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Comment on Victrola Aviator 8-in-1 Record Player Review [Nostalgic Wood Bluetooth] by Steve Bee

Steve Bee — Wed, 01 Jun 2022 20:01:10 +0000

In reply to Clifton H. Estes Jr.. Good points!

Comment on Victrola Suitcase Record Player Review [Bluetooth Version] by J. Duren

J. Duren — Tue, 17 May 2022 20:55:19 +0000

I have the newer VSC 450 bt model. It is vastly improved and has some bass. I still use an aux speaker with it. It handles the louder bass and the Victrola’s volume handles the treble. I use it for my primary record player now.

Comment on Victrola Aviator 8-in-1 Record Player Review [Nostalgic Wood Bluetooth] by Clifton H. Estes Jr.

Clifton H. Estes Jr. — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 22:12:54 +0000

To begin with, Victrola is not Audiophile Standard. What sounds good is what sounds good to the listener. Victrola products are consumer priced and are designed to be both enjoyable and affordable. I have collected records since roughly 1962 and I have a house full of of “Victrola” products. If your budget will allow Bang and Olefson go for it, but for mortals like myself who do our impersonation of Nipper and who just dig our tunes then I say “Viva Victrola”! Who say’s you have to be a tech snob to have fun?

Comment on Are Victrola Record Players Good? [Popular Brand Profile] by A. Martin

A. Martin — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 02:55:20 +0000

I bought a Victrola Dec of 2019 Jan of 2021 it quit working. Emailed and left many messages when we called the company. We have never heard back.
Took it to a local company for repair and they said they could not get the information from the company to repair it and gave it back to us

Comment on Are Victrola Record Players Good? [Popular Brand Profile] by Steve Bee

Steve Bee — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 17:00:04 +0000

In reply to Marguerite Rhatigan.

Hi Marguerite,
Appreciate the comment! If you have the manual for your particular unit, there should be some information about adjusting the tonearm if it is indeed adjustable. Because Victrola has so many models, it’s hard to say whether yours is. Luckily, Victrola has an article with a few points regarding any adjustments that might be possible: https://victrola.com/blogs/articles/getting-started-how-to-work-a-record-player.
Good luck!

Comment on Top 10 Best Record Needles and Phono Cartridges [Complete Reviews with Comparisons] by kcb

kcb — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 08:23:01 +0000

Good article! I have a Shure V15 type V-MR, and I’m looking at what to do next. On my list is the Shure 540, Nagaoka MP150, Denon DL-110, and the Sumiko BPS EVO-III. You had cartridges by the 1st 3 manufacturers in there. Cool.

Comment on Are Victrola Record Players Good? [Popular Brand Profile] by Marguerite Rhatigan

Marguerite Rhatigan — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 00:59:03 +0000

I received a Victrola 7in1 player for Christmas to play my Mom’s 33 1/3 LPs.
I seem to be having a problem with the quality of the sound, but it seems to improve slightly if I place a little weight (pressure) on the component that holds the needle ( don’t know if that’s called the stylus).
Can you tell me if there’s a way of adjusting it or possibly adjusting the tone arm?

Comment on Victrola Aviator 8-in-1 Record Player Review [Nostalgic Wood Bluetooth] by Steve Bee

Steve Bee — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 16:22:24 +0000

In reply to George Allen Koenig.

Hi George,
Here’s the information you’re looking for, it’s a direct link to the manual: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2245/0063/files/vta-600b-pc_man_915a3b70-0f99-4151-9ad0-a7732bda751a.pdf?1820

Comment on Victrola Aviator 8-in-1 Record Player Review [Nostalgic Wood Bluetooth] by George Allen Koenig

George Allen Koenig — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 07:14:00 +0000

I am looking for a manual Aviator 8-1. There are 5 buttons in the front. There is 6 buttons on the left of the unit. Repeat, Suffle, Program, Folder+, Forder_. Any help?

Comment on Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB Turntable Review [Direct-Drive Professional Version] by Pasi Lahtinen

Pasi Lahtinen — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:42:00 +0000

I have come to notice that today’s turntables even in reviews don’t give any reals technical specifications of the turntable itself like the not of frequency range is for the cartridge that can be changed and even that info was just general. If you have a so so cartridge in excellent turntable and as good as the turntable can handle in a low end turntable even reasonable quality, the cheap one wins in sound. The cartridge cost doesn’t count. Many come without just for the reason that buyer might already have a good one or prefer to get a quality one that will cost more than this turntable. If this one has any descent specifications it would work with a better cartridge and produce superior sound. Now you only practically gave info about the operation and cartridge specs and those without any range either. Like basically you said, it turns about right speed because the stroboscope on the platter said so and the cartridge is supposed to deliver, at least what the manufacture say 20Hz to 20kHz. +/- ? db maybe 6 distortion maybe 3 % +/- some, hum who knows, we didn’t hear any or did you. So you see, I don’t blame you alone as every, or almost do the same thing and that doesn’t help anybody. You just happened to have very easy reply form. Now that is positive at least.