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https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co117293/pye-black-box-record-player-introduced-1954-record-players-gramophones

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co117293/pye-black-box-record-player-introduced-1954-record-players-gramophones This dates it as introduced in 1954

https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/bsr_monarch_ua8ua.html

2 wires plus earth. definitely made long before stereo was mainstream. Cartridge appears to be a ceramic or similar, with a dual tipped cantilever, turned over via a lever.

This item has been sitting in a corner for a few years. The lid needs a bit of TLC, suffering from age and possible damp at some stage in it's history, but thankfully only cosmetic. Record player is a BSR Monarch unit, with record changer. It sits on springs in recesses let into the box...

I still have an Ortofon Type 2-15K step-up transformer dating back to the 70's which was paired with an SL15 cartridge. This combined two transformers in a screened capsule with captive leads for input and output. And one, yes only one, T-5. If anyone is interested, they are available...

From next year there will be a ban on team principals lobbying the race director. A change for the better, after the intense messages at the end of the last race.

Gentle Giant - The Runaway, form the album In A Glass House

You could always go square....

A comparison of the power related to the Oklahoma City bombing gives some idea of the scale of the explosion....

40th anniversary edition of Zappa in New York, his 'white album'. 4CDs of bliss.

I have used this silicone mesh successfully on speaker stands.

Slightly strange jazz/blues renditions....

Proven Innocent looks interesting.