"Zenith, Fidelity in the First Place" A Zenith Promotional Film - 1962

A zenith promotional film for their needles and cartridges. Don't try this at home! ...or on your favorite records. This 16mm film was in a very worn, warped and faded condition. All of the original color was faded to a redish/pink so I changed it to a more visually watchable grayscale. Enjoy!

[@alexakaa.charlesross8919]

Love this vintage stuff but when he dragged the needle across the record I died little inside.

[@steventrosiek2623]

Unbelievable ingenuity. Zenith always made wonderful electronic equipment. I know from experience. I was an electronic repair technician in the 1970s and 1980s.

[@prowlermadmax2]

I grew up with a 1970 Zenith Console turntable, 8-track tape and FM/AM Radio, it had a great sound.

[@ronalddaub7965]

I picked one up like you're talking about it sounds really good but I had to put a stylus on it and there seems to be a long one a short one but either one will work I found out luckily

[@tom2tec]

Thanks for preserving this, good job!

[@circuitblog01]

Thanks for posting very good

[@juliangerardcascio1111]

Zenith was the best 👌❤!!!×!!!!

[@spacemissing]

Great old promo film.

[@juliangerardcascio1111]

Zenith the best you could get 👌 😉 😊❤ !!!!!!

[@ronalddaub7965]

Oh heck I have one of those

[@zack4382]

what happened to all these great inventions? where did it go? why we're using the worst kinds of turntables needles? great past and bad future

[@VideoArchiveGuy]

2g, not far off today's best cartridges.

[@Transition333]

What was this guy’s name? I clearly remember him as a kid. I remembered. He’s Mr. Wizard!

[@pauljames5914]

Too bad zenith didnt keep the original cobra turntables with the infinite speed control. The micro touch tables were made by VM and always got rock hard idler wheels and slipped and thumped!😢

[@greyfox503]

does anyone know how to vonvert recors player wiring. i have this cjamger

[@111000100101001]

Are they still on sale at Service Merchandise? If so I’ll run right over and buy one ‘on time’ !

[@DavidHembrow]

Amusing. But the main bearing of that turntable isn't so great. You can see up and down movement at the edge of the platter. That's a source of wow right there.

[@sopaman1234]

I guess every console had it's good or bad points.. back then.. My grandparents had a Morse console back in the 1960's.. Not bad for it's time..

[@ronalddaub7965]

Yet they still tore them up