Zenith 33 RPM Demonstration

The Zenith Sibelus MN2670 Console Stereo from around 1964 playing a 33 RPM record.

You can see the slick, tucked-away stylus dust brush pop out of the tonearm's rest pedestal during the reject cycle and then return to its hidey hole.

This video is of mediocre quality as is the audio. I'm very new at making videos and will soon upload much better renditions that are HQ and with an audio patch cable directly into the camcorder

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Education

Tags:

• Zenith
• Sibelus
• MN2670
• Old
• Console
• Stereo
• 60s
• 1964
• 33
• RPM
• Demonstration
• Groove
• Is
• In
• The
• Heart

[BeachguyNL]

Shame the '66 Zenith changed out their classic 2G tone arm from the '65 version.

Amazing system and changer that still to this day works flawlessly.

I'd love to know how gtmandan serviced the turntable.

[gtimandan]

Aside from replacing the normal wear & tear items, this unit has not needed any rerubing at all. Only replaced were the idler, the belt [yeah it has both, see below...] and the stylus. My step mom back in PA has had it forever and she was going to THROW IT OUT unless I wanted it. I drove 500 miles to PA, punched her in the throat for her blasphemy, and brought it home to NC :) It's near mint. The sound is incredible. It has gigantic speakers with real horns inside.

[wmlask]

Hi:

Nice stereo. The model you have is a 1966. It's all solid state. I have that same model with a reel to reel tape deck.

Enjoy and give it a good home.

Bill

[gtimandan]

After looking around inside it, I found "1968" all over the place. Previously the only info I could locate on the internet said that Zenith released the Sibelius in 1964 originally, but I have no idea how long they mfd them for. The '64 had a much larger head shell. I've seen that turntable as a stand-alone unit. It sold on eBay for like $500. A google search for 1964 Zenith Sibelius will get you some pics of the original magazine ad for it.

[wdharveyoicu]

LOVE the system...those systems with tubes (I heard them warming up when you turned it on) have some of the BEST bass you can feel all over ANY room! BUT, I have a problem: I saw the care you were taking in handling the record, yet it almost makes my skin crawl to see one "drop" from a changer...the friction of the turntable against the record scratches it! But, hey...I'm guilty of it back in the day (70's), but not TODAY!! Thanks for the demo, man! MUCH appreciated!

[gtimandan]

Actually this one is solid state!  Not a tube in it. The caps were wearing out and at power on they'd make a loud BUMP!, hum for a couple seconds, then quiet down completely. Sadly, about 2 mo's after I made this video, the caps went out completely. I removed the amp and took it to an electronics shop a buddy has. I need to go get my amp back, hehe. I'm missing the ol' girl BIG TIME!

[flyboi61]

@BeachguyNL Pretty sure that all of the Zenith record changers were made my VM Corp (Voice of Music) out of Michigan. They were the best American made units on the market. All having idler wheel drive systems.

[SuperAffiliate]

Was this called "The Romberg"?



[Turkeydoodlers]

Ever hear of a model ml2675?

[Zenith2me]

It's a 1966, 320 Watt and is Super. I have 7 of these from 1966 to 1973.Nice!

[rockabillycat1954]

slick console, love those doors that cover the speakers. i love the quality that went into electronics back then. zenith was the absolute best back in the day, in fact their slogan was "the quality goes in before the name goes on". now if it only had the tv built into it like some, that would be awesome.

[modspell]

Groove is in the LP baby. I had this same model too, except it never sounded good for some reason. Beautiful design and finish but lousy audio. I sold it for good money tho!

[oooowwwwdddd]

It's a good thing these things became obsolete. It sounds like shit.

[BeachguyNL]

I got a replacement belt from the idler to the platter but had no idea it had one from the motor to idler; do you recall what size and were you got it?

Is there a SAMS photofact for that type changer?