{"id":151,"date":"2014-01-26T19:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T01:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/txsound.com\/blog\/?p=151"},"modified":"2014-06-19T19:13:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T01:13:09","slug":"collins-broadcast-turntable-goes-under-the-knife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/txsound.com\/blog\/collins-broadcast-turntable-goes-under-the-knife\/","title":{"rendered":"Collins Broadcast Turntable goes under the knife"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have quite a few vintage turntables awaiting restoration. \u00a0This is a 70’s vintage Collins model 200 with a MicroTrack tonearm. The tonearm is completely aluminum,\u00a0which is unusual for MicroTrack, as their arms were typically made of wood. This has been lots of fun to restore. It brings me back to my college radio days.<\/p>\n

For some reason, these idler-wheel broadcast turntables are very desirable among collectors.\u00a0Turntable collectors\/audiophiles are also very picky and temperamental about their vinyl reproducers. They love the idler concept, but\u00a0the buyer also wants the specifications of a direct-drive\/belt drive. On these behemoths, \u00a0the best rumble isolation you can hope for is about -40db. \u00a0Anyway, \u00a0I think perception of sound quality is biased by how much money is spent. \u00a0Maybe part of the attraction is the ability to “slip-cue” records, as radio DJs did in the 60-70’s. \u00a0The powerful motor maintains speed even if you hold the record still against the felt.<\/p>\n

The platter rides on a single ball bearing packed in grease. \u00a0 \u00a0I built the massive plinth, rebuilt the fractional horsepower motor, and installed new rubber dampers and idler. The frame rests on four large silicone bumpers to isolate it from the plinth. \u00a0Currently waiting for the paint to cure before buttoning it up. I’ll sell it with the popular Shure M91ED cartridge. The felt is from JoAnne’s. \u00a0January’s been quiet for location sound, so I’ll post some pics\/video soon, as I should finish this up in a few days.
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I have quite a few vintage turntables awaiting restoration. \u00a0This is a 70’s vintage Collins model 200 with a MicroTrack tonearm. The tonearm is completely aluminum,\u00a0which is unusual for MicroTrack, as their arms were typically made of wood. This has been lots of fun to restore. It brings me back to my college radio days. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/txsound.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/txsound.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/txsound.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/txsound.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/txsound.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/txsound.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274,"href":"https:\/\/txsound.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151\/revisions\/274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/txsound.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/txsound.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/txsound.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/txsound.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}