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Magnavox always had a "bargain line." In the 70's it was the mini V-M 2100 changers and even (God forgive them) BSR's.
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I never saw a mini changer built by V-M. I thought they were built by BSR. I never worked at a shop, where they handled a large volume of work, like you younger techs. Around that time was the begining of the end of quality consumer electronics.
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It's interesting to me that many of you seem to look down on BSR record changers. I had a Zenith IS-4041 four-mode integrated stereo system with a BSR changer; had the system 17 years, never one bit of trouble with the changer, although I never used it much (most of my music was on cassettes in those days [now on CDs as well], so the cassette deck saw much more use than the changer ever did). However, I knew someone in the '80s who had the same opinion of BSR record changers as do many of you; I once told him my stereo had such a changer in it. He responded, "BSR means BS" or something like that, so I guess BSR record changers had a bad reputation even thirty years ago, or perhaps even further back than that. I always thought BSR changers were made by a British company (BSR MacDonald, IIRC) and, as such, were a cut or more above other foreign-made (and even some US-built) changers. It would not surprise me one bit if BSR wound up outsourcing its business to offshore companies thirty years or more ago.
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I have a few BSR and Glenburn changers that are as close to new condition as they get. They're going to be sold eventually - I guess the speed discrepancy didn't bother most people.
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OK. Now I remember seeing one of those. The thing that made me remember it was the on-off-rej knob, that also locked the tone arm, to minimize stylus damage.
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