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--- hmv_music_centre_45254 [2020/11/02 13:04] – tags rjt
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 ====== HMV Music Centre 45254 ======
+Got this for $10 at an op-shop decades ago. Seen a bunch of them on Gumtree.
+Turntable, [[compact_cassette|tape]] player/recorder, radio and amp. all-in-one. Originally seems to have come as a set with two speakers. Apparently quadraphonic. Has screw connections for rear speakers, and mine came with a quadraphonic-capable (shibata) stylus.
+Belt driven. No fine speed adjustment. Just 33 and 45 RPM. No pots for speed setting I could find looking under the platter or by removing the base, maybe something if you really want to dig in there. Mine plays a bit slow. Subplatter diameter is 205mm.
+Not sure if the cartridge is the original supplied, and there is no serial number on it.
+The stylus I have is an early ATS12S, I believe. New ones are $170 or so :|\\
+Going by [[http://www.stereoneedles.com/audio-technica.html|this page]] stylus is category A (ATS10,11,12). \\
+According to [[https://www.audio-technica.com/en-gb/support/which-stylus-can-i-use-to-replace-my-discontinued-model/|this page]] can be replaced with any VMN model stylus.
+Went to fit a Nagaoka cartridge to it, but it doesn't fit on the headshell I have, because the finger lift is screwed onto the side, and an earth wire is soldered onto that. Got it to fit by moving the lift.
 ===== See Also =====
   * https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/hismasters_music_centre_519_0101.html
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+{{tag>HMV hardware music record-player}}