Vintage RCA idler drive

[BTH K10A]

Never seen one of these before but it's certainly built like a battleship and the

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RCA-Type-73-B-Transcriptoin-Turntable-Full-Restored-WW-Shipping-/121162214308?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item1c35d4aba4

Gray tomearms are nice too.

[walpurgis]

Never seen one of these before but it's certainly built like a battleship and the

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RCA-Type-73-B-Transcriptoin-Turntable-Full-Restored-WW-Shipping-/121162214308?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item1c35d4aba4

Gray tomearms are nice too.

Well it certainly looks interesting, not sure it's ten grand's worth of 'interesting' though and I'd imagine tracking down spares would be a nightmare.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Looks the business but wouldn't pay £10k for it.

[BTH K10A]

Looks the business but wouldn't pay £10k for it.

Neither would I but, in a market where some mono records are changing hands at £5k+ and a pair of Western Electric 4181a's go for £20k+ who knows what someone will pay for it.

[Wakefield Turntables]

Not those price! Thats Audiophoolery.

[Marco]

Everything about the turntable is just :wow: :wowzer:

Marco.

[Audio Al]

:eek: 62lb Platter :eek:

[sq225917]

That's a nice bit of history, not sure you can price something like that in any normal way. It sure is ugly.

[Barry]

17.5" platter - must have been designed to play 16" discs. Why no 45rpm? - RCA invented the "45". :scratch:

No specification for rumble or W&F, though with a 50/62 lb (which?) platter mass and double drive the latter should be very low.

Bet replacement idlers are impossible to get nowadays, or if they are available will cost a fortune. (Replacement idlers for my EMT 930 cost around £90! :doh: )