flesh.

@msinsiwer Жыл бұрын

I admire VWestlife's musical taste, love those quirky indie sogs he puts up on paar with the regular royalty-free songs all the other youtubers are using, sometimes I wish he would put his personal playlist somewhere online...

@vwestlife Жыл бұрын

I still have the playlists from when I used to do live shows on UStream: www.amstereo.org/playlist.htm

@strawberryjam3670 Жыл бұрын

I want to hear more of that rhythmic walking tape

@DJ_InYourFace 11 ай бұрын

Please put the whole thing up for download, it's nowhere online!

@perfek101 11 ай бұрын

Yes I searched everywhere too

@all_da_games 11 ай бұрын

Ikr vibe

@JoeOrber 3 ай бұрын

Hahahaha came to the comments section looking for this 😂

@Mister_Weasel Жыл бұрын

Surprisingly well enengineered this thing. There must have been at least a few people with an actual love for audio involved in designing this. Thanks for another interesting video 👌

@GarthBeagle Жыл бұрын

Some of my most favourite things about your videos is the music you manage to find, like that awesome GNC Walker tape 😃

@grahambentley3964 Жыл бұрын

Yes...we need more of that tape.

@lvrboi92 Жыл бұрын

Yes please 🙏

@notsorandumusername Жыл бұрын

8:41 is Stupid Rock / Bee Caves by Slugbug. Might be great drinking song in an Irish pub

@ABCEasyas-- Жыл бұрын

I remember the Anders Nicholson name from the time you leafed through the Heartland America catalog. A ton of quality products in there.

@NALTOHQ Жыл бұрын

God I remember the Legacybox debacle. At the least, this is probably one of the nicer things to come out of Heartburn America.

@qwertykeyboard5901 Жыл бұрын

I have 8 tracks that still sound fine. Magnetic media is very robust.

@AndrewHeller-jn7dx Жыл бұрын

What was the "LegacyBox" debacle-??

@CommodoreFan64 Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewHeller-jn7dx In a nutshell they advertised a high quality digital conversion service for your old media, but they used the most lazy, and sloppy methods, thus resulting in piss poor garbage quality like taking stereo audio, and capturing it as super compressed mono, while way overcharging for the service There is an older video on the channel about it where he sent off some media to the company to convert, gets it back, then he analyzes it for how piss poor of a job they did!! So the service did nothing but pray on people who don't know any better about technology, and you can do a better job than they did with a basic USB capture card, and learning the basics of video editing software that's free like KdenLive which can run on most Linux distros, Windows, or Intel Macs.

@christo930 Жыл бұрын

@@qwertykeyboard5901 The oldest magnetic media, assuming it doesn't physically degrade is still fine. There is a youtube video of an Andrews sisters song being played from paper tape reel-reel. It sounds excellent. The paper tape was a reel to reel English format in 1947 (IIRC) before the Mylar backing was standardized. This tape is the same as any other tape other than being on paper and not mylar. The real problem with magnetic media and especially reel to reel is so much of it has physically degraded. The magnetic signal may be fine, but that doesn't help if the media is physically damaged.

@pikgears Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewHeller-jn7dxa company called legacybox claimed to do professional quality transfers of old media but instead gave you total crap, but it was targeted at people who wouldn't know better

@krissjacobsen9434 Жыл бұрын

What I love about your videos is that you give all these weird, cheap systems a fair chance. And sometimes they prove to be better than the looks and brand might indicate.

@jasonschubert6828 Жыл бұрын

I have to say the 78s sounded really good on that! The drive spinning up to full speed issue seems to be ongoing in a market where more and more manufacturers use computer drives rather than a dedicated one, even in current model blu-ray players.

@nathanmccracken120 Жыл бұрын

That cicada killer album is awesome!! Glad you featured it so I could discover them!💖

@chefboyardeeznutsinyourmouth Жыл бұрын

I was disappointed to see their cassettes are sold out 😂

@bugdrvr 11 ай бұрын

I was just going to post the same thing. Really great album but Bandcamp said only 18 tapes. I don't think they were expecting to have us chase after a copy. Hopefully they will release a VWestlife reissue.

@chefboyardeeznutsinyourmouth 11 ай бұрын

@@bugdrvr yup, a lot of small groups do very limited cassette releases

@analoguecity3454 Жыл бұрын

I'm primarily a "vinyl guy" , but I buy CDs occasionally also! Streaming is all well and good, but with something physical you can own a piece of history without worrying about if the music service is gonna censor or remove your favorite edition of your favorite album! I don't see why we can't have "both"! It's like if you have physical documents of a business, you don't have to worry if your computer or the internet crashes! I'm for ANY form of physical media , it's like having books! That's just me, it's not a crime to disagree with me!😊

@MrDuncl 11 ай бұрын

I agree completely. I wouldn't be at all surprised if one day someone tries to ban Michael Jackson recordings. They already tried to ban Gone with the Wind for having a Black Actress playing a 19th century Black Woman in it despite the fact that she won an Oscar for her performance.

@Astolfo2001 7 ай бұрын

Michael Jackson did nothing wrong. Those allegations of him being a pedo have been proven false.

@HBC101TVStudios Жыл бұрын

I am watching from Malaysia and love your videos, Kevin. There is never a dull moment on this channel. The various genres of music, the unexpected humor and the exhibition and demonstration of various audio/video equipments as well as computers and peripherals has made this channel very unique. Thanks for the detailed review video and all the best to you Kevin!

@MarceloHenriqueAlmeida Жыл бұрын

I never heard a 78RPM record sound so clean and so good.

@vwestlife Жыл бұрын

It is a high-fidelity vinyl 78 from 1962.

@JohnStopman Жыл бұрын

@@vwestlife 3 or 5 minutes playing time per side?

@MarceloHenriqueAlmeida Жыл бұрын

@@vwestlife Had no idea these existed. Thank you for showing us.

@joshm264 Жыл бұрын

Was I the only one who noticed he used Anders Jensen's face as the supposed face for "anders nicholson"?

@AndrewHeller-jn7dx Жыл бұрын

Who is: Anders Jensen-?

@joshm264 Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewHeller-jn7dxthe musical artist that made the retro grooves series of albums (featured both here and on channels like the 8 bit guy) and the planet X3 soundtrack, among other things

@AndrewHeller-jn7dx Жыл бұрын

@@joshm264 I see. Well, while I do thank you for your response providing my requested info; I must tell you that in all honesty: I have never heard of him, that music genre, the soundtrack you mentioned, those releases; nor, seen or heard them, here; or, anywhere else, that I can actually recall, although, I am a frequent viewer of this YT channel; &, many others like it, w/: related content! In fact, I had NO idea what you were talking about; &, have barely a better understanding of it, even now; that you've just mentioned it.

@MaxW-er1hm Жыл бұрын

@@AndrewHeller-jn7dx You see he allows his music to be used on KZfaq without a copyright claim, he's very often utilized among KZfaqrs like Techmoan and Vwest to show off cassette decks /records without triggering a copyright claim

@AndrewHeller-jn7dx Жыл бұрын

@@MaxW-er1hm Ah, now this is all beginning to make some sense to me! Thnx!

@segarallychampionship702 Жыл бұрын

6:22 That's weird, since the button on the turntable is a microswitch, the input should be interpreted electronically, so it should be doable (just intead of the microswitch the electronic input would be an IR receiver). Because the whole unit appears to be just multiple off the shelf parts in one case, I think whoever made the assembled unit didn't want to do more wiring than what was neccessary to make the three inputs work together.

@sw6188 Жыл бұрын

It would be very easy to implement, but that would be expecting too much from china.

@Michael-Archonaeus Жыл бұрын

I have a similar system from a brand called Roadstar. It's nice to have something compact that plays all there of the biggest physical music formats.

@douglasallen9428 Жыл бұрын

Honestly I was surprised to find that ElectroBrand ceased to exist earlier this year, but I was also surprised to find that they were still around (until recently)! Great review as usual!!!

@Narayan_1996 Жыл бұрын

I'm once more amazed by the contents you bring to us all. I can only say to keep up and even higher as you always do with this amazing job, cuz I can't get enough of your videos. Thank you so much for everything, Kevin! ♥

@polypetalous Жыл бұрын

The Walker Tape sounds AWESOME!

@83Roboto Жыл бұрын

It is quite surprising that this unit has a dedicated motor for the auto return function.

@avronaut Жыл бұрын

@@MikinessAnalog: Tell this Technics 😉

@avronaut Жыл бұрын

@@MikinessAnalog I have the SL-100C. It lifts up automatically. But not as elegant as this plastic thing 🤓

@samuelfellows6923 11 ай бұрын

🤨 A bit unusual/a gimmick? that the turntable is still spinning when the tone-arm is returned

@nickwallette6201 11 ай бұрын

@@MikinessAnalog Probably not. Motors and modern microcontrollers are cheap. Engineering an effective, price-optimized gear / pulley / lever / sensor system is only cheap when you can subsidize it over hundreds of thousands of units.

@ChristopherSobieniak Жыл бұрын

Kinda dig that "Walkers Tape", that would've help me out when I took walks with a walkman 25 years ago.

@MKPatrick Жыл бұрын

Another brilliant review of a fascinating product. Your channel goes from strength to strength. You always have such an interesting selection of music too. That Cicada Killer cassette is wonderful.

@TonyLeva Жыл бұрын

That Walkers tape sure has enough cowbell! That’s right! And I love it!

@stragulus Жыл бұрын

Needs more cowbell!

@frankowalker4662 Жыл бұрын

Nice record player, it sounds great. The tape deck will be the same as those in old car stereos. I had one in the 80's. I swapped it out for an 8-Track. (I wrote this before you lifted the top.) Shame the CD is so noisey and there is no dampening of the turntable. Great review.

@ABCEasyas-- Жыл бұрын

It’s the return of the “corporate/industrial” music from the BackTraxx Library!

@astererratum6546 Жыл бұрын

Oh my. I literally just got a Crosley turntable, CD player, tape deck and radio all in one from Goodwill this afternoon. Just got back home to set it up and enjoy some tunes when I decided to head onto KZfaq only to find this video uploaded 7 hrs ago. Wow. Good timing. Haha. Ok. Gotta watch the video now. Edit: don't worry. It's all working just fine. No issues at all. All sounds great. Listen to a couple records, CDs, the radio and cassette. All sounds wonderfully pristine. Thankfully managed to get a good Crosley (for now) or someone worked on it before sending it in. There was actually a second Crosley all in one, but I was on a limited budget and could just barely afford the one I got. Edit 2: it's a CR66-PA model.

@devttyUSB0 Жыл бұрын

i really enjoy all these sound bites you put in your videos :)

@dennisthebrony2022 11 ай бұрын

I think the Turntable is the coolest thing about the system, since it has an electronic pause, and a separate motorized tone arm, which you rarely see on any record players nowadays. It was most common back in the 80s, with track detecting turntables.

@lubedee5246 Жыл бұрын

My first time on your channel. Awesome content. Love the way you deliver the content. Thanks!

@OzRetrocomp Жыл бұрын

I'm shocked at how well the turntable performs considering how cheap this unit looks. Seems like the engineers wanted to do they best they could with what they had to work with, and they partially succeeded.

@phononut Жыл бұрын

Gullible senior citizen? I resemble that remark! Great video as usual.👍🇺🇸

@ChristopherSobieniak Жыл бұрын

I'm sure that's how these companies think.

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your great videos!!! Cheers fron Patagonia Argentina.

@bazzle592 Жыл бұрын

That GNC Walker's Tape sounds amazing, cool find. Nothing at all about it online.

@ultra4e Жыл бұрын

Your videos are always fun! You have a lovely colored vinyl collection.

@50shadesofbeige88 Жыл бұрын

That's a pretty cool little machine.

@frschoonover1 Жыл бұрын

Thanks again for another wonderfully entertaining and informative video. I remember this type of unit from the "Heartland America" catalog a long time ago. I actually almost bought one, but later changed my mind. The turntable is actually the only great thing about this. I used to get the "Heartland America" catalog all the time a long time ago. I even bought a unit from them with the "Encore Technology" brand name on it. I also would like to point out that this same catalog sold this very same unit, but only with the "Encore Technology" brand name on it, with the only difference being that it had two mini-speakers with it. They simply continued selling these things by rebranding them "Anders Nicholson" and passing them off as new, but were simply the same things with a different brand name on them. Not only that, I checked them out on the BBB website and although they have a 4.21/5 rating based on customer reviews, they also have had some customer complaints, with eighty-six in the last three years and twenty-four in the last 12 months. Thanks again and please keep them coming. I look forward to new videos from you always.

@haweater1555 Жыл бұрын

Before I ever viewed this, I saw the thumbnail and thought: "How much does it suck?" .

@ChristopherSobieniak Жыл бұрын

What I thought!

@meikollekschn6470 Жыл бұрын

My highlight: the Walkers tape 😂. Greetings from Berlin

@fhwolthuis Жыл бұрын

Great video, Kevin. I suspect that the space above the cassette player is meant for a card/USB reader. Might be good to get your hands on a set of pry tools voor car trim.

@vwestlife Жыл бұрын

I do have a set of pry tools, I just didn't want to use them and risk damaging the cabinet, because I'm not going to be keeping this.

@mycosys Жыл бұрын

@@vwestlife you wouldnt use car pry tools anyway - a couple of plastic spudgers and some guitar picks is the go - find em in any mobile phone repair kit

@davarosmith1334 Жыл бұрын

The Neostar NTCD1V is identical to this. I was thinking of getting one at the time but thought it was just a cheap crap ceramic stylus that was on it. Your video proves that it's a great wee space saving record player that connected to a beauty amplifier would definitely be a good hi fi. I have to give it a shot now and see what I'm missing!.

@Nicepackage 9 ай бұрын

I actually had that bib cassette for your demonstrating back in 1974. I didn't think I'd ever see that again.:)

@stevejennings3960 Жыл бұрын

Love watching your videos… you’re awesome… much love from the UK

@NozomuYume Жыл бұрын

You could probably hack the firmware to set the burn speed to something slower (depending on how generous the sample buffers are on the unit -- hopefully they have enough), and install some rubber grommets on the optical drive to isolate the remaining vibrations.

@sw6188 Жыл бұрын

Why bother though? Burning CDs is an obsolete concept and if you really wanted to do it there is much better hardware available to do it on.

@tooshort4892 11 ай бұрын

The rubber grommets is exactly what I had in mind to try. Great suggestion!

@corruptcmd Жыл бұрын

You have me hooked on that “les gillis and mountain fire” tape! I’d love to hear more of it

@geaux_tigers7229 Жыл бұрын

I would love to have a copy of that song 'cause I'm hooked as well. lol

@beatlefreak909 5 ай бұрын

I want hear it too!

@vdochev Жыл бұрын

I always admire the amount of research you do on this crap and in general. I can always trust your reviews.

@davarosmith1334 8 ай бұрын

I have since bought the Neostar version of this record player, it's like you said. The record player sounds brilliant, the tapes play the same. I noticed that if you waited 5 seconds it what ever the recording counter counts in then record it's good. The Teac LP 500 USB dose the same thing, another one you recommended but it was a bit bulky and heavy for my unit that I have for my hi fi. I have the Neostar plugged into a LG CG45 hi-fi along with a graphic equaliser it sounds brilliant cheers Westlife!

@Aeduo Жыл бұрын

It seems remarkably well-engineered for what it is and when it came out, and I bet at some point the design might've even called for some kind of isolation or dampening between the components, but someone may've pinched some pennies and it went away. They should've thrown away the separate auto-return motor, but they probably saw the value-add of that to be better for sales than actual quality. You don't know it's going to be junk until you get it, and returning to a mail order catalogue is going to be a nightmare, especially if you don't have the mobility to get it all back together and get it to a post office.

@ENGINERESCUE86 Жыл бұрын

Transition tones! Love your reviews

@Monacomaverick Жыл бұрын

This thing is actually pretty cool! Alao, it's always nice to see the blue screen transitions again.😊

@FunkatronicDingus Жыл бұрын

I need that rhythmic walking tape.

@Joshcom88 Жыл бұрын

I just want to hear more of that 'Walkers Tape' it was surprisingly catchy. 😂

@wrlrdqueek Жыл бұрын

It might be a CD-RW drive, they did make those with SATA interface. They don't anymore, but I built a PC back around 2009 that had a SATA connected CD-ROM drive.

@twocvbloke Жыл бұрын

It's kind of like my Neostar TCDR-30C (and on googling, they sold what you have there as the Neostar NTCD1V here in the UK!), the differences between the two being that the TCDR-30C has a "wood" (MDF) cabinet, the cartridge is a ceramic job, and has integrated speakers which actually don't sound too bad, though, CD, tape & vinyl playback leaves a lot to be desired, so I mostly just used it as a bluetooth speaker...

@jro7075 Жыл бұрын

wow I remember seeing that TT when I used to get the american heartland mag ,i never liked it cause I hate any audio products in silver I grew up with cheapy audio equipment in that color ,but i am impressed with the fact the tone arm has a seperate tone arm motor my old onkyo cp-1055ff i believe had the same set up it was computer controlled and direct drive till the gear that drove the tone arm broke ,this unit is a little better than I figured ,kind of wish i could get one my old cd recorder broke down 6 years ago made a lot of good cd's with music mix wow this was great to see ,I really enjoyed this vid looks like I will bet seeing it again JRo

@garypage1963 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, vwestlife great review. I thought the turntable was going to be terrible and it was not that bad.Shame the cassette player was a let down. All the best. 👍

@marcump Жыл бұрын

That's really cool.. I have plenty of high end audio, but this is awesome all in one complete unit and the USB computer Audacity access makes me want one.

@tooshort4892 11 ай бұрын

Made me want one too.......and I got one. Reading through the comments you'll find some good info and ideas. Not sure if I'll keep my unit or not. I like the overall design but the cassette player could have been better by adding at least rewind.

@Skelter_Stash578 11 ай бұрын

9:09 that's the best sounding 78 that i've heard in a while

@jamesslick4790 Жыл бұрын

I think it would be Okay as a PLAYER for someone "dipping" their toes in to physical media. The turntable seems quite nice for a unit of its kind. I could see someone wanting it for just THAT.

@Davesvinyl Жыл бұрын

at the start i was thinking that yes it looks good. but as the video went on looks was about it i was going to buy one but then i got the ion lp2cd witch was a better price at the time for me. it's a shame that it dose not record to a memory card like the ion dose before you record the cd that way you don't get the rumble on the turntable

@ChristopherSobieniak Жыл бұрын

At least it pays to shop around.

@Davesvinyl Жыл бұрын

@@ChristopherSobieniak yes it dose also do a bit of research before hand never hurts

@bobskie321 Жыл бұрын

We have a turntable that looks just like that one and I noticed that the auto-return mechanism is not a velocity switch but it has been calibrated based on the speed selected. If the speed is set to 45 RPM it is calibrated to a 7" vinyl record with a smaller record label diameter so the auto-return only triggers when the stylus is closer to the center than the 12" vinyl records. The problem is when I played a 12" 45 RPM Maxi-Single vinyl record. Because of its larger record label diameter, the auto-return won't trigger even if the stylus reached the run-out groove. If the speed is set to 33⅓ RPM it is calibrated to a 12" vinyl record with a larger record label diameter. The problem is when I played a 7" 33⅓ RPM Micro-EP vinyl record. Because of its smaller record label diameter the auto return triggers before the music is finished.

@01chippe Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the ION LP2CD I have it had the GT cartridge and I got a lot of use out of it. However, that one allowed to record the turntable to memory, so you could make your edits, rearrange tracks, split or delete tracks, and the burn the CD.

@StuffJason437 Жыл бұрын

They are selling this in the United Kingdom under the brand "Neostar" and probably under different other brands as well.

@Recordology Жыл бұрын

Amazing little device!

@JumbleTasteSpinning 11 ай бұрын

You can hear the unstable speed, but this machine is so nice 😍 Another great video! Thank you.

@kubicajakub Жыл бұрын

I need "the walkers tape" in my life.

@Frisco-Gaming 11 ай бұрын

My favorite thing about this channel is Vinyl Record!!😁

@TechGorilla1987 Жыл бұрын

@2:36 - The Blue LED - I have a Kinter tri-path amp that I use to power a set of Bose 2.2 speakers for PC audio. It had a blue LED (turned out to be 2) that lit up a ring around the amp volume knob. I physically could not sleep in the same room as that light - at all. I was going to swap them out for something more pleasing, but instead, I slipped a piece of heat shrink tubing around each one. I can still see the knob, but it's muted and dim now. Blue LEDS are the devil.

@RealEpikCartfrenYT Жыл бұрын

I usually replace blue LEDs with white, and stick resistors in series if needed. White looks better than blue anyway

@AMDRADEONRUBY Жыл бұрын

Kevin i love that thing don't know why but its cool Love yours videos have a nice one

@Crumbleofborg Жыл бұрын

Thanks. If you just want to use it for playback, to powered speakers or headphones, I think this does a decent job for the money. I'm tempted to look out for one, I can't currently play cassettes or 78s...

@megasyxx Жыл бұрын

I love this channel VWestlife!

@ricardoyan7657 Жыл бұрын

oh my i need that walkers tape!

@lasskinn474 Жыл бұрын

if you use the track increment button, does it result in a cd that will play without a pause between tracks in a real player? ("without gaps")

@HughMiller98 Жыл бұрын

I have this exact turntable - the Neostar model! Unfortunately the lid has snapped off it's hinges and it's missing the remote, but for me it does a good job. Unfortunately, it can't read protected CDs or some of my 'unprotected' ones (my best guess is that you can burn an LP recording to a blank CD straight from the unit, and the CD thinks you're using a PC read/write drive so resorts to anti-piracy), but it's very useful to be able to play all 3 physical mediums.

@Musicradio77Network Жыл бұрын

I hope that maybe Crosley and Victrola would like to see a similar version of this and in addition to these, it will have the USB plug to play MP3’s with the stick, and a SD/MMC slot to play MP3’s using an SDXC card or SD card for maximum capability, or maybe a Bluetooth option to stream music via iPhone or iPad.

@justusgovaert 9 ай бұрын

I would really like to hear more of that 60 minute rhythmic walking music. It sounds quite interesting and nice

@coondogtheman Жыл бұрын

16:48 I had that exact same portable CD player. Pretty weird how they used a PC DVD drive for the CD but then used a car cassette player. Curious if you took that DVD drive out and hooked it to a PC if it would work.

@TheOriginalCollectorA1303 Жыл бұрын

Considering that it’s a newer system, it could be worse. Some parts are pretty nice, but some could definitely be better, but again for a 3 in 1 HiFi component, it isn’t too bad!

@Terry.W Жыл бұрын

We have the same item in the UK by a company called Neostar....and yes it's just as good / bad as you say ...the main reason to buy was to record vinyl to CD but the motor noise is so loud that this exercise is useless...anyway the turntable is good as is the CD player ...so it's an interesting oddity..

@Demetrium Жыл бұрын

Some killer jams in this video

@rager1969 Жыл бұрын

I wonder if this could be modded so that the CD (DVD?) burner vibration is reduced or eliminated and/or replaced with a different drive.

@darlenegoodwin Жыл бұрын

Excellent video! I have an Encore Technology 2656. Did Anders Nicholson came before?

@gabrielv.4358 11 ай бұрын

Incredibly awesome device!!!! Modding it to be a good device would be a real challenge, whith a great result in the end.

@gabrielv.4358 11 ай бұрын

I think..

@johnromberg Жыл бұрын

Maybe there's some auto gain circuitry for the cassete player which makes the output hiss when there's basically no input? Because it sounded to me like the hiss came down gradually, but fairly quickly when the audio actually started. Just as I would expect some kind of integrating auto gain circuit to behave.

@BG101UK Жыл бұрын

I'd be tempted to bodge in a slim optical drive (laptop-style) and put plenty of vibration damping round it. Might actually do a good job with records then.

@tomsimpson3322 Жыл бұрын

As always a great video. Better than the Amstrad “hifi” I had back in the 1980’s but only just😉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@BigCar2 Жыл бұрын

Presumably it would be usable to record records if you're using the USB pass-through to your computer? Or does the CD still spin fast?

@vwestlife Жыл бұрын

The turntable or cassette player can be used on their own when outputting through USB.

@Mrshoujo Жыл бұрын

Have you been able to check the rotation speed on the turntable? There's a smartphone appp for that.

@sjakubos Жыл бұрын

Heartland America has a unit in their most recent catalog that adds full function Cassette, bt in and out, usb, and SD card. Looks like the turntable is not as nice. It would be cool to get a review of this one. 👍

@vwestlife Жыл бұрын

Record-ology did a review of the Crosley Eclipse, which is the same thing as that except with external speakers. It's not very impressive.

@MannoulaZ Жыл бұрын

Amazing video

@heifetz14 Жыл бұрын

If it possible to record onto cd from the aux/in ,then you could record from another turntable and avoid the noise issue. Very entertaining video as always. Cheers from London.

@tooshort4892 11 ай бұрын

Great idea!

@toaster1138 2 ай бұрын

That walkers tape around 13:50 is fantastic

@yuriHellsing Жыл бұрын

Hmmm can you see how the optical drive is attached to the main board if it's not soldered on then there could be a chance of taking it out and using it externally with an extension cable.

@01chippe Жыл бұрын

The video shows that it was a standard pc drive with sata cables hot glued to the drive. I’d imagine theoretically you could remove the drive and get some extender cables. It would just be much easier to connect the usb cable and record to a pc.