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GrafonolaG50 wrote:

fran604g wrote: The first time I used it, I thought my phone would fly right off the turntable. But it didn't. I have a silicone case on the phone, and it stayed put perfectly.
Fran

Mine has a smooth case, and as such my VV-IV tossed it like a pitching machine.

That's too bad. I love the portability and versatility it provides me with.

I use it for calibrating my many acoustic mechanical machines and my modern equipment.

Fran

fran604g wrote:

GrafonolaG50 wrote:

fran604g wrote: The first time I used it, I thought my phone would fly right off the turntable. But it didn't. I have a silicone case on the phone, and it stayed put perfectly.
Fran

Mine has a smooth case, and as such my VV-IV tossed it like a pitching machine.

That's too bad. I love the portability and versatility it provides me with.

I use it for calibrating my many acoustic mechanical machines and my modern equipment.

Fran

I taped a piece of rubber to the phone case for the second try. It worked great then.

I'm happy it worked out for you!

Fran

I use the one Silvertone and need4art have, or one similar to that. I bought it off Ebay for $9.95 including shipping. It has more than just the tacho function, has a memory, reads disc or cylinder phonograph speed and any other speed without having to attach it to the spinning object, or make you dizzy trying to read it. It reads to 1/100 of an rpm.

startgroove wrote:I use the one Silvertone and need4art have, or one similar to that. I bought it off Ebay for $9.95 including shipping. It has more than just the tacho function, has a memory, reads disc or cylinder phonograph speed and any other speed without having to attach it to the spinning object, or make you dizzy trying to read it. It reads to 1/100 of an rpm.

I use one of these also and agree they are great--and they work on cylinders and don't send my iPhone into orbit in space.

Clay

I'm buying one of those tachometers. Been looking for a way to get a precise speed readout and that digital tach never occurred to me.