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RANDIX HG-40P with TURNTABLE, Cassette, AM/FM

johnedward - 2012-07-30 21:02

Interesting unit with a unique slide out Sound Burger like turntable.   The Mister Disc by Audio Technica ( Sound Burger) portable record player has identical 45 rpm rubber spindle and cuts to hold tonearm.   I WONDER if its possible this boomer has Audio Technica parts from Mister Disc ???  See last photo of a Sound Burger the rubber disc pad is IDENTICAL and the tonearm almost identical.  If true guess that would make this a valuable box.  The rubber 45 spindle holds the tone arm tightly in place for transporting.  Although I gather Randix is on the low end of quality this guy plays relatively loud with decent mids and pretty good highs just lacking bass which I gather is normal for this size boomer.  Used it Sunday waxing car, was 15-30 feet away and it had no problem playing plenty loud to be heard well.  It is in reasonably good cosmetic condition except for two broke out pieces top right main unit and between FF and REW.  Radio and record player work great.  The knobs are metal not plastic.  The tape deck FF and REW fine but play it is easy to touch cog and have it stop so must have two belts one for Play that is really loose and FF/REW the belt is very good still.  It does not play a tape. The cassette controls are not light touch but play is logic controlled interestingly enough on a budget boomer.   Pretty amazing to me on a box this small to have a working record player.

 

MEASUREMENTS

Length - 22 inches

Depth -    5 inches

Height - 8.5 inches

 

If someone is interested in this PM me am willing to sell.  The battery cover is there but battery area has some corrosion on contacts but works with batteries.  AC plug wire is not original but works fine.

 

Is this a fairly rare boomer having a record player on it for its size ?   I found very little on the net about this model.  Anyone know what year it was made/sold?

 

RANDIX  HG-40P

 

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johnedward - 2012-07-30 22:37

Interesting bit o news... a company last year remade the Mister Disc Sound Burger with modern updates like USB connector, FM radio.  Here is link.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20016600-1.html

davebush - 2012-07-30 22:39

even cooler

johnedward - 2012-07-31 08:05

The tonearm appears to be same as the Mister Disc by Audio Technica.  The phono cartridge is definitely a inexpensive one ( goes with Randix quality) but the wiring out of tonearm and connectors are much higher quality.  Here is picture of my cartridge.

 

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retro - 2012-07-31 09:58

Very cool indeed, thanks for sharing John.

deliverance - 2012-07-31 10:37

2012_0730Randix0001  that vinyl is smokin 

johnedward - 2012-09-14 12:55

Originally Posted by JohnEdward:

Interesting bit o news... a company last year remade the Mister Disc Sound Burger with modern updates like USB connector, FM radio.  Here is link.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20016600-1.html

Fun for about $100 easy to find but hear they wear out in less than year and have ceramic needles with high tracking force so tears up records.   So only use on your beat up records but alternative to the expensive and hard to find orig. Audio Technica AT-770 Mister Disc.

Here is a Orig. Mister Disc can see distinct similarities tone arm, holder, size/shape.   Although the Mister Disc came with a good quality AT magnetic cartridge the randix version has ceramic but have checks can put in a upgrade Audio Technica Magnetic cartridge that is for the mister disc is $60 new turntablesneedles.com

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johnedward - 2012-09-15 08:50

Originally Posted by JohnEdward:
Originally Posted by JohnEdward:

Interesting bit o news... a company last year remade the Mister Disc Sound Burger with modern updates like USB connector, FM radio.  Here is link.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20016600-1.html

Fun for about $100 easy to find but hear they wear out in less than year and have ceramic needles with high tracking force so tears up records.   So only use on your beat up records but alternative to the expensive and hard to find orig. Audio Technica AT-770 Mister Disc.

Here is a Orig. Mister Disc can see distinct similarities tone arm, holder, size/shape.   Although the Mister Disc came with a good quality AT magnetic cartridge the randix version has ceramic but have checks can put in a upgrade Audio Technica Magnetic cartridge that is for the mister disc is $60 new turntablesneedles.com

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The RANDIX Turntable clearly shares many same parts with Audio Technica Mister Disc AT-770



 

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