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@olafmuller45067 жыл бұрын
Techmoan thanks! 👍👍👍
@geoserenity7 жыл бұрын
Techmoan was that the blues brothers? nice
@Techmoan7 жыл бұрын
There’s a bit more information about this in the video description text box.
@FrankRincon7 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, I enjoy your videos. You always find interesting tech.
@banihex7 жыл бұрын
Should I look in this videos description or a different one? Are there puppets at the end of this video? Please reply before I finish the video.
@Quicksilver_Cookie5 жыл бұрын
I swear, if they re-release this again today with exactly same design they'd sell them like hot cakes. Even hipsters would buy them :)
@handlesarestupid1544 жыл бұрын
Only hipsters would buy them*
@chrisfratz3 жыл бұрын
Honestly, if they made one in black I would buy it because it probably doesn't have a big footprint.
@redlioness66273 жыл бұрын
Hipsters would buy a turd if it was packaged right.
@timesthree57573 жыл бұрын
How with their Starbucks $'s
@ardenpips3 жыл бұрын
When nobody buys hot cakes anymore…
@shimtest7 жыл бұрын
"not an inexpensive machine...if I break it that's the end of it..." *jams nail file and paper clip in delicate mechanism*
@cloudskat3r5 жыл бұрын
Bill Westfall well he did say it was a last resort
@grizzly66995 жыл бұрын
*Bill Westfall * That got me laughing, very funny.
@BlitzHopB5 жыл бұрын
I died ahaha
@mosespray45104 жыл бұрын
That's why Techmoan is the boss.
@ZylonFPV7 жыл бұрын
This honestly looks like it could have come out in 2017. How is it that some Sony products still look so modern?
@chrysanth.57007 жыл бұрын
They just always have a few products which consistently do well and it gives them a little extra capital to actually try and do something new instead of just making knockoffs of other ideas. It helps to be rich.
@THEKAZA1177 жыл бұрын
80s futurism movement.
@Star_Sn1per7 жыл бұрын
The 80's was the future
@Skripturz7 жыл бұрын
seriously, I actually want one now
@Sheepy0077 жыл бұрын
Sony was always a leader in the importance of industrial design.
@paulleach2254 жыл бұрын
Hi Matt! I know this is an old video, you're probably not going to read this and it's slightly unrelated but felt the need to share regardless! After clearing out my sadly departed uncles house, I came across a Sony PS-Q7 turntable. Nicotine stained and in a non-working state, there were some who wished to throw it in landfill. After watching your videos and getting a better understanding of the mechanics of these machines (they can be salvaged!) I decided to take it home. After some prodding and poking, it turns out it was the drive belt of the tone arm. I managed to get it working with the faulty belt, but ordered a new one to give it a new lease of life. Thank you for your videos, not only are they fun and educational, but they give numpties like me the confidence to save treasures from the scrap heap. My teenage son has become fascinated with vinyl after I got my Project turntable. This will go to him and show a new generation the amazing engineering of the past, the value of preservation and the wonder of being curious. Thanks again.
@boijorzee7 жыл бұрын
This thing would have looked so futuristic in 1983. It's a nifty device.
@DPortain7 жыл бұрын
That thing cost 40,000 Yen in 1983, equivalent to $170 (or $400 in today's money). Probably the upper end of portable disc players.
@bobbyslater11987 жыл бұрын
For $150 in 1983 I bought a 4-speed Panasonic stereo unit with AM/FM tuner and cassette recorder.
@randywatson83477 жыл бұрын
Welcome to the PS-F9 club 😊. I have the PS-F5, PS-F9 EU and PS-F9 Japanese with FM-transmitter. I used to fix the clamp problem by easing the springtension that pushes the large pin into the hole of the vinyl by cutting the spring a little bit shorter and bend the end of it preventing hitting the plastic seem. Still it could hold heavy vinyl succesfully without aid.
@BarcadeArcade6 жыл бұрын
I fell in love with this turntable after seeing your video. I found one on Jauce shortly after and pulled the trigger. Paid quite a bit for it even though it was untested. I got it in the mail today and it had the same problem as yours so I applied your fix and it fixed it right up! It does have another intermittent issue where the stylus will not always stay down after pressing play but I will look into that later. I just want to clarify for others that may be looking for help with a similar problem that you can remove the entire gear assembly and you can take gears off of the shaft and separate them to get to the felt washer. My washer was intact but for some reason it was still slipping hence why I had to use your fix. Anyway, to get the assembly out, you want to remove the two screws from the top of the motor and just let the motor kind of hang there, it will not fall. Then, to get the actual bracket with the gears out, there are two additional screws in the front, they're the same size as the ones from the motor. Once all four screws are removed, the entire assembly can be carefully removed. The gears are held onto the shaft by very small and hard to see plastic clips. You have to be very very careful when removing them. I used a hobby knife to assist but putting it under the clip and pushing upward. I cannot stress how careful you have to be to both no damage them or lose them when doing this. Hopefully this helps other people. Thanks for your help!
@thevi0lat0r7 жыл бұрын
I got my PS-F9 about 2 years ago, and it suffers from the same issue that yours initially did. Although I upgraded the stylus and replaced the belt that drives the tonearm mechanism, I was too afraid to tamper with the clamp mechanism lest I break something. Thanks to you, I finally know how to fix this. Many thanks, sir!
@jeb4193 жыл бұрын
@@blendedberries do you have any recommendations for a cartridge or stylus upgrade?
@bigblumerstrikesback7 жыл бұрын
The Other Techmoan Effect is where you go out and buy music heard on one of your videos because its been stuck in your head all day. Sam and Dave (or their estate holders) should thank you.
@sourgrapekate10034 жыл бұрын
I just watched this and went looking for the Stax record. There’s a new colored vinyl version that is red and white. It came out in January of this year. I love that Techmoan gets some of his cool colored vinyl at Newbury Comics. That’s where I get mine as well!
@jw-b15634 жыл бұрын
I just came upon this video and am very pleased to say that I have a PS F9 which I love to bits. You talk of being careful not to damage the record as you insert and seat it in the slot. The best way to do this is by inserting the record with its sleeve still on and then removing the sleeve afterwards.
@applepinez7 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal video as always! These past few weeks I have been going on a Techmoan binge watch, and no matter how many times I see your videos, I never get tired of them. Keep up the awesome work!
@markyoung72785 жыл бұрын
Duffel Bag Full of Tech me too... loving the videos.
@CoreyDWillis7 жыл бұрын
Sony would make a killing selling remakes of their old products! Genius!
@watershed447 жыл бұрын
Corey Willis Yes, I agree, Sony was the Apple of their day. Lots of innovation and very high quality. It's a shame to see how they have declined over the past 25 years or so. What I don't understand is why they appear to have given up in so many ways.
@ChristopherSobieniak7 жыл бұрын
They'd certainly get somewhere if they put out a new version of the F9.
@SMGJohn7 жыл бұрын
+watershed44 When the fuck did Apple innovate? They literally ripped off Sony's old designs for their iPhone. Apple's policy of removing ports creating such stupid designs like Macbook Pro and iPhone 7 which either have extremely inefficient performances because they lack airflow or are too thin, or they are so thin they break in half. And to slap insult on injury their software is among the worst in the industry, seriously no one learned how to do software from IBM?? Clearly Microsoft did and Sony because theirs is at least working properly. And then finally when they make half assed products that are terrible for performance, too shit for reliability and no upgradeability at all they slap on a huge ass pricetag to make it a "brand"
@watershed447 жыл бұрын
SMGJohn I totally agree with you, I was just speaking about the way they are both perceived by the masses correct or not. 1000% true that Sony was a true innovator from the ground up, while Apple usually was just very good at taking other's concepts and ideas and marketing them brilliantly. I truly miss the old Sony, and have bought MANY of their products over the past 40 years or so.
@watershed447 жыл бұрын
SMGJohn I wish more people knew about how Apple stole Xerox idea for the computer mouse. I find it very interesting that this very major story never seems to be brought up in the media and never has been since the beginning. I would tell folks to research that theft.
@joebeastyg56867 жыл бұрын
I frequent YT for a few specific topics. Tech is hardly one of them. However, that has changed since I've discovered your channel and subscribed. I get excited whenever I get the notice for a new video :) Great content and excellent, excellent breaking down of how this often obscure (to me) stuff works. Your love for what you do is evident in your videos. For that, I am thankful.
@LUchesi7 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy how your videos touch both ends, the overall information/history of the tech and also the personal experience with each individual device.
@peanutismint7 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful merging of design and technology. One of my favourite aspects of your videos are you talking through your troubleshooting/repair process. It's a good encouragement for those of us trying to fix things that have similar small issues to keep trying different things and piecing the puzzle together! :-)
@Jerbod27 жыл бұрын
I remember when you reviewed and restored that other vertical turntable how you'd like to have this one but it being too expensive. Good to see your videos are allowing you to get hold of that type of stuff anyway.
@Techmoan7 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you remembered. I really wasn't comfortable paying what I paid for this, but they rarely appear for sale and ever since that video I've been looking for a PS-F9 under £500 and this was the first one I saw.
@Jerbod27 жыл бұрын
Techmoan Sometimes you get lucky like that... A few weeks ago I got lucky in the same way, I was on a fleamarket and I always tend to look for tech/cameras... I saw a box with a few lenses sticking out. I picked one out (the one that looked most impressive) and saw that it was a Canon 300mm F4 L lens, the guy selling them says "10 euros for the whole lot" so you can imagine how quickly I walked off with the box smiling. That L lens alone is €400+, it's an old professional lens, super sharp. Besides that there were some crappy photo-flashers but also some lenses which at first glance seemed like those €5 bad ones, turns out as I put it on marktplaats (a site which you might want to search around on by the way) it was €110 too, together with some €20 stuff. Made 500+ that day if I hadn't kept most the stuff :)
@Techmoan7 жыл бұрын
That's where your knowledge really comes off - I wouldn't have had much of a clue...but even I would know that €10 sounded too cheap.
@Jerbod27 жыл бұрын
Techmoan What I often do is just keep ebay open on my phone and type in modelnumbers of whatever tech seems interesting.
@pumajlr7 жыл бұрын
I would love the Grim Fandango OST on vinyl.
@Agamemnon27 жыл бұрын
The whole mechanism really is quite elegant, industrial design at its finest. Glad to see you were able to get yours working with such a simple "hack".
@CinemaMacabro7 жыл бұрын
I would buy this for the new vinyls from Death Waltz, they really make amazing looking vinyls that should be displayed vertically. The best part of this video is the trial and error of repair that went into this thing, as a retro tech nerd, I found that truly entertaining!. Another great video @Techmoan
@jacknjill3000 Жыл бұрын
I always wanted one of these, but they are expensive and recently saw that the audio technica Music Burger came back out and getting one of those. Sorry if the name is different and can’t think of. I’m American and have been collecting vintage Japanese electronics since 96. Back then everyone thought I was mad but it’s like collecting art to me and I very attracted to. I think all these Japanese electrons were at its height in the 80’s when I was too young to get any bc of lack of funds. Why I might be fascinated by these past gadgets from Japan. I’ve noticed it hasn’t still caught on collecting Japanese electronics or vintage Japanese watches. But I’ve noticed the Brit’s have a fascination for these vintage Japanese electronics bc many of these videos are made by Brit’s.
@jacknjill3000 Жыл бұрын
Oh and once on an import house music 12” album cover, there was a record player that only covered 25% of the record player and a small square. I always wanted to know the make but never seen one. They should make a book on these vintage Japanese electronics. Sharp used to make a boombox with a turntable the slid out that was very cool. I had this great Sony boombox that was top of the line and the cd player was motorized and very cool looking in the early 2000. I still have it boxed away, but the cd tray got stuck and either didn’t go back in or come out.
@jacknjill3000 Жыл бұрын
In 2010, I got a Vintage portable record player from eBay. I think it was made by Audio technica but it was purple in color and I haven’t seen another one. No one bid, so I got for like &75. In mint condition and working. I only tested and stored away bc I wanted to keep it in mint condition. But sadly someone broke into my store and stole most of my collectibles. But they didn’t take my Mitsubishi upright linear turntable that is a beauty with the glass door and you can see the record spinning. I actually got 2 from eBay around 2010 when many were not aware of that turntable. One is just the turntable and the other model is the turntable connected to the tape and receiver. You should have a look and I think bang and Olsen took the design in the late 90’s for their multiple cd players. Also, when I started collecting, there were only few Americans doing the same in 96 and many thought I was crazy. Well, who’s crazy now???
@espurious7 жыл бұрын
I'm fascinated by these weird and wonderful retro tech and it's great to see them showcased like this!
@NiGHTSaturn3 жыл бұрын
They are 3000-4000 dollars these days. A re-release is truly needed. It would be a delightful fit to so many living rooms.
@ChristopherSobieniak3 жыл бұрын
Would be.
@chillstar7 жыл бұрын
Nice one- I have similar clamping issues with mine, except had to 3D print one of the gears as a previous owner had glued the 2 gears together and a load of teeth had been stripped from one. I'm close to it working again, but it's now slipping like yours & I still have some work to do. The original spring was missing too, and I'm experimenting with different springs from my collection of spares. I'm going to try your tape idea-good call. I'd tried some different rubber washers, but they've all been too slippy. I think another reason that there's a clutch is to provide some give at each end of travel. You can remove the whole clamp motor mount assembly by removing two small screws at the front, but probably best to avoid doing so if possible as the motor is connected by a fragile looking ribbon cable. Cheers for linking to my website in your description : )
@Techmoan7 жыл бұрын
I hope you get it working. If I'd known about this slipping issue, I'd probably have just got a PS-F5, but the Quartz Lock, the Line out and the non-yellowing made me lean towards the F9.
@benpollardmathias3 жыл бұрын
Do you have the 3D files for the gear that you could share? Mine is broken too.
@ramilcrisostomo71763 жыл бұрын
@@benpollardmathias Yeah mine as well. Looking for 3D files for printing. Thans
@Time4theShades7 жыл бұрын
I have literally been waiting on this video for years. I have the PS-F9 and have wanted to hear your take on the machine. Thanks for the share!!
@jammi__7 жыл бұрын
Get a 3D printer for repairs. Completely changed the way I treat devices with broken plastic parts.
@sterlinsilver4 жыл бұрын
The future sure is wild, huh
@januszkurahenowski28607 жыл бұрын
Great video. I'm an English student at the University and it's really nice to listen to something with nice British English. Having fun and improving my pronunciation
@Brpwndood7 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Techmoan, for putting the link to the Sony Design History site; very thoughtful.
@Techmoan7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for being in the elite and exclusive club of people who read the information in the video description text box.
@electimon_7 жыл бұрын
Brpwn dood .
@TOMORROWSPHERE7 жыл бұрын
The Techmoan Effect: The giddy and warm feeling you get when you realize there is another interesting and informative video just waiting to be watched. Thank you!
@Eccentrus7 жыл бұрын
wow, that really has a futuristic design, it still looks clean and cool compared to most 2017 things
@1974muaddibable7 жыл бұрын
You have got to be the single greatest KZbinr there is. This is what internet should be filled up with. Gracias !!!
@Shundi127 жыл бұрын
The Tech Moan effect is very similar to the John's Arcade effect. The same thing happens on both channels, an old broken machine is purchased. Said machine is fixed and demoed, then everybody wants one. Prices then skyrocket :) Your repair videos are always my favourite as I like to see how things work. Great video :)
@PanduPoluan7 жыл бұрын
Very informative! Especially that bit about the felt washer. Now I know what to watch for if I see a pair of friction gears like that. Thanks for sharing!
@quenz.goosington7 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see you review one of those vinyl players that use a lazer to track the grooves rather than a needle.
@Techmoan7 жыл бұрын
Here's your answer kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZikhquAos1oq6cm17s
@dj5quar37 жыл бұрын
lmao
@alparslanesmer42517 жыл бұрын
Techmoan, Queenz is talking about ELP laser turntable. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZCXpKKljKiblbs That's a 15 grand deck.
@bryceschug4867 жыл бұрын
Alparslan Esmer if you click the link it jumps to a part of the video. "One question I get a lot is ..." Put a bit of work in before you beak off on the internet, lest you look like a fool.
@MysteryMii7 жыл бұрын
Alparslan Esmer Also can’t play colored vinyl, pictures discs, and it even has problems with dust on black vinyl.
@albac0re7 жыл бұрын
Very cool record player, but I LOVE to see your troubleshooting and fixing. and especially your 'errors' in repair, like where you discovered the felt washer pad. I can't count the number of times I've tried a semi-destructive troubleshooting method, like you did with the file only to realize "oops..." after the fact. It's good to know that others screw up in the same way. Your channel is one of my favorites. Please keep the videos (and puppets) coming!
@CitizenKang7 жыл бұрын
Have you ever been to the Sony Archive Museum in Tokyo? You would love it.
@turnkit7 жыл бұрын
A visit would make a great "special" techmoan video!
@DubsBrown4 жыл бұрын
It’s permanently closed :(
@dykodesigns7 жыл бұрын
That is one nifty turntable. This was Sony design and engineering at it's best. It's so elegant and cleverly designed.
@ReneChaddock7 жыл бұрын
Loved this video. Great suggestion for them to remake this product, I think if they did I would pick one up - Perhaps updating it to have a USB output like the more modern ones, although that isn't a must-have feature. Just the original remade would be a great item to have, and an attractive conversation piece around the house!
@Stuartrusty7 жыл бұрын
I have seen many novel uses for linear tracking record decks, but this is by far the best! I did have a standard linear tracking deck many moons ago, I think it was a Technics, it would occasionally suffer from a creaky mechanism at start of play in a 12 inch disc. Fortunately this was easily rectified by removing the dried out grease on the slider with Isopropyl alcohol and a cloth, then smearing a small amount of white grease along the slider. Thanks for this video, many happy memories brought back by this.
@nutz4gunz4577 жыл бұрын
What happened to you Sony? You used to be cool.
@watershed447 жыл бұрын
Agreed! I was around when Sony was THE electronic brand to buy for just about anything you could think of if you wanted quality and durability. It's like they just gave up over the past 25 years. Remember "It's a Sony!" was their tag line? They were the Apple of their day.
@MrWombatty7 жыл бұрын
About 20yrs ago Sony started selling re-branded low-quality Chinese made products in an attempt to capture a larger portion of the market, however it was a disastrous move which just sullied their brand-name and cost them customers! A good example of how Sony is still sticking to this rather poor strategy is Techmoan's recent 'East Meets West' boombox review (kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZ68oJxpqq94n5I ) and I know which product I'd buy as it would still be working in 15-20yrs! Where ever possible Pioneer is the brand I've always bought for audio equipment because while it may not be top-end hifi with a price-tag to match, the quality has always been reasonably good and value for money!
@SMGJohn7 жыл бұрын
Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka died, that is what happened funny enough Morita was a great critique of Capitalism which is ironic considered he ran the largest electronics Corporation at the time. Never the less his critique was nothing new at the time in Japan as many big Corporation in Japan rose to quality and innovation BECAUSE of the Japanese planning committee that literally forced them to innovate and forbade them from using western tech. This is how Japan became an electronics giant, they had to innovate and make their own microprocessors and electronics rather than buying original western designs and adapt them. With the death of their CEO who held such dear philosophy which belonged more in countries like the Soviet rather than a Capitalist business economy, the new CEO quickly adapted hardline market ideas and basically they started using really low end shitty Chinese rebrands which killed their reputation and to make matters worse they destroyed a huge portion of their own product line up, they damaged their camera and TV lineup as being terrible because they literally were in the beginning. After this CEO who literally killed Sony in many ways, they slapped themselves real good and went back to their roots, sort of.
@grulice7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they probably aren't the household name they once used to be, but their newest digital mirrorless cameras nowadays are awesome, in the sense that they bring a lot of new things to a pretty stagnant market. In other words, they innovate!
@watershed447 жыл бұрын
SMGJohn Thanks for bringing up the founders of Sony! It seems like so many of the great names in Japan from Sony to Honda have decided to stop trying to lead and just become followers in their respective industries once their founders pass away. I agree that it seems like finally after about two decades or more both these once great companies are slowly trying to extricate themselves from the funk they've been in.
@bicyclelife7088 Жыл бұрын
This is very different than my Audio-Technica Soundburger, even if they look similar. I got the new Bluetooth version. Both look amazing.
@Rasmusolofsson7 жыл бұрын
Hope you somehow will read this. In my old line of work in the bicycle industry we used a kind of friction grease to make the seatpost and other parts that shouldn't be sliding when you don't want it to. This kind of grease is often called carbon grease, some of these got a bit of sand mixed with the grease, but there are friction grease made for carbon bicycle frames that, instead of sand, got tiny plastic particles mixed with the grease. The plastic-particle-grease shouldn't wear the cogs out any faster than the felt mat would, i'd say. This could work for the sliding friction cogs when the felt mat no longer works.
@jimbob0365 жыл бұрын
Ah, is this a really thick grease which is used in soft eject & tonearm damping mechanisms?
@mistakay90197 жыл бұрын
You know you've made it when you have an effect named after you! Brilliant vid, and surprising quality coming from that unit! Brilliant!
@lo377ps7 жыл бұрын
I really like your repair storys. They are like a journey :)
@HuanCarlosLJ4 жыл бұрын
11:29 Just look at the photo! There is a Soviet vynil Мелодия label inside the Dual PRP5 player!
@NicMG7 жыл бұрын
Quick everyone spam Sony, hopefully they'll remake this awesome little player!
@MrHack4never7 жыл бұрын
Nick MG Hopefully in a different colour and internal layout, so that assholes doesn't just make scam-listings on ebay
@macnerd937 жыл бұрын
MrHack4never mini disc was around for years, growing up almost everyone I knew had one. Just never caught on in the US. Popular in the UK though. I still have a MD LP portable player and a Sony HIFI minidisc stacked recorder too.
@MrHack4never6 жыл бұрын
macnerd93 ?
@firsyinactive5 жыл бұрын
They have to remake this as a vinyl record player, dual deck cassette player & recorder and a colab with Superscope to make it the Superscope PSD300
@Trojan030411 ай бұрын
Another retro gem,going on my want list. Thanks Matt
@CharlesFigueroaJr7 жыл бұрын
Never miss an episode, puppets or not. Truly excellent. Also: Sony, get to work on the Sony Classic Collection!
@paulinaz34777 жыл бұрын
The "Techmoan" effect is a very real thing. It makes the videos you produce very bittersweet - here's a great item u can no longer afford. Anyway, still love the videos - and the puppets.
@paulhicks93997 жыл бұрын
Those two spinny things are called a clutch.
@johnfrancisdoe15637 жыл бұрын
Paul Hicks It's not a regular clutch that can be operated on/off though.
@John_Ridley7 жыл бұрын
That's not a prerequisite for it being a clutch. In particular this one is a slip clutch. They're widely used in machinery; printers, copiers all the way up to heavy equipment.
@Woyta7 жыл бұрын
Yes. It is a still ctutch. But in this case ise used tu limit torgue. BTW RC clutch disc material would be probably better way to fix it.
@MrWombatty7 жыл бұрын
Correct, the most simplest form as used in cases like this are called a friction-clutches. The first motor vehicles usually used leather as the friction material in theirs!
@GoldSrc_7 жыл бұрын
Yup, I cringed when he used that file to scratch the inside of that clutch, "yep, it's foked" was my reaction.
@markyoung72785 жыл бұрын
The Sony Design History is a delight to view!
@BuzzardsRoostWoodcraft7 жыл бұрын
I would have called it a peacock. It looks nothing like a flamingo
@matthewkriebel73427 жыл бұрын
I thought this too. Maybe someone remembered the wrong bird, but they got far enough into the marketing development that it wasn't worth changing once anyone noticed. Or maybe it's just "standing on one leg".
@BLY997 жыл бұрын
Peacocks were so 70's, Flamingos just scream the 80's.
@compactc97 жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing! "Looks more like a male peacock with its tail feathers spread out!"
@gargonovich7 жыл бұрын
I'd have called 'em chazzwozzers.
@GreyHulk21567 жыл бұрын
I was about to say the same thing, Joshua.
@maxhoward25437 жыл бұрын
When you mentioned this in other videos I had always wanted to see you review it. Glad you finally found it!
@samthenerf7 жыл бұрын
On page 13 of the service manual it shows how to remove the full gear assembly (it's the two small screws you see at 5:17). www.future-forms.com/manuals/sony-psf9.pdf
@samthenerf4 жыл бұрын
@@blendedberries His fix is absolutely not the right way to go about it, but I don't think it realty stuck the two gears together, the cloth tape he is using only has adhesive on one side.
@samthenerf4 жыл бұрын
@@blendedberries That sounds great.
@mfbfreak7 жыл бұрын
Sounds wayyyy better than expected! Better than many conventional portable record players.
@Elosocuriosobuscador7 жыл бұрын
I have a new goal in my life: Getting that customized vinyl with the Tefifon/puppets song: I NEED IT!!
@kmoss11227 жыл бұрын
I've always wanted to see one of these In action, let alone actually get to see the inside of one! Wonderful job as always techmoan
@equinoxmoonchild477 жыл бұрын
Look forward to all your reviews love this channel keep up the great work
@romandjma.recordplayers78067 жыл бұрын
these stand-up turntables have always looked cool in some sort of way to me... but I don't know in what way. but i'm happy you showed that there is a sony design history page. I have a lot of things from sony that I want to see more about.
@DARKRYDER77 жыл бұрын
i love your videos, I love the innovation of sony products. I studied product design at uni and I hate how much praise Apple gets from tutors when they've not done much.
@blackblob5007 жыл бұрын
DARKRYDER7 In terms of making innovative products, I would say Apple is sometimes questionable on that front. In terms of product design, I'd say Apple is more successful at making products that look striking, sexy, and different from the norms of the industry.
@geertvanpee99356 жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure to watch your videos really! One way or another, this one got me thinking about a portable record player I had when I was a child, I guess it was around 1981 or something like that. I don't remember the brand or model anymore, but I remember it only was able to play 45 rpm records. You had to pop them into a slot at the front of the device, it clicked in place and started playing. At the end of the record, the record stopped spinning and at the left of the record slot, there was a round button to eject the record. Also at the front, there was a volume control and a tone control and I remember at the back, there was a plug for a power lead; I never used that as it also ran on batteries. I really love to own one like that again, but I have no idea of the brand or model...
@kbhasi7 жыл бұрын
11:53 "I don't wanna move..." (moves tonearm)
@enownowe3 жыл бұрын
I first saw this phonograph in the movie, "Wings of Desire". It shows up early on, probably within the first 15 minutes or so. Glad I could learn more about it!
@draganovkassiar7 жыл бұрын
HE FINALLY GOT ONE, GUYS!!!
@MrCageman7 жыл бұрын
What an amazing thing to watch. Thank you for digging out these little gems and showing them to us.
@AtomicShrimp7 жыл бұрын
So very 80s
@CaptainPriceONDATRAINFR1004 жыл бұрын
Very 80's indeed
@tacopizza20037 жыл бұрын
I had one of those It was one of the cheapest turntables with a linear tracking tonearm at the time. Plus it was portable, which is why I bought it. (That and I liked the Sony Walkman cassette.) I was on a linear tracking tonearm kick in the 1980s. My favorite one I owned was from Sansui. It was one of those tray loading ones (Several manufactures made them.) that played both sides of the record & you could program which tracks it would play. I went back to standard pivoting tonearms in the 1990s.
@mooniejohnson7 жыл бұрын
“The Techmoan Effect” would be a great band name. Get on that! 😛
@packratswhatif.39905 жыл бұрын
I am soooo jealous that you found on of these and at that PRICE !!!!! If sony ever brings one of these back (assuming good quality build) I would be right there to buy one..... maybe two. I just didn’t have the insight to purchase one back in the days and now I am paying for it in desire. Yours looks like it is really in great shape .... super !
@Bleats_Sinodai7 жыл бұрын
I can already imagine a new Sony Flamingo with a Class D amplifier (for longer battery life), perhaps higher power outputs for external speakers, maybe even an option to send the audio via Bluetooth to other devices.
@CandyAppleBlue7 жыл бұрын
I'm blinded by science! Slick design makes this unit not only attractive but functional. It's 2018 and I'm just finding out about this retro cool record player now. Thanks Techmoan for putting this educational product review together. Off to eBay I go. :)
@droutsolias7 жыл бұрын
from the first moment i suspected that is a clutch. saw those when dissassembling an old photocopier
@Terraapples7 жыл бұрын
Clever product! Using linear tracking to make it small and portable with the option to play vertical and even hang on a wall!
@syno0235 жыл бұрын
12:07 song? I know I look like an idiot, but I forgot the name of it
@xSwordLilyx4 жыл бұрын
Sam & Dave- Hold On, I'm Coming
@syno0234 жыл бұрын
@@xSwordLilyx Thank you so much kind stranger 😁
@singhabiru79767 жыл бұрын
I love the troubleshooting videos even more than straight review videos.
@turnkit7 жыл бұрын
Hot diggity. I hope there is a "techmoan effect!" I have one of these somewhere in the garage. I'll ebay it and up my patreon donation. Good job!
@WaluTime7 жыл бұрын
You got your hands on one of these! I figured this was always going to be a case of too expensive for you to review! Glad to see it in action, such a nice design, I hope they do an NES Classic situation as well, would love to buy one of these!
@Nocturn37 жыл бұрын
That’s a sexy player. Especially with colored vinyls!
@blueconversechucks4 жыл бұрын
Wow. So psyched to see this. With all the reinterpretations of record players in the Bluetooth/USB era, I kept hoping I would see a space saving, vertical design. I had no idea one already existed. I imagine that there won't be a reboot of this model. My guess is that the technical challenges are too great, and the market of vinyl consumers too small, and the amount they would be willing to pay for the device would not be sufficient for the cost of developing the reboot. You can see from the video this is a quality product. Sony probably brought the full power of their design and engineering muscle to bear when putting this together in the early eighties. It would take a similar level of effort now, with much less potential return. I hope I'm wrong though! I would love to see one on the market someday. I'd probably pay $200 for one if it met the standards of a good record player.
@UsernameThomaSS7 жыл бұрын
It's clutch was worn out : ]
@quarentinesquad41927 жыл бұрын
You finally got one, I’m proud of you, this is such an amazing piece of tech
@Dzonemp7 жыл бұрын
Found the service manual for it. You need part 153. Its a slip-clutch very much like ones found in most older VCRs. www.future-forms.com/manuals/sony-psf9.pdf
@scanningforvideos7 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite channels by far. Keep it going good sir. I'm already looking forward to the next one. Just lovely :)
@jinggarcia7 жыл бұрын
where's the puppets? :(
@johnfrancisdoe15637 жыл бұрын
Jing Garcia Spinning around.
@BLY997 жыл бұрын
They are not in every video.
@bowenhills10707 жыл бұрын
Then that's something that needs looking at
@frazdunc7 жыл бұрын
I know, there was just a boring video about vinyl
@iscander_s7 жыл бұрын
On a vinyl
@Onteo17 жыл бұрын
I'm with you. We need more retro tech. I'd buy one, also the TNT 8 track player would be cool if somewhat limited.
@MrWombatty7 жыл бұрын
The problem with the friction-clutch wasn't with that part of the mechanism but with the lubrication of the clamping mechanism itself drying out over time. I'm certain that spraying a small amount of white-grease on that spiral section would have had it clamping properly! Agree that Sony should re-release devices like this that would have a market today, perhaps in contemporary colours like black & gun-metal to distinguish them from the classic collector items. However, what concerns me is what you didn't evaluate was whether there was an acceptable level of wow & flutter, or was it originally more of an example of Sony marketing miniaturisation at the expense of performance? Btw, do you sell those Techmoan singles, as I can see them becoming very collectable!?!
@Techmoan7 жыл бұрын
I’d already done that. See 07:14 for a mention of this.
@watershed447 жыл бұрын
MrWombatty Indeed, there is a significant market that would pay very good money for such classics, why they haven't done it is a mystery. It might just help jump start the company's fortunes after decades of decline.
@MrWombatty7 жыл бұрын
Sorry, missed that. Maybe the whole mechanism needed to cleaned first, but obviously that would entail a rather tricky disassemble! As to why the friction-clutch was slipping too easily, I had a thought that the previous owner may have sprayed everything with WD40, including that friction-clutch! Unfortunately, contrary to popular belief WD40 isn't always the best lubricant to use as it thins out existing grease then dries out leaving inadequate lubrication in some places, but will also leave a greasy residue creating a problem where lubricant isn't wanted! Note that I'm referring to regular WD40, not the WD40 PTFE (wet or dry Teflon) in the yellow spray-cans!
@akaishi15837 жыл бұрын
Man, that's a nice looking machine (with a nice video to go with). I love when companies do this, plastic doesn't have to look cheap and tacky, it can have a bit of flair.
@bilal002767 жыл бұрын
I was hoping, when you were comparing the price of this product to other Sony product at the start, you were going to find a similar priced product and then find the same product in a European or British magazine to give us a price. As I still didn't get how much it cost back then
@raythackston19604 жыл бұрын
The red & yellow album is the best I have heard on any of your videos. My taste I guess...but got all excited.
@MaximNightFury7 жыл бұрын
Why not recreate that intro of yours with the turntable?
@leon90217 жыл бұрын
CollinG Tech how?
@MaximNightFury7 жыл бұрын
Leon thepro put different colored marks along the record to make up the wordmark, set the player to high speed, and run it
@leon90217 жыл бұрын
CollinG Tech I think it meeds to run a lot faster to create any effect. Otherwise its just spinning text.
@MaximNightFury7 жыл бұрын
Leon thepro yeah, it maxes out at 30 RPM
@Techmoan7 жыл бұрын
The intro relied on the persistence of vision effect created with flashing leds that are synchronised with a magnet near the left reel that tells them when to flash so the text remains horizontal and the right way up.
@KyodaiKino5 жыл бұрын
I couldn’t help noticing a few familiar songs on the first record played in this thing, then I realized it’s the same Stax compilation I picked up at Target about a week ago - the vinyl’s in different colors, but the tracks in this video are all on side one
@deanokken89607 жыл бұрын
What's the artist that made those dual colored records you used to test the Flamingo? It sounds lovely!
@Sjoerdverbraak7 жыл бұрын
also wanne know
@Techmoan7 жыл бұрын
I've now posted some information about these up in the video description text box.
@presterjohn717 жыл бұрын
Coloured vinyl was all the rage back in the 70's and 80's. It could be a re-issue he as bought recently but it is more likely that he bought it as a kid.
@IntyMichael7 жыл бұрын
Watch the Blues Brother movie and you find the answer.
@Techmoan7 жыл бұрын
Or just look in the *Video Description Text Box*
@KettleScot3 жыл бұрын
Hello Mr Techmoan. I know I'm late to the party but with my PS F9, I insert the record while it's inside its inner sleeve then slip the sleeve off while leaving the record in the player. I found that helps reduce the risk of scraping a record on the sides :)
@samsmith15807 жыл бұрын
Had one of these back in the day.
@samsmith15807 жыл бұрын
I do indeed sir. Twas of a Tuesday.
@MrWombatty7 жыл бұрын
I bet you wish you still had it!
@samsmith15807 жыл бұрын
Yes it was always the coolest of the cool. Mine was stolen.
@hugeshows7 жыл бұрын
The issue with the original felt washer appeared to be that grease had migrated into it and reduced the friction to an unacceptably low level. First thing to try with any plasticky clutch mechanism is a good clean with alcohol to remove greases.
@blakesichel85967 жыл бұрын
HOW DID YOU MAKE THAT CUSTOM SONG VINYL WITH THE PUPPET THING
@Techmoan7 жыл бұрын
Here’s the video about it kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIe9qIOCr8-km6s
@blakesichel85967 жыл бұрын
Thanks for answering, you have inspired me to get some more vintage things
@ramairgto727 жыл бұрын
www.customrecords.com/custom_made_picture_disc_vinyl_record_LP_album.html I been looking myself, I love how he used the puppet.
@blakesichel85967 жыл бұрын
Same I want to do a meme disk
@ramairgto727 жыл бұрын
I been playing with that website for about 30 min.
@Dan-up6do7 жыл бұрын
I like the idea of reissuing of tech, i've got an original NES & SNES but i still bought the new minis as they're plug in & play etc. If Sony reissued a modern Flamingo it's something i'd consider buying as it doesn't take up too much space.
@Asterra27 жыл бұрын
Nothing is made in Japan anymore except maybe animal-themed pencil erasers. So if Sony reintroduced classic products, they would be built to the modern Chinese junk standard.
@bandombeviews60357 жыл бұрын
Asterra2 Look at the higher end. Plenty of stuff is, its just expensive
@Plantinoid6 жыл бұрын
But wait... Sony manufactures many mid-range products in Thailand. I'm sure they don't make garbage there.
@MongoVids6 жыл бұрын
Chinese manufacturing factories build what the client specifies. If the client does their own engineering and presents a design, specification and bill of materials that is high quality, the end product will be high quality. Unfortunately, way too many clients are designing to a price point not to a quality standard. The Walmart's of the world push for lower and lower cost with every order. Even more of them don't actually engineer anything. They go through the items the Chinese offer for sale and stick their brand on it with very little changes that aren't just cosmetic. So that, in a few sentences, is why a lot of Chinese made goods are of such low quality. Ah, but they're cheap.
@loopiewho5 жыл бұрын
thatt would be gutting but true
@mt-32347 жыл бұрын
You genius. I enjoy problem solving with creative methods.
@mcgreggor7 жыл бұрын
Techmoan, the "Techmoan Effect" you mentioned is true. I went and looked up this item on eBay and the going price right now in USD is between $799-$1,292 after you posted this video. Last week this product was between $150-$400.
@Techmoan7 жыл бұрын
It’s never been under $500 in the 5 years or so I’ve been looking for one, and as you can see in the video it was already €1000+ when I was looking then.
@mcgreggor7 жыл бұрын
Techmoan well damn I feel like an ass. Apparently it was one of the off brands I saw since I went back and looked from a saved eBay listing. Apologies.
@alextirrellRI7 жыл бұрын
Somehow I missed this video when it came out! I always look forward to your videos (and the puppets). Thanks for doing what you do!