The Dansette Tempo record player was made in 1962 by British hifi manufacturer Dansette, a division of J&A Margolin Ltd. This iconic vintage record player enabled teenagers of the 50s and 60s to listen to their very own records for the first time, and they were hugely popular. Mine, however, was in a bit of a sorry state, so I treated it to a restoration, including a modern cartridge upgrade and preamp, serviced the original mono valve / tube amplifier and gave it an overall service to help keep it running like clockwork for another 60 years.

Relevant Links & Further Viewing: Smoothing Capacitor Info: https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=44162&page=2 Herald1360 Preamp Resistor Info: https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=124429&page=10 Schematic download link: https://www.thecodemachine.co.uk/Schematics/Search.php?manuf=dansette&model=majordeluxe

Parts & Tools (genius links are affiliated): Velleman K1803 Mono Preamp Kit: http://www.velleman.co.uk/contents/en-uk/p7.html iFixit Screwdriver Set: https://geni.us/jzcfAin

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Chapters: 00:00 Intro & Dansette Story 01:38 My Dansette Tempo Record Player 02:21 Upgrading To A Modern Ceramic Cartridge 03:56 Adding A Velleman Mono Preamp Kit + Velleman Mods 04:38 Replacing The Smoothing Capacitor With Modern Nichicon Caps 05:51 Dansette Tempo Record Player Reassembly 06:25 Powering The Preamp - My Solution 07:07 Setting The Tracking Weight For The New Ceramic Cartridge 07:50 Final Result & Test 08:51 Conclusions & More Work Potentially Needed 09:21 Can You Feel My Love Buzz?

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