The Capehart De Luxe Turn-Over Record Changer was the epitome of luxury radio-phonographs.
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Produced unchanged from 1930 - 1950, updated electronics always provided the finest in high fidelity with the unsurpassed Capehart Record changer.
The changer is a true engineering marvel of precision careful handling of records, and plays 16 records on both sides.
The post-war Capeharts are the finest machines Capehart ever sold: The GE Variable Reluctance Cartridge (8 grams) and powerful tube electronics provide a Fidelity and Volume that is still unsurpassed.
It makes 78 RPM records sound better than any other way of reproduction.
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This program from original 78s includes:
1937 Benny Goodman Orch w Gene Krupa in one of the most famous jungle jazz records:
Sing SIng Sing
1936 Benny Goodman Orch: Irving Berlin's famous
Alexander's Ragtime Band
A word to the sound:
I have recorded the actual record on the machine with an external condensor mike and spliced it into the video. Hence you will sometimes notice jumps in sound quality. Volume has been adjusted to maximum level without clipping and distortions. No peak volume compression or other sound manipulations have been applied. If you find that the volume of my videos are lower than on other videos, the reason may be the absence of artificial compression and volume boosting.
And of course some phonograph pornography: thrusting levers, pawls smoothly sliding back and forth around their cams, and plenty of technical gadgetry.
Enjoy.
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