"Rigonda" record player-Radio from Latvia

"Rigonda" is old record player from 1960s era, still working. It is MONO player able to play speeds 33 1/3, 45 and 78 RPM. It is Soviet era masterpiece with tubes and it has got still some life left to demonstrate this!

[@andre1987eph]

I had a girlfriend in Irkutsk, Russia who had one of these radios when I visited her in 1993. I took her portrait of her posing beside this radio. I looked the radio up on internet just today and found this video on UA-cam. It’s the exact model in her portrait 👍 it’s made in Riga? I learned something new today.

[@brahimbouziane2224]

Les différents lampe

[@victordaraban4695]

Dude, should definetly change that stylus for a bigger one, better suited for shellac records... Also that guy în the back smoching a cigar perfectly sums up post-soviet reality în eastern Europe...

[@stainremover4211]

This stylus is original, with which the Rigonda came from the factory. The stylus have two needles: for 33 and 78 rpm. The author forgot to switch the needle when changing the disc.
The sound we hear is terrible. In fact, on a normal working device, the sound was not bad for that time and it was much more loud, up to 96-99 dB/m. The device needs service.

[@zachtownsend1]

Nice player., it looks a lot like my Telefunken Sonata. Would love to own one someday.

[@TheAdamField]

Kuno is hilarious.