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Just posting this because it is interesting. If you were going to buy one, I would suggest just going Amazon or EBay for a new one.

BNIB Teenage Engineering PO-80 Record Factory - $260 (about $188 US)

It a weird way this is actually sort of cool. It is a small USB powered cutting lathe and record player that will cut and play 5" disks "with ultra-analog lo-fi sound." It comes as a kit that you must assemble yourself. It is apparently identical to a product by Gakken, which is less colourful and lower priced. The sound quality is poor, of course. There is a bit of buzz among some DJ types on Youtube, people who actually like the sound for certain purposes.

https://vancouver.craigslist.org/van/ms ... 33350.html

Manufacturer's Website:

https://teenage.engineering


A UK review of the earlier Gakken product:

https://www.juno.co.uk/junodaily/2020/1 ... it-review/

Very interesting! And the sound examples they provide are not too bad! They sound like our own well-worn 78s

Inigo wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 11:31 am They sound like our own well-worn 78s

Yes, I thought so, too.

I shared this with a nephew who owns a recording studio. He brought the Phonocut machine to my attention. The Phonocut is a very serious step up from the Teenage Engineering/Gakken toys.
Phonocut is a crowdsource-funded project which has not met its mass production delivery goals. It now seems to have some backing from Ortofon.

https://phonocut.com