Vintage Zenith Stereo Portable Record Player
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Good sound!
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how did you fix the speed problem? My portable magnavox record player players too fast as well, and i was hoping to find out how to fix it.
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Zenith made good products, my father swore by Zenith TV's and would buy nothing else.
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Yes, all the same types of BSR turntables like this are in same trouble or error design in the motor spindle. :/
But after all this machines are so good and durable recordchangers. :)
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I have this very same set. Mine is model#E-541-1. Serial# 109K15X. It's actually a Zenith Nomad II. Mine played decent, and sounded good. The tone arm had a crack in the back, where it automatically picks up. Well on 11-18-2011 I was playing a record and the changer picked up the tone arm, and the whole damn thing broke off !!! .
NBH45304 2 months ago
@NBH45304 Aww man! That sucks! You might be able to fix it. The BSR Turntable in this unit is pretty common among Zenith's and other manufacturers.
Trance88 2 months ago
Is that a Zenith E547W? Consumer Reports tested that model (11/74) and loved it. Their only complaint was that the arm had no finger lift or cuing lever. Zenith seems to have put their own arm on an otherwise BSR turntable; that's why it tracks better than the competing models with BSR arms (which always had finger lifts). They also ordered the steel platter, which keeps the wow&flutter lower than on the competing plastic-platter versions.
lrd9999 1 year ago
@lrd9999 Actually it's an E541-1 model. Not sure how similar it is to the E547W. The E547W is probably a more upscale version of my player. I'm sure my player is one of the more base/budget models.
Trance88 1 year ago
The styling of this Zenith reminds of the GE Wildcat I have posted playing Allegheny Moon
maynardcat 2 years ago
Yeah, it does have similar styling and layout although this unit is a little larger than a wildcat. I don't think Wildcats have detatchable speakers like this one does.
Trance88 2 years ago