What's with GE Wildcats on ebay?

[Chad Hauris]

I remember having some of these GE players (plus some other cheap ceramic cartridge record changers) that I got at the flea market when I was a kid. I never knew records could actually sound good until I finally got a magnetic cartridge Garrard changer when I was a teenager. Back then I thought the tinny sound of these GE portables was as good as a vinyl record could sound.

One time back when I was 12 or 13 I heard a Rowe jukebox that really sounded great and I figured it must be using cassettes to play the audio as there was no way that much bass could come from a record! (of course I know better now!)