BSR 810 Transcription

Dumpster find.
This was BSR's high-end answer to the competing Duals of the time. It operates and sounds really well considering its rather dubious pedigree.
Circa 1972. The circular module on the lower left comprises and see-saw speed changer for 45 and 331/3. The surrounding ring is the pitch controller. The push-buttons on the right hand panel are for the record size: 7, 10 or 12-inch. There is another button for manual play which just starts the platter without engaging in the automatic function. A cue lever gives a really nice ease motion down onto the record. It can be adjusted to determine how soft or hard the landing. There is also a tracking adjuster and another switch for either single or multiple plays. This turntable originally came with a spike to stack multiple records, however that was not in the dumpster.
Shure cartridge.

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• kingston
• trio
• BSR
• 810
• transcription
• turntable

[aldiakaroofus]

It's a pretty one! However, how come there's no sound in the right channel?

[laceup1967]

@aldiakaroofus Thanks. I've come to like it. Don't know about the sound. Sounded fine when I made the video. File transfer must have screwed up. Will overlay a new audio track when I have time.

[dewey70]

Great song! I love those 45s with the built-in centers. Is that a Miracord turntable? Looks like a BSR logo but can't really tell.

[laceup1967]

@dewey70 It is actually BSR's top-of-the-line 810 Transcription table with super heavy platter. Not too many survive because when the complicated mechanism broke, it was too difficult to fix. This one was in storage for 20 years and then thrown into a dumpster where I found it.

[mta415]

dumpster find!!!! you gotta be friggin' kidding me! damn, I should be so lucky.

[MichaelHansenFUN]

you found this player int he dumpster?