Talk:Record changer

Automatic sequencing/autocoupling

The term "auto-coupled" does exist in this context (see [1] [2] [3]). It may not be the most widely used name for this type of sequencing, but I think it's commonplace enough to mention in the article. AdorableRuffian 14:03, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Date of demise of record changers

I think they became rare earlier than the 1980s, and as a result of long-playing records rather than CDs. When I bought my first hi-fi in 1972 a record changer would have seemed old-fashioned. Perhaps someone who has evidence of how models changed in the 1960s and 1970s could update this?

My copy of the "bridge over troubled water" LP talks about record changers on the inner sleeve, and is in fact how I became aware of autochangers, I don't know how indicative that is but I would have problems believing the LP spelled the end for autochangers 75.14.220.24 23:39, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Absolutely - the LP really spelled the end only for expensive, high-end, money-no-object autochangers, like the exquisite American Lincoln [4] and Capehart [5] models. Bog-standard changer mechanisms, such as the ubiquitous British-made BSR and Garrard drop-changers, were produced in their squillions throughout the 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s, right up until the dawn of the CD era.

Bear in mind that most people didn't buy "hi-fis" back then, they bought "record players" which were "lo-to-middling-fi" at best. 217.155.20.163 23:47, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

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