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Before dismissing this curious arrangement as mere folly, it's essential to recognize its purpose. This peculiar setup is designed for automatic record changers, a technology that sought to relieve listeners from the tedious process of manually flipping records. The arrangement known as “automatic sequencing” enables an uninterrupted listening experience. For someone who grew up in the CD era, the very concept of a record changer seems at once whimsical and impractical. Yet, these devices came into their own from the 1940s through the 1970s—a time when vinyl ruled the audio landscape.