BIRMINGHAM SOUND REPRODUCERS

BSR RECORD DECKS WERE A VERY POPULAR DECK AND THERE ARE STILL MANY WORKING DECKS OUT THERE NOT JUST IN BRITAIN BUT WORLDWIDE BECAUSE BSR EXPORTED A LOT OF THESE DECKS,

POPULAR DECKS WERE THE UA8, UA12 AND UA14 THESE WERE AUTOCHANGE DECKS AND COULD BE LOADED WITH A STACK OF RECORDS WHICH WOULD PLAY ONE AFTER THE OTHER INSTEAD OF HAVING TO CHANGE THEM MANUALLY !!

THE FUL-FI CRYSTAL LP/78 CARTRIDGES WERE FITTED TO MANY OF THESE DECKS AND THEY WERE BADGED UP WITH THE "MONARCH" LOGO,OF COURSE THE FACTORY WAS THE MONARCH WORKS,OLD HILL,STAFFS,ENGLAND.BSR ALSO HAD FACTORIES AT STOURBRIDGE,EAST KILBRIDE AND LONDONDERRY,IRELAND

BSR TRUCKS OFTEN USED THE FERRY AT PRESTON DOCKS IN LANCASHIRE TO MAKE SHIPMENTS TO DERRY IN IRELAND.

MANUFACTURERS INCLUDING BUSH, DANSETTE, FIDELITY, FERGUSON AND MANY OTHER COMPANIES USED THESE DECKS.

THIS PICTURE SHOWS A TYPICAL 1960,S RECORD PLAYER WITH THE BSR "MONARCH" UA14 AUTOCHANGE DECK FITTED, IT USED A SIMPLE 2 VALVE AMPLIFIER ONE VALVE WAS THE MAINS RECTIFIER AND THE OTHER WAS THE SOUND OUTPUT VALVE, THIS ONE STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL CARTRIDGE AND IS STILL WORKING, IT NEEDED SOME WORK DOING ON IT WHEN I RESCUED IT FROM FLINT, NORTH WALES.

ABOVE IS THE BSR UA15 DECK WITH THE "MONARCH "

LOGO FITTED, THIS DECK IS IN A BUSH SRP 41 RECORD PLAYER

MANUFACTURED BY THE RANK ORGANISATION , IT USES A TRANSISTORISED AMP AND HAS BASS AND TREBLE CONTROLS,

THE SOUND QUALITY IS GOOD AND RANK PRODUCED SOME GOOD

PLAYERS WITH BOTH GARRARD AND BSR DECKS FITTED IN THEM,YOU EVEN GOT A GREAT INSTRUCTION BOOK AND WITH SOME OF THE DANSETTE PLAYERS YOU EVEN GOT A CIRCUIT DIAGRAM !!

SO YOU COULD REPAIR IT AND GET SPARES !! ENOUGH SAID !!

ABOVE ARE TWO OF MY DANSETTE "CONQUEST" RECORD PLAYERS

THESE PLAYERS ALSO USED THE BSR DECKS THEY HAD A GOOD SOUND AND USED TWO LOUDSPEAKERS FOR BETTER SOUND QUALITY

ABOVE IS A LATER DECK MADE BY BSR THIS DECK WAS ONLY A TWO SPEED DECK FOR 33 AND 45 RPM RECORDS DIFFERENT VARIANTS WERE MADE, THIS ONE IS FITTED TO A FIDELITY PLAYER THAT USES AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR THE AMPLIFIER.

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