The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

Saw this ad on the Seattle craigslist today "Antique AM/FM Stereo w/ Phonograph". Antique AM/FM? Antique stereo?

This hits me like the kid at church who didn't know what a flip side was, and was told by a friend "that's when they burn both sides of a disc".

And on another topic, also from c/g, what's a "phonograph player"? Something to play phonographs with? How do I load my Credenza into one, so I can play it?

I've seen quite a lot of ebay and craigslist posts offering to sell things like "10 phonographs", which turns out to actually be 10 records. There's one ad on ebay now for 2 Edison records. It's actually 1 disc, but is says "Edison Record" on both sides, so it must be 2 records, right?

Stereophonic (including FM stereo) sound has been around since the 1950's. Old enough (over 50 years) for antique status, generally speaking. Even if they would have called them hi-fi's back then.

The Sony Walkman is now considered an antique, as is the Atari 2600. To each his own. But almost everything made has a year date designation as to WHEN it is actually being classified "antique". Blond furniture from the 1960's is now an antique. I have a restored 1973 Chevy El Camino that my state considers to be an antique so I have antique license plates on it to save big $$$$ on my car insurance. To me if you can crank it up and play a record it's an antique. But then again Electrolas and some Edison's are electric. I think I am an antique too!

The rule of thumb I have always heard is that to be an antique something has to be 100 years old. That is still the rule for classifying something as an antique for U.S. Customs purposes. Things say 50 years back would be called "vintage."

But however you slice it when something I remember as being a new innovation when it came out gets referred to as an antique, I feel as though I am one. I certainly qualify for "vintage."



Clay

I agree with clay, anything around 100 years=antique then i say anything pre 70s/80s is vintage, everything else just "old"

You know you're an antique when... you go outside and your rain detector goes off before anyone else notices that it's raining. Jerry Blais

You know you're an antique when you can't remember the word for "rain."

You know you're old when you can't relate to any music on the radio. Guess I'll crank up a talking machine instead.

You know you're an antique when...
things that you bought new, are sold in "antique" malls!
...or every other sentence begins with "I remember when..."

I once saw a notice in an antiques store that said "Unattended children will be sold as reproductions"