Thanks for the info!

Phfft.. professional.. what a laugh,, dont flatter youself.. this isnt rocket science,, its a record changer.. Lowell Portland, Oregon I highly doubt you'd be able to tear down and re-assemble a Garrard Lab 80 chassis properly. Just like your put-down towards someone who learned a good trade and wo...

I thought asking questions was a common practice on forums. Seems not to be, at least not on this forum. Maybe that's one reason why there's not much activity here. Comments such as "take to a tech" is an easy out response. Looks like I need to move on. Have a nice ay.

This console has been setting in our family room for over 30 years. For some reason the other day I decided to see if it still worked. I plugged it in and powered the console on. It works! Well I did find a couple of things that needed tweeking. First thing was the record player follower arm (the te...

How do I adjust the needle arm's weight? On the back of the arm there is an adjustable (slides in and out of the arm) weight or it looks like one. The arm says "tonal 1" and the player frame has "diamond stylus" on it.

What kind of changer do I have? This is a GE 730 from the late 60s. Notice the back is finished. Were there many of that type produced? How do I adjust the player needle arm balance weight (not sure how to describe)?

Well it played 45s so I call it a "record player" i.e., a player of 45 rpm records. . For others I should have stated it was installed underneath the dashboard of a car.

How many posters are aware of this record player? Anyone have one in use today? Yes I can understand it's brutal to records played on one but it's pretty neat I think! See one in use on YouTube! I haven't seen one for many years so I decided to post the subject to elicit comments.

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ami-man

ya got me.

I agree Matt as I had the same problem or at least it sounds like it. When I put a stack of 45s on the spindle the records would not lay level with the turntable. I slightly bent the follower arm (or whatever it's called) so the records laid flat on the spindle. I also (don't shoot me) used a slight...

I have a console with the Porta Fi option. Can any Porta Fi speaker work with the console or are there frequency compatibility issues to be considered?

Ge Console.jpg This console is from the late 60s/early 70s. Both the front and back are finished! The back of this console looks the same as the front. I recently added a CD player. I had a Heathkit 8 track player but unfortunately it no longer works. The record changer works as does the tuner. Exc...

Are the xmitter and the receiver tuned to same frequency in all cases? That is, every speaker ever made will match up with any Porta Fi?

Hi Matt,

I bent the support/follower arm up just a tad and it seems to be working better. Thanks!