If there's enough demand for 3d printed BSR single-play 'stub' spindles... I do in fact have a 3D file of one. It might not be an exact copy, but it would be usable in both full-size and 'mini' BSR changers. A couple of caveats, though. It'd probably be the most economical if you have your own 3D printer. Getting a single one made by a 3D print house like Shapeways would probably be similar in expense to finding an original. And since they're 3D printed, there is a slight texture. The originals were molded and fairly smooth. If someone wanted to buy multiples, it would be less expensive per item. They would be printed on a plastic tree (like the parts of a model airplane).

7:12 the 78 RPM playback is frankly AMAZING for a low buck changer! I'd like one just for that.

The 78 RPM playback of that record is simply flawless. I'm simply astronished about the sound quality. But the last demo just blew my mind.

I know you've demonstrated the surprisingly good sound quality of 78 rpm records before, but the 1939 shellac record you played here had a sound that is hard to describe--it's like you are actually there in the recording session. Maybe just due to very little reverb, the acoustic treatments applied to the walls or something--I dunno, but it sounded warm and pleasant, even with all the brass instruments.

That 'kiss-kiss-kiss' song was brightest point in my day.thank you.

Well recorded 78s in excellent condition using the CORRECT STYLUS can sound so good, like this example - superb!

The 70s industries had only two color options: brown and even more brown.

That 78 sounds amazing wow!!!!! There's something surreal about hearing recorded music sound that good from back then even though there are plenty of examples.

If you look closely at the edge and the hub of the record, you will notice that they are raised. This is a hold over of record changer days so the grooves sit up off of each other and WILL NOT damage each other. The first flexi disc I ever recall. was when I was in Kindergarten or grade one, and everyone got a flexi disc of "The Sound of Music". I thought that it was the neatest thing When I got my first BSR turn table, it was locked up tight, so the vendor gave it to me for $5. I had to clean and lube EVERYTHING and get a new needle...

My recollection is that some LP box sets had the sides configured for stacking, so the first record had "part 1" on the first side; the second record had "part 2" on its side 1, etc. Then, when all the first sides had played, you would flip the whole stack over to hear the rest of the "parts." Also, the records in these sets had a slightly raised outer ridge (unlike the 45s with the raised centers) to protect the grooves. Anyway, this is what I remember from my 70s childhood, but I also could have dreamed it. It essentially all seems like a fading dream now.

I can't get over how good that "I Must Have One More Kiss" 78 sounds! I don't think I have ever heard a 78 with such good range.

I had no idea 78 RPM records could sound this good!

I love this thing and combined with the all in one it becomes a really neat, space saving music system. I see all the bad publicity BSR gets but just watching that thing working like some clever automaton is a pleasure. My mom had a Marconiphone stereo with one of these mini changers when I grew up in the 70s. It was the only record player I had access to until I was 12 and got my own. It played all of my mom's easy listening, all of my early kid's records and then as I got older, all of my rock and pop music. I never questioned its ability or sound quality. It was always there ready to do its job and never once needed fixing other than the occasional stylus change. I have much better quality gear these days but I'll never look down on these clever little machines!

This BSR Mini-Changer was also sold by Radio Shack as the Realistic Modulaire Mini-Changer. I am very familiar with this, as my kind father bought me a brand-new Realistic Modulaire stereo system (FM/AM receiver, matching bookshelf speakers, and the optional Mini-Changer) for a Christmas present in 1969. Good memories! I didn't really exploit the record-changing capabilities as much as you did. FYI the company's formal name was Birmingham Sound Reproducers, founded in 1932. There's a fairly thorough Wikipedia article on the company. It seems BSR's production peaked in 1977. Eight years later, BSR disappeared as a company. Japanese turntable manufacturers became hyper-competitive, consumers lost interest in record changers and preferred single-disc turntables, and the emergence of other recorded formats were too much for BSR to overcome.

Totally blown away about the sound of that 78. Even on these lousy tv speakers, the sound is kinda jaw dropping. What's even weirder is that I swear I heard this song not that long ago in another video.

I absolutely love that clip at the end where you scratched the record, just thinking of the amount of people who got genuinely pissed off.

With how crazy the world is becoming lately, it's nice to get this warm, cozy, nostalgic feeling when watching you talk about old tech. Very appreciated.

The 78 had tremendous sound. Well done! Such warmth.

That spring in the tonearm brings back memories. We were playing a record on a BSR deck and noticed the record appeared to be changing colour as it played. The spring had fallen off completely giving a tracking force in the tens of grams !

I used to have a turntable similar as my first and it had all the speeds as well. A bit longer. I am surprised that shellac record didn't melt from all the kissing.

Great changer. BSR really knew how to make a record player. I remember being very excited getting the brand new BSR C138R when it came out but this mini changer is stunning. The audio quality knocks it out of the park, the stereo separation is amazing.

For my high school graduation in 1983, I got a Zenith 3-in-1 system with radio, tape and record player. The record player was a BSR and it had the 78 rpm speed yet. The first record I played on it was the one you had here, Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf".

Wow that 78 sounded amazing! Columbia Records! Yesssss sign me up!!

Do you know or remember that back in the ‘70’s when I was a kid they actually had records printed on the back of some cereal boxes and they WORKED 😮

That 78 moves me, it is so sweet.

This is essentially the same turntable that's in my Emerson portable record player, which uses a BSR supplied unit. The speed selector switch is almost identical.

Hugely enjoyable as always. Glad the Crossley Cruiser came in useful for once (the rubber platter)🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

What a cute little record player, and it sounds great too.

I used to have a BSR mini changer (branded as a Montgomery Ward Airline)…. it wasn’t too bad for what it really was (though I got rid of it before I moved back in 2014). Thanks again for another entertaining and informative video!

Shocked at how good the 78 shellac record sounds

That 78 playback segment really shows how good they can sound if played back / captured right. People often associate these old 78's with thoughts of some tinny crackly lo-fi mess, but with more modern equipment you can bring out the real character in the sound.

You have a very eclectic record collection.

Panasonic made a Mini receiver that perfectly matched the dimensions of the base of that changer. I used to have both (separate garage sale finds) around 2003 when my parents made me get rid of a fair portion of my stereo collection in a move. Some LPs are made to be changer safe like 45's. In the 50's RCA had a system (I forget the name but I have a 10 LP Glenn Miller collection with it) where they made BOTH the center label and the outer rim dead wax thicker than the playing groove portions to protect it. There were also changers designed to minimize or eliminate record scraping during the change cycle....Glaser Steers made a variety of changers for various companies based on their excellent GS77 mechanism (you could even build your own if you bought the Heathkit version) that would fully stop the platter, drop the record and tone arm, then resume rotation for playback. Many consider them to be among the best and gentlest changers made (especially for the early 60s) and I'm quite fond of mine. They probably would have kept making them that way, but GE bought them then cheapened that feature out of existence...Back in the 60's GE would do OBNOXIOUS things in the name of cost savings such as not using a CRT socket on their TVs, but instead only buying the metal clips from one and plugging the individual wires onto the pins with nothing to locate them if you ever needed to remove them and connect a tester, making a FP twist lock capacitor a structural element by clamping other parts to the top end, etc.

Love the little easter egg in the stacked coloured lp's

Thanks for playing that 'Kissing' song in full. I really like that tune.

Also, BSR did make 3 deluxe minichanger models - the C-124, the revised C-127 and C-138 (C-127R and C-138R, respectively), which adds a cue lever and the ability to move the overarm out of the way so that it is parallel to the width of the minichanger so it doesn't get in the way when using it as a single-play semi-automatic. The Panasonic RD-7683 uses the C-138R, which is worth taking a look at if you want to compare the deluxe minichanger to the standard minichanger (I posted a short of my RD-7683). Mine seems to run at the correct speed instead of the usual 5% speedup.

That 78 RPM record sounds seriously good.

Why can't I give 10 thumbs up? 78 rpm has such a charm, thanks!

I have the same BSR mini changer. I bought it about 30 years ago to transfer my 78rpm collection to cassette tapes. I use the lineout from the phono plugged directly into the mic jack on the cassette deck, it works great.

Very good review of a cute little changer. Quality photography and great narration! Thanks!

Yay! It's always a good day when there's a new video out by VWestlife.

Thanks for this video. It's always great to see old technology functioning just the way it was designed to when new. I have several Garrard changers of various vintages that are working properly, and they are well designed and fun to use, if not the best way to play records. For those of you surprised by the sound of that 78, I can assure you that there are superb sounding electrically recorded 78's from the late '20's onwards. If you think it sounds good on a BSR changer, listen to it on a high quality turntable with a better stylus and proper equalization!

amazing, happy to see these. im not an avid collector by any means, but your videos help me to be a smart collector. thanks for the great showing of technology that created the world i was born into

Thanks again to VWestlife for this video ,I have seen a lot of these minchangers type of players never thought much about them this one was pretty cool to see it did function like a larger version of a bsr TT i liked the base being made of wood it made it look fancier than if it were a plastic base after a fough week at work it felt good and a great surprise to see one of your vids again boy I needed this it made me forget my rough work week THANKS AGAIN JRo

Probably the first time I'll have a song stuck in my head that my grandfather would have. Catchy little number. lol

I'm actually surprised at how well it sounds. Wow!

LPs were also designed for stacking. That's why they have thicker rims and centers too. I think the first time LPs were pressed like that was with GRUVE GARD system, arround 1954 if I'm not wrong. Correct me if I am, please.

I saw this video and really wanted one of these immediately after. Not long afterwards, a new hifi shop called Classic Audio opened up and they had one of these for sale, and I grabbed it. It's the most fun I've had with a record player in a while and the first time I've been able to properly enjoy a 78. Great video!!

I heard about a BSR minichanger and lo and behold here is a great review and walk through video right here! Now I want one!

I had a BSR mini and it was a great little changer. Great video and Great content 👍

Placing the LPs on the spindle in not only the colours of the rainbow but also the right order is just one of countless examples of your attention to detail and reasons why I watch your videos

The 78Rpm record is sounding so well. Great..

7:47 That's a relaxing part where the sounds is a bit quiet + some vocals and I hear a crackling noises from the vinyl record. It feels like I'm back to the 30s-40s again.

Hi , Shocked at how good the 78 shellac record sounds :)

@VWestklife BRAVO! Such a Master of Description, Display and Presentation of Audio! All the way to the final OOPS! A class act. As a Hack, I can only guess, what hard work and how many hours went into creating this timeless film! Epic KZfaq History! Thank You!

Love this! I was not expecting Baroque music from the first 45! Fun selections and I learned some things.

Thanks for all your very informative videos.

cool player- wow that 78 sounded superb

Lovely little machine! That shellac record sounded AMAZING!

An awesome little second system, that.

I suddenly have this inexplicable urge to take a Holiday Island Cruise. 😆 I want two of those ice-cold rum swizzles - STAT!

Great video as always, both enterainning an informative.

Thanks Kevin that 78RPM record did indeed sound very good.

Great Sound of the 78 RPM disc!! excelent review.

@ 2:58 -- Wow I haven't heard that particular rumble for 40 years. This was the first stereo phono I owned as a kid and it has a warm spot in my heart, even if a ceramic cart doesn't have a warm sound. ;-) PS When I got my first belt-drive / mag cart turntable I thought I had gone to heaven.

Love every time you use that 78

I love that lemon colored Sun records disc!

Years ago I had one of the upgraded mini-changers with a metal tube style arm and automatic size select. Passed it along to a co-worker who wanted to play his old records again. Also gave him one of those old 8 track receivers that had a ceramic phono cartridge input to go with it, which you need for these.

Thank you for the AMAZING video that has nice music 😃🎵🎶

Wow that's a neat turntable! Love it and the Video came earlier too nice.

I adore the rainbow stack of vinyl! 😍

I hade a Montgomery Ward Airline "Bookshelf" stereo with that same TT, but the tone arm was a metal tube with a plastic base housing and pickup head. The stereo had an AM/FM radio and I/O jacks for a tape deck and...headphones! I got it for Christmas in 1972. I was 11 and thought that stereo was the bomb! Had up until my HS years.

I love the music. Keep uploading.

Beautiful record player

Amazing video like always

My first 2 record players had BSR mini changers. The first was a turquoise Sears Silvertone mono record player. The second was a BSR branded mini changer to go with my Spiegel catalog Aircastle AM/FM 8 track stereo receiver. When I sold the stereo changer, I put it for sale on a radio advertising program on the local AM station. Someone called me and thought I was selling a mini baby changing table!

This has the exact turntable that my Silvertone had that I got for Christmas in 1970 or 1971

That 78 sounds amazing! I went to find other recordings of this same record and they all sound amazing.

Absolutely amazing video. I love all this stuff. Subbed 👊 Love from UK

If it spins, oil it...if it glides, grease it! Perfect analogy to remember the maintenance of the awesome Record Changer.

78rpm indeed sounds really good.

Realy nice thanks for posting

Great to see some wonderful Sellorekt LA Dreams represented. Two of my favourite Kevins together!

My 1972 Electrophonic component system I purchased as my college dorm system came with the alternate BSR MINI. It served well, didn't damage the records I still have and enjoy with my larger more high end system. Similar features but with the metal tone arm and platter. In ways, I miss it!

Thank you so much I had this record player for like two years and I couldn’t find the needle number thank you

BSR Is A Classic Indeed...I Had A Early 1970s BSR Turntable Record Changer...

I had thought that Panasonic made its own mini-changers, though I remember seeing them a little later than 1970 and they might have been either made in Japan under license, or custom made by BSR. They had a slightly different record size sensing system than what BSR used on its intermixing changers (this being a simpler non-intermix model). They also had a surprisingly substantial cast metal platter. I've read that Panasonic also made BSR-like full-sized changers in the 1980s after BSR had started to run into financial trouble.

I use to want one of those YORX all in one systems I would see in those stereo stores back in the days.

Hi There, Just wanted to say how much I look forward to and enjoy your videos, the effort you put in is amazing!! Keep it up!!!

Oh wow, I love that Holiday Island Cruise. What a treat. Thanks for this video. I just put up 2 YT videos of my BSR McDonald Miinichanger. I borrowed two 10 inch 33 rpm records and then played a stack of old 45s.They made these Minichangers in quite a variety of finishes and they were common in the portable units so popular in the sixties and seventies. I wonder when the last Minchanger was made? It is funny how some of the big Japanese names used British changers with their company name on it. Thanks for this fun video. The Minichanger is a perfect match and now your "70s in a box" is complete. 👍👍 You sure find the neatest stuff.

I had an all in one system with a BSR mini changer in my college Dorm Room, which got traded out for another similar system when I found a slight upgrade. I kept some of the parts from them like the Turntable itself, and the Idler wheel alas my extra stylus's were placed with a BSR Changer in my familys summer cabin and someone tossed them when they tossed that changer without checking with me first to see if they were something to be kept. Now I run the Technics SC-2020D boxed set my parents bought in 1982 featuring the SL-D212, Connected to SU-V16 Along side ST-S16 and RS-M16 in an SH-523 Cabinet with SB-2020 Speakers. Appearently the idler wheels from these go for a few bucks on ebay just like the little spindle you mention.

Mambo meets the giant hands of fate.

Any type of changer is cool!

The BSR mini was a great changer, Like all BSR changers they were all very dependable. I have worked in Tv/Radio/Phonograph Repair for over 40 years. To be honest I've only seen 2 in my shop and that was for needle replacement. The fast 33 rpm speed was repaired by simply cleaning and lube the motor.and cleaning of the motor capstan. I would always do that with all changer repair. Great video.

@ 4:40 - Oh, how I covet your warped Strauss waltz 45 record! The Vienna Sausage of classical hi-fi recordings.

Used to have a similar Panasonic changer back in the mid-90s. 'Converted' it to a magnetic cartridge player. Was a later release without the 16 speed. Eventually got hold of a Technics turntable. Wish we'd known ceramic cartridges were (more or less) line level as we now have a few old boomboxes we could've enjoys hooking a record player to...

I'm happy with the SQ of that! Hold up even today!

@3:02 - I'm not going to lie - I was really hoping to hear the opening beats to "Happy Days".

“Listening to music expert anything will damage your records” that is so true, according to vinyl fanatic, you should basically just look at them, while they were clearly designed as consumable objects

Hi, VWestlife. I don't know if you'll see this or not, but an old-school sort of record player you should check out is any of the Califone record players. They were used in schools. They played 16, 33 1/3, 45, and 78 RPM records with a flippable LP/78 stylus. A seemingly popular model is the 1430k. It's a solid-state unit that takes an Astatic 89t type cartridge.