Originally from a console, I mounted it on a custom made wood base - during the "demonstration", the customer loved it.ĭespite it's looks, it's got a tonearm with precision knife-edge vertical pivots, belt/flywheel drive, built-in 45RPM stacking spindle, and runs as quiet and smooth as a mid-line Dual. Yesterday, I sold a lovely old 1962 Zenith changer to someone from my C/L ad. Plus, it sports a snazzy-looking Concorde on it, so it can't be all THAT bad! :wink: ![]() :roll: One man's trash is another man's treasure, so they say. You know, Japi.I completely understand the sentimental value attached to that one.It's just so perfect that you would own it.I'd never sell it either if I were you.You might want to play around with it a little though, sometime, just to make sure all the functions are operating correctly on it.I personally think it's a very cool-looking model, but I go for those wooden plinths, you know. I don't use it so it just sits here taking up space, I don't even think it's that pretty, and the logo looks like someone made it at home with rub-on letters - but you know, how could I ever sell this thing? The turntable is extremely rare, I have only seen one other example, ever. Unfortunately they were in poor shape, and on one of them the logo faceplate was missing, so I passed on them (with a little encouragement from my girlfriend :D). As a matter of fact, this afternoon I went to the thriftstore in my neighborhood and I found another, bigger pair of Roelofs speakers. I also found a cassette deck, and two pairs of speakers. Over the years I collected some of their stuff, and I have quite a pile of not-very-good-audio-gear in the attic, just because of the name. The product line consisted mainly of headphones and cheap mixing desks, although they did sell a couple of amps and tuners. Most of it was sourced from Japan and rebadged, I guess you can compare it to an extremely tiny version of Radio Shack. The brand is kind of mysterious, but from what I found it was an electronics store from the Rotterdam area that had their own line of audio equipment, back in the seventies. ![]() The Roelofs name is not that unusual here in the Netherlands, and although I might be related to the company, I would probably have to go very far up the family tree to find a connection. I also wanted to cut out three holes on the bottom to keep the cord and speaker wires separate from one another.Īfter all the drilling and painting was done, all I had to do was bring these two together.Yes, it's my last name. After the paint dried, I had to drill holes to route the cord through the center. I could have painted the base a hundred different colors, but I felt that black looked best with the black accents on the record player. With that idea, I was excited to bring these two pieces together. ![]() In the exhibit, they used the same record player paired with a similar base. I wasn’t sure what to do with this base until we saw online an exhibit that San Francisco Museum of Modern Art did about the 70’s. We purchased this base that was originally for a terrarium, but was missing the plastic ball terrarium topper. This is the table top model, but they also made ones that had a tulip base stand. Mel and I have had this player for some time.
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