1931 RCA VICTOR RAE-84 RADIO/PHONOGRAPH AND RECORD CHANGER
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2021
- HERE IS MY FANTASTIC 1931 RCA VICTOR RAE-84!!! A UNIQUE RADIO AND RECORD CHANGER WHICH INCORPORATED THE INFAMOUS FAILED 33 1/3 RECORD SPEED AND A HOME RECORDING FUNCTION WHICH ALLOWED RECORDS TO BE CUT FROM AN ATTACHED RCA MICROPHONE OR DIRECTLY FROM THE RADIO. GOTTA LOVE IT!!!
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WOW! That's lovely! I actually have the Canadian version of this model in my garage, unfortunately still in need of restoration. The Canadian version was labelled as a Victor and mine is serial number 223. I'm told they sold about 1800 of these in the U.S. (which was amazing considering the state of the economy at the time) at about $310.00. (about $5000.00 today.) The Canadian population and market has always been about 1/10 of the American market so that fact they actually made 223 of these is surprising unless they also made them for export to Britain. Mine is missing the small swiveling record levers and one or two other small bits but otherwise seems complete but I've never had the nerve to actually power it up. It is great to see this working so well. Old tech at is finest!
just picked one of these up a week ago and very excited to get it working! great video.
A beautiful machine. Quality built and fun to watch.
This Machine though old is just amazing to watch, how it works perfectly as per set standards.
Harry Richman (second record). My favourite!
Wow
Wow. Just wow. The cabinet is a miracle. Gothic, William and Mary, Baroque, Rococo. The Great Depression was in full swing by 1931 and only rich people could afford an instrument like this. What is the meter? Is it a VU meter? I live in Harrisburg and Troup's existed (I think) until the late 60's. Bobby Troup (born in Harrisburg) was the husband of Julie London.
I just loved it.
Victor made a marketing Boo-Boo on that changer design...could nor handle the 12" classical and pop records automatically. Many collectors had 12" classical album sets...could only play these in the changer's manual mode. A successor design came along which handled the 12" discs automatically as well. Beautiful combination. I can picture that one in a Hearst Castle setting! Only the super rich of that day could afford one of these beauties!
This is a great record player and record
Those records sound brand new.
I can't believe the quality of the sound I don't know if it's been enhanced but it sounds awesome especially with a metal needle.
Beautiful machine. Thank you for sharing it 👍 would love to see it in 33 mode and recording would be fantastic. Cheers Paul
What a piece of art! The record and the radiogram!
This 90 years old important piece of forniture with radio, automatic record changer, an early vumeter and the ability of recording... is a boombox avant la letre?
The changer needs adjustment. The tone arm stops before the center too soon. The record drop arms dropped the record unevenly which may crack a disc.
Second and third selections were dubbed in.
I guess, after the failure of the 33 rpm record, the additional speed was used to play home recordings.
In the 1950's the 33 rpm shellac came back with 2 songs each side.
What is the little thingy that jumps left and right?
I'm trying to figure out what that little indicator with arrow is for..??? anybody know?
It has 33 speed?!
Victor tried to market a 33 rpm lp in the 1930s, but could not make it work well. The records are very rare. I understand that one of the Victor people on the team in the 30s was later with Columbia in the late 1940s when they developed the modern 33 and changed the way we listen to music. Victor, by then known as RCA Victor, was stuck with the competing 45. A big improvement over the 78, but still not as well accepted as the 33 lp
Victor was stuck with the 45 because of corporate pride and, as usual, its head was Deeply buried up its rear end
when its investment was so huge it Just Had To Keep Going In Spite Of All Evidence That It Was Time To Give Up.
VWestlife has one of those RCA shellac 33s which he played on a somewhat modern tt, remarkably sounds on par with the 78s of the time (1931).
@@spacemissing I wouldn't go so far as to say that a format that sold well for 40+ years was a loser. That's just about where we are with the slowly fading CD.