SWEET RESTORED 1954 RCA VICTOR 45HY4 45rpm RECORD PLAYER

[thelazycomic]

I am impressed. This player kicks butt.

[frangiul13]

@thelazycomic Thanks! For a small-size, it can get quite loud :)

[LtColumboLAPD]

Please let us know the make and model of the cartridge.

Thank you.

[LtColumboLAPD]

Sounds like Carnegie Hall.

Her flip cartridge, is it the Astatic 89t. Please let us know.  Otherwise, we'll be wandering in the wilderness. Going from cartridge to cartridge. Our mouths will be dry are ears will...please, please, help us to the Promised Land.

Thank you for sharing and introducing us to these cool players.

God Bless you and God Bless America!

[frangiul13]

Sorry to let you down, but it is not an 89t, but just your standard stereo cartridge with flipover needle. The cartridge was wired to mono.

The good new is that these cartridges are widely available on eBay.

[ThePhonoJack]

Nice job on the RCA 45HY4! I too use the Chuo Denshi (CZ-680) on all of my RCA RP 190 machines. What a great sound considering the technology, power budget, speaker efficiency. Good stuff.

Jack

[frangiul13]

Hi Jack,

Thanks for the comment! This cartridge is actually your generic, black stereo cartridge, which I bridged to mono in addition to cutting the flip-tab off the needle so that it doesn't show.

I'm very familiar with the Chuo-Denshi cartridges, and have a few of the "low rider" ones in my other RCA players. They are great sounding, thanks to eBay and Williebosco, who sells them :)

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

Is that the same one used in the BSR mini-changers?

[frangiul13]

These are found in the combination record player/radio/recordable CD units

[Vinylrecordsneverdie]

I see now. When you mentioned "Flip-tab", I assumed it was the BSR type.

[monarch1957]

Sounds great. We had 54 degrees in Bellingham today walking around in shirt sleeves.

[frangiul13]

We have snow right now and it's only October..oh boy!

[73ccougar]

Nice sound-nothing better than Rare Earth-nice to read it was snowing when you posted this-we are dealing with 102 degrees here in Fort Worth-stay cool

sammy j

[frangiul13]

Thanks for the comment! This is a nice sounding player. I'd rather deal with 102 than being buried with 12 inches of snow, but I'm not going to think about snow right now since it's July!!

[geofbrit59]

It sound GREAT! and looks cool too. I'd like to see more light down inside the player for details.

[maynardcat]

Great sounding RCA with plenty of bass. Did you install one of those new stereo compatible cartrdiges.

[frangiul13]

This unit and my 45EY4 have a universal stereo cartridge with flip over needle. These cartridges are identical to those that are used in 60's Rock-Ola jukeboxes. Surprisingly, I did not use the Chuo Denshi cartridges, but the ones I installed, as you can see, and hear, sound terrific!!

[chompo7]

what type of cartridge and is it for sale somewhere?

i have a 45 ey3 i am slowly getting in working order

[frangiul13]

Go on to eBay and look up the seller: Williebosco. He has drop in replacement cartridges for RCA 45 players.

[78Revolutions]

Sweeeeeet. So, Ready to let go of that Arvin yet ;)

[frangiul13]

As soon as you let go of some of those 78s you scored a few weeks ago!! ;)

[jasonlava]

I had no idea those boxes from the 50s had such nice bass. The tubes and the vintage speaker does it.  Very nice.

[frangiul13]

Yup, this machine is a little beast. The best sounding 45 player in my entire collection. The only ones that tops it are my RCA Orthophonic High Fidelity machines.

[batterymaker]

DIG IT!! An RP-190 that runs smooth as silk. And what a sound.

[frangiul13]

Thanks for the comment!! Oh, and your repro batteries are still theee best!! :)

[BrooklynMouseReturns]

Nice 45 RPM record player you've got, but I have the original 45 of that song "Get Ready" by Rare Earth with the original Rare Earth label.

[frangiul13]

I have the original Rare Earth Get Ready 33 1/3 LP with the label that has trees and the orange sun in the middle, and the cool "Rare Earth" writing on the top of the label. I play that one on my RCA Orthophonic....

[burtoncharlessmith]

Sounds great! No wow and flutter. I should get one of those.

[frangiul13]

Thanks for the comment! How's your 45EY2 restoration going?

[burtoncharlessmith]

Oh it's all done. There's a little wow and flutter though.

[frangiul13]

That's an easy fix. Try installing a new idler wheel. If that doesn't work, then it's probably the plastic turntable, which can also be changed out. Rectifying either issue, and your wow/flutter issue will magically disappear...

[damusician]

Very nice player and sound great with that 8" full range speaker!

[frangiul13]

Thanks! This one really rocks and the camera mic does no justice. The sound system in this unit is like you're listening a CD in real-time....