The Dansette Tempo record player was made in 1962 by British hifi manufacturer Dansette, a division of J&A Margolin Ltd. This iconic vintage record player enabled teenagers of the 50s and 60s to listen to their very own records for the first time, and they were hugely popular. Mine, however, was in a bit of a sorry state, so I treated it to a restoration, including a modern cartridge upgrade and preamp, serviced the original mono valve / tube amplifier and gave it an overall service to help keep it running like clockwork for another 60 years.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro & Dansette Story
01:38 My Dansette Tempo Record Player
02:21 Upgrading To A Modern Ceramic Cartridge
03:56 Adding A Velleman Mono Preamp Kit + Velleman Mods
04:38 Replacing The Smoothing Capacitor With Modern Nichicon Caps
05:51 Dansette Tempo Record Player Reassembly
06:25 Powering The Preamp - My Solution
07:07 Setting The Tracking Weight For The New Ceramic Cartridge
07:50 Final Result & Test
08:51 Conclusions & More Work Potentially Needed
09:21 Can You Feel My Love Buzz?
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Royalty-Free Music From Epidemic Sound: [ Ссылка ]:
Mary Riddle - Golden Era
Harry Edvino - Don't Bore Me Alberto!
Chris Shards - The Ballroom Twist
Outro: Yomoti - Before Chill
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