Comments on: Gakken Premium Gramophone Kit Review http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/29/gakken_premium_gramophone_review/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Sun, 27 May 2012 00:18:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Chase http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/29/gakken_premium_gramophone_review/comment-page-1/#comment-105006 Chase Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:38:29 +0000 #comment-105006 Ok so let me get this straight... You can't use the steel neddles on 33's because it will harm them, but you can't use the bamboo needles on 33's either because the grooves on the record are too narrow... ???????? Ok so let me get this straight… You can’t use the steel neddles on 33′s because it will harm them, but you can’t use the bamboo needles on 33′s either because the grooves on the record are too narrow… ????????

]]> By: Jeff http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/29/gakken_premium_gramophone_review/comment-page-1/#comment-94853 Jeff Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:44:38 +0000 #comment-94853 I wouldn't "recommend" it for music listening! It is 125 year-old technology, it's just for fooling around and seeing what you can get it to do. It is okay for old 78rpm shellac records (I would play only up to 10" ones), but LPs (33 1/3 rpm) are a bit large at 12" and the grooves much smaller and harder to get to track. Jeff I wouldn’t “recommend” it for music listening! It is 125 year-old technology, it’s just for fooling around and seeing what you can get it to do. It is okay for old 78rpm shellac records (I would play only up to 10″ ones), but LPs (33 1/3 rpm) are a bit large at 12″ and the grooves much smaller and harder to get to track.

Jeff

]]> By: Cynthia http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/29/gakken_premium_gramophone_review/comment-page-1/#comment-94426 Cynthia Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:17:06 +0000 #comment-94426 In this review you said: "The micro-grooves are too narrow for bamboo and steel will damage them. I stuck to 78s." Could you please clarify a little more? I don't know much about record players. Would you say it isn't recommended to play recirds like the 33's? In this review you said:
“The micro-grooves are too narrow for bamboo and steel will damage them. I stuck to 78s.”
Could you please clarify a little more? I don’t know much about record players. Would you say it isn’t recommended to play recirds like the 33′s?

]]> By: Jeff http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/29/gakken_premium_gramophone_review/comment-page-1/#comment-42349 Jeff Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:48:05 +0000 #comment-42349 People have reported this (cutting a groove in the CD plastic), but I prefer using a bunch of red acetate Edison Voicewriter dictation disks I got cheap on eBay. Even though these were '50s-60s products, I like the Edison connection. Jeff People have reported this (cutting a groove in the CD plastic), but I prefer using a bunch of red acetate Edison Voicewriter dictation disks I got cheap on eBay. Even though these were ’50s-60s products, I like the Edison connection.

Jeff

]]> By: iz http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/29/gakken_premium_gramophone_review/comment-page-1/#comment-42344 iz Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:13:04 +0000 #comment-42344 heard a rumor you can use blank CD's with it - ? any luck with that? heard a rumor you can use blank CD’s with it – ? any luck with that?

]]> By: Ebay 4 You » Blog Archive » Gakken Premium Gramophone Kit Review — The Gadgeteer http://the-gadgeteer.com/2008/08/29/gakken_premium_gramophone_review/comment-page-1/#comment-28476 Ebay 4 You » Blog Archive » Gakken Premium Gramophone Kit Review — The Gadgeteer Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:28:40 +0000 #comment-28476 [...] Jeffrey Friedman wrote an interesting post today onGakken Premium Gramophone Kit Review â?? The GadgeteerHere’s a quick excerptReports from other Victrola forum members indicated that the kit worked, both for playing records and recording, and was not too hard to assemble, even though the instructions were all in Japanese (the eBay auction site has recently … [...] [...] Jeffrey Friedman wrote an interesting post today onGakken Premium Gramophone Kit Review â?? The GadgeteerHere’s a quick excerptReports from other Victrola forum members indicated that the kit worked, both for playing records and recording, and was not too hard to assemble, even though the instructions were all in Japanese (the eBay auction site has recently … [...]

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