Vintage Record Changer & Turntable Repair

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Vintage Record Changer & Turntable Repair Kyle & Kevin service vintage Record Changers (Turntables) from stereos, hi-fis. 1950s-'80s. Deep discount shipping. FAST. Now located in North Carolina. PM me.

Zenith, BSR, Garrard, VM/Voice of Music, Motorola, Magnavox, Admiral, GE, Silvertone, RCA and most brands. $120 for thorough service. 40+ years experience repairing record changers and turntables. They're easier to remove and ship than you may think!

10/18/2026

Another Automatic 400 series. These are such nice changers. Trim and well built. Previous service attempt was poor. Nothing cleaning and lubrication and a new platter mat didn't fix. Apparently they did get it back working but eventually the speed started to slow. This is because the platter was leaching plasticizer that ran down the side of the platter and eventually contaminated the drive surfaces.
I also found the stylus pressure set way too high, obviously to compensate for poor maintenance or bad servicing. Everything's been put right and it's ready to go home.
I love this record by Albert Hammond. There was a follow up single titled "I'm a Train" that is also awesome.

10/17/2026

This came in looking quite nice with just a layer of dust, but in need of lubrication and more importantly, a new cartridge and tonearm wiring. Previous owner also managed to remove the counterweight from the tonearm, luckily we had one handy. Owner found it in the cabinet and is sending it to replace the one I scavenged off an otherwise complete machine.
We are trying a new replacement cartridge. It has no brand name; Kevin found them on AliExpress, I think. They are a clone of the Panasonic EPC 35. The sound quality is exceptional.

💥For all you lonely souls home on Friday evening, our weekly Phriday Photdump! Featuring (Voice of Music), , and ...
10/16/2026

💥For all you lonely souls home on Friday evening, our weekly Phriday Photdump! Featuring (Voice of Music), , and

10/16/2026

It's been a while since we've had a through. This one actually belongs to somebody I've known for at least 20 years. The console was his father's and he's finally gotten hold of it and started restorative work after being exiled to a damp basement for 20 years. I found an extra washer on the tonearm bearing, and quite a few things frozen on it. These always need a little TLC and knowhow to get them working reliably. They are not of the best build quality. I like the self-retracting side sensor.

10/14/2026

Copper VM Zenith with low mileage in excellent condition once cleaned. Presented needing an idler and suffering from dry grease syndrome. One part often affected by this is the escape lever on the slider. Once stuck and run through a cycle, that can get bent. We have a nice method of straightening them back out nearly perfectly.
This RSO label looks great with this changer.

10/14/2026

Ugg. Spent yesterday napping with banging headache/achy bod. Congested today but no aches. In good spirits. "Catch-up October" not quite as successful as I'd hoped, but good progress made. Expecting a flood of inquiries tomorrow.

10/13/2026

TLC for an . Tonearm rest broken, motor mounts completely shot, and the indexing cam assembly stuck. These machines are a little bit of a challenge to service as some of it is riveted together or pressed together at the factory, but we can usually work around those areas. Nothing here was complicated, just time-consuming. Definitely have an extra two to three hours into this one. It cleaned up nicely and we treated the mat so it looks nice and black again. A fresh needle tops off the service.

10/12/2026

Supply chain issues and I'm not sure I'm going to have a video for you all for the next couple days. Let's just say "catch up October" hasn't gone as smoothly as I'd hoped. The new supplier for VM AC switches has made an error in their rebuild causing many of them to not work. In fact my whole stock of them from my last batch… all dead. Anyway, speaking of VM, this very late model base model VM from 1976 came in quite dirty and in need of an idle. It has one of the later model AC switches on it which is still good thankfully. This very basic model was tracking at 7g so we replaced the base pivot with the ball bearing style for less lateral friction and easily got it down to 4g.
This looks very much like a BSR at a glance, and the new base plate even has BSR spring and mounting points. Both VM and Collaro attempted to hold onto market share by making their machines an easy drop-in substitute. Collaro went as far as to redesign their control panel which is a near clone of BSR units.

10/11/2026

Deluxe Magnavox came in with a completely frozen motor and the rest of the grease starting to get sticky. Found the teeth on the gears misaligned which is always a sure sign of that. These require a little extra work when they have the dampened cue feature. Other than that, in excellent physical condition. Really a good looker.

This is what happens when you are self-employed. It's easy to lose track of what day of the week it is. Overdue Phriday ...
10/10/2026

This is what happens when you are self-employed. It's easy to lose track of what day of the week it is. Overdue Phriday Photodump. This is a pretty big one.

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Candler, NC
28715

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Monday 10am - 9pm
Tuesday 10am - 9pm
Wednesday 10am - 9pm
Thursday 10am - 9pm
Friday 10am - 9pm
Saturday 10am - 9pm

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