Monarch Record Changer UA6

BSR (Brand), Birmingham Sound Reproducers Ltd.; Staffordshire

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  • Year
  • 1955 ??
  • Category
  • Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 348412
    • Brand: Birmingham Sound Reproducers

 Technical Specifications

  • Details
  • Changer (Record changer)
  • Power type and voltage
  • Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110-120; 200-250 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • - For headphones or amp.
  • Material
  • Various materials
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Monarch Record Changer UA6 - BSR Brand, Birmingham Sound
  • Shape
  • Chassis only or for «building in»
  • Notes

  • In the early version of the BSR Monarch UA6 autochanger, the main plate was a die-casting which included the two upright columns (for the pickup arm pivot and the rest, as well as the column for the control arm). Later versions featured a pressed steel main plate with smaller die-cast columns attached to it.

    A distinguishing feature of the UA6 and its predecessor (the UA5) is the over-arm (record balance arm), which features a hole at its tip through which the tall center spindle passes to stabilize stacked records.

    It is a 3-speed (33⅓, 45, and 78rpm)  automatic record changer with a 10-record capacity, capable of intermixing 7-inch, 10-inch, and 12-inch records in any order. Controls include a combined 3-speed selector and an ON / OFF / Reject switch ("Rotocam" control).

    The tonearm is fitted with a standard or turnover pickup cartridge (with dual styli for standard 78 RPM shellac and microgroove vinyl records).

  • Mentioned in
  • -- Original prospect or advert (Lafayette Catalogue Dec 5, 1955. p.48)
  • Author
  • Model page created by Clive Forder. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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