Description: Single Artistic Audio 45 RPM Adapter from Professor Phonograph Brand New Artistic AudioSingle 45 RPM Adapter from Professor Phonograph If you would like a 5-pack of this exact same adapter for $2.99, CLICK HERE This 45 Adaptor is light yellow, perhaps a bit lighter than the 45 adapters I remember growing up as a child, but it is strong and flexible. Flexibility is extremely important in this case, because there needs to be a little spring or give to the plastic as it snaps into place. If the adapter is too ridged, the adapter either will not hold in place, or it can not be removed easily, and that, my friends, can damage the “hole” in the middle of the record. This adapter is made right here in the good old U S A By purchasing it you support American Jobs! I sell lots of turntable belts for Technics/Panasonic as well as JVC and Hitachi turntables, but my cross-reference guide (seasoned from over two decades of audio specialty store management from the late 70s to the early 00s) has a lot more data (and it is accurate!) than that! I also have contacts with tons of brands and models that I do not have. If you are in the market for a new belt, headshell, stylus or cartridge, click on Ask Seller a Question (lower left side of this page). Audio purists have long claimed that the sound of a good turntable and cartridge combination is to the sound of CD. “How can that be?” I used to wonder! These people bought a thousand dollar dinosaur and feel bad about it. Then one day I heard it for the very first time on a recording that I was very familiar with. --->>>Here's what is going on: The way that CDs work is that they take a “sample” of one or many sounds every so often (in this case its 44,000 times per second). Each of the 44,000 events per second is called a sample. The data in the CD records the volume (loudness) of the sound or sounds that the recorder is recording. If a recording lasts exactly 10 seconds, then the recorder stores data for the 440,000 samples. If the recording is for exactly one minute, then there are (440,000) X 6 -- or 2,640,000 samples. When the sound is replayed, the samples are played back and we hear roughly the same sound that we heard when it recorded. The advantage of CD is that the data does not contain much background noise (the first CD Players had the noise floor about 90 dB below the loudest signal while vinyl has a signal to noise ratio of about 60 dB when things are perfect, but when CD was introduced 50dB was considered about normal). What the CD engineers did not forsee is that the details in the music (the “artsy” crowd refers to these as nuances) are generally caused by sounds that are shorter than 1/44,000 of a second. Its likely that a detail that is that so short will not be recorded on the CD at all, or perhaps worse, recorded as “instant on” which sounds highly unlike the original sound, because musical sounds almost always quickly change volume when they begin or end! The CD recording makes it all there or all not there, because the size of the sample is too long!!! Like the guys at Sony & Philips, when they designed CD as a format, you are probably thinking “I can‘t hear anything that short!” Check out this experiment: Blindfold yourself and have a friend drop a quarter on a large hard surface that you are close to. As soon as you possibly can, point to the quarter. If you have two fully functional ears, this was no problem for you. You actually heard the quarter twice! Once was in the left ear and the other time was in the right ear. The reason that you could point to the correct location is that the sound traveled from the hard surface to one of your ears quicker than it did to the other ear. Its a matter of the distance between your eardrums and the speed of sound. The speed of sound does not change (significantly). We hear the difference in arrival times and, because of experience, can properly place where the quarter fell. I know you are wondering where I'm going with all of this! Here's the kicker: The amount of time between the two sounds you heard with the quarter is smaller than 1/44,000 of a second. You can hear sounds that are “that short” and do on a regular basis. Try this: go to a thrift store and buy a $10 turntable. Plug it into your phono input on your stereo and get a copy of an album that you already have on CD. Listen for details, plucks of strings, etc. An acoustic guitar and a good close microphone move faster than the CD sampling rate will allow in order to get a correct recording! You will hear what I am talking about. This is why CD sales are down to 1/3 of what they were 3 years ago and new vinyl (yes, new vinyl!) sales are up almost 200% for the same time period! Superior Sound vs. Marketing: It is an uphill battle! Turntable enthusiasts are never going to convince everyone that the “Old School” technology that we support is better. But, don't laugh! Turntable sales and products are making a come back. Every year, however, people are buying more turntables than the year previous. Every year more new vinyl is sold than in the previous year. In 1980 every decent system had a turntable. Even I doubt that we will ever be able to make a statement like that again. Those of us who know what sounds good and what sounds better can continue spreading the word among those who truly want great sound. I guess you can say that this is Professor Phonographs mission. Want to help? The best ways to help are Tell your friends, even if you do not think they are into turntables. Purchase a belt Purchase a stylus (I have over 1,000 new styluses in stock, I very possibly have one that matches your cartridge and turntable Purchase a phonograph accessory Temporarily, shipping on this item is FREE to US addresses! (normally,...)Shipping and Handling to all points in the US is a flat $1.99 charge. Shipping with tracking will be via USPS. Items are shipped within One (1) Business Day after receiving payment. International Customers, please contact me BEFORE ordering, because USPS First Class International pricing has become crazy! For that reason, I am not certain how much international shipping might be ($4-5 US without tracking?) and if it is even cost-effective to make an international sale. Please add 8% for all sales shipping to addresses in Georgia. Thanks for your purchase! This 45 adapter will work with the following brands of turntable: Acoustic Research, A/R, Admiral, Aiwa, Akai, Aristan, Arvin, Audio Reflux, AWA, Bang and Olfsen, Bang & Olfsen, Bang and Olfson, Bang & Olfson, Bell & Howell, Bell and Howell, BIC, Bogen, BSR, Capehart, Channel Master, Columbia, CBS, Concord, Craig, Curtis Mathes, Curtis Mathis, Daytron, dbx, Maxell, Maxwell, TDK, Dynavox, Heathkit, Dual, United Audio, ELAC, Electrophonic, Electrosonic, Emerson, Empire Audio Empire, Shure, Esquire, Fairchild, Fisher, Fischer, Fuji, Garrard, GE General Electric, Gray, Grey, Harman/Kardon, H/K, Hitachi, MCS, JCPenney, JC Penney, JCPenny, JC Penny, Jensen, Jenson, Juliette, Juliet, JVC, Japan Victor Company, Japan Victor Corporation, Kenwood, Lenco, Lafayette, Lloyds, Linn Sondex, Linn Soundex, Lynn, Lynn Soundex, Magnavox, Marantz, Masterwork, Masterworks, Matsushita, MGA, Mitsubishi Micro Seiki, Montgomery Wards, NAD, Optonica, Sharp, Panasonic, Perpetuum Abner, Phantone Phanstiehl, Philco, Philips, Phillips, Philmore, Pilot, Pioneer, Project 1 Project one, Quasar, Quazar, Rabco, RCA, Realistic Radio Shack, Recotone, Roberts, Robards, Rotel, Sampo, Samsung, Sankyo, Sansizi, Sansui, Sanyo, Scott, HH Scott, Sears, Setton, Sherwood, Solophone, Sony, Soundesign, Stanton, STD, Stomberg Carlson, StombergCarlson, Superscope, Sylvania, Tamura, Tanglewood, Taya, Toya, Technics, Teknika, Audio-Technica Audio Technica, A/T, A-T, Tenva, Thorens, Toshiba, Toyo, Transaudio, Vector Research, VOM, Voice of Music, Visonik, RCA Victor, Red Dog, Weltron, Western Auto, Westinghouse, Wurlitzer, Yamaha, York, Yorx, Zenith
Price: 0.99 USD
Location: Monroe, Georgia
End Time: 2024-12-21T09:20:51.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Brand: Artistic Audio of Atlanta
Type: 45 Record Adapter
MPN: 45-1
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Modified Item: Yes
