Let's talk about something manly, Victrolas
If anyone needs an idea for Christmas for the ladies in the family I found a great gift.
A couple of Christmases ago I bought all three of my Daughter In Laws a 6 in 1 Victrola. They love them. They are lite, easy to transport if you need to, play several forms of media, including vinyl records, they even sync their phones to it. I bought ones in a wooden box cabinet so they would make a decent piece to have out and not get hid in a closet.
Now they look for old vinyl as well as new remakes to play on them. It also allows for follow up gift ideas. The next year I gave all three copies of the number one selling album the year they were born. Down the road I will give them the number one selling album from the year they turned 16. They play old family albums their parents and grandparents still have around.
Anyway I was thinking of what to get them this year and it made me think of how much mileage these got.
A couple of Christmases ago I bought all three of my Daughter In Laws a 6 in 1 Victrola. They love them. They are lite, easy to transport if you need to, play several forms of media, including vinyl records, they even sync their phones to it. I bought ones in a wooden box cabinet so they would make a decent piece to have out and not get hid in a closet.
Now they look for old vinyl as well as new remakes to play on them. It also allows for follow up gift ideas. The next year I gave all three copies of the number one selling album the year they were born. Down the road I will give them the number one selling album from the year they turned 16. They play old family albums their parents and grandparents still have around.
Anyway I was thinking of what to get them this year and it made me think of how much mileage these got.
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Victrola ad from 1910. 
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Yep. WM has them a little cheaper I think and more cabinet selections. Plays cassettes too, in case there's some laying around.redhawkk480 said:0 -
I have one of the 1910 cabnet models for when the power goes out 0 -
still have a table model in great shape ....some old opera records and one set of "party records"...nothing really bad but using double meanings...don't remember what they date to without getting info and research em...had 2 other floor model at one time and they all used a big flat windup spring to spin it.....one spring had the keyhole broke out so i used a dremel tool with diamond bits to make a new keyhole, got it hooked on the drum pin and away we went 0 -
Sounds neat...and brings back a flood of great memories
A white sports coat and a....
Round and round...
Splish Splash, I was...
To know, know, know him...
You ain't nothing but a...
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We have two of the really old victrolas. One is a "picnic" type that looks like a small suitcase and the other is a large cabinet thing that is about the size of a small deep freezer. I wouldn't play modern vinyl albums on either of these things we have because the needles are these tack things that are like small nails more than I'd call them needles. The actual victrola albums are a lot thicker, harder plastic with larger grooves in them than the vinyl albums. I have thought a lot about buying another turn table and getting my old albums out that I have saved.....but I need another widget around here like I need a hole in my head. I'd love to trade the big victrola for something more useful though. Its being used as a table in our living room now.....we've played it a few times for people as a novelty/party trick and its been a hit each time we've done it. 0
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