Laboratory Jottings

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 23, 18 December 1931, Page 17

Laboratory Jottings

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USEFUL accessory for those wishing to gonvert:their radio sets to \ combinations is a ‘cabinet incorporating a pick-up and electric gramophone motor marketed for this purpose by Amalgamated Wireless (A’sia), Ltd. The cabinet, which is of: dark stained oak with tastefully carved legs, stands about 2 feet high, and is about 21in. long and 15in. deep. When the top is raised, a turntable and pick-up mounted within is revealed. the former being driven by an electric gramophone motor of excellent make, The pick-up is also of high quality, and has a cranked arm to ensure correct tracking. The pick-up head is reversible to facilitate the changing of needles. A volume control is mounted within the cabinet, while underneath is a shelf for records or record albums. Two twenty-foot lengths of flex, one for connection to a wall socket to de rive power for the gramophone motor, ang the other for connection with the pick-up terminals of the receiver, are included. The cabinet may thus be placed near the fireside or in any desired position within a room, and records changed without the trouble of getting up at the end of each one. As the speaker in the set is also some distance away, the full tonal qualities of recordings may be completely enjoyed.