I was at Ron Dethlefson's relatively recently, and he made some leak-tightening experiments with a common Amberola 30. I was amazed at the sound! He did the same with a Columbia Q, and it was amazing how much sound issued from the horn! I am going to try something with my Amberola V and see what kind of sound I can get out of it... John Robles
Rich <[email protected]> wrote: Leak tight is the way to go. The "O" ring will improve the sound. The improvement is a function of how much leak there was before inserting the "O" ring. You can hear the difference. On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:39:14 -0500, Bruce Mercer wrote: ->Hello Edison disc collectors: -> -> for years I've been a diehard Edison collector and outside of a few external horn machines I have haven't owned a Victrola or similar lateral machine until recently. A couple months ago I lucked onto a Victor Credenza in beautiful original condition. In the process of getting it in top notch playing condition I became aware of the necessity of everything being absolutely airtight. My thoughts turned to my Edison machines and the reproducer/horn connection. Was it really airtight as I have read? Could it be improved if not? I decided to try a simple test. I bought an 'O' ring....1 1/16" O.D. x 15/16 I.D. x 1/16" thick....this is the exact size of the end of the reproducer. I placed the ring inside the horn against the stop and inserted the reproducer. When I turned the lock ring I could feel the O ring compress against the stop. Then I tried a record...a pleasant surprise...I COULD hear a difference. (All the better to hear the Ramblers and Adrian Rollini on bass sax) I equipped all my Edison machines with this .47 gasket and made a beeline to make this post. I'd like somebody else to try this and see what they have to say about it. I don't *think* I'm hearing things..... ->Guys? -> ->Bruce -> -> ->_______________________________________________ ->Phono-l mailing list ->[email protected] ->http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list [email protected] http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com From ddazer Thu Nov 13 18:35:22 2003 From: ddazer (david c dazer) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:26 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Attention Diamond Disc Owners References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <000b01c3aa46$ef1e9f60$bad64...@oemcomputer> I'd like to hear more about the Columbia Q. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "john robles" <[email protected]> To: "Rich" <[email protected]>; "Antique phonograph discussion list for pre-1930 phonographs" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 7:26 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Attention Diamond Disc Owners > I was at Ron Dethlefson's relatively recently, and he made some leak-tightening experiments with a common Amberola 30. I was amazed at the sound! He did the same with a Columbia Q, and it was amazing how much sound issued from the horn! I am going to try something with my Amberola V and see what kind of sound I can get out of it... > John Robles > > Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > Leak tight is the way to go. The "O" ring will improve the sound. The improvement is a > function of how much leak there was before inserting the "O" ring. You can hear the > difference. > > > > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 15:39:14 -0500, Bruce Mercer wrote: > > ->Hello Edison disc collectors: > -> > -> for years I've been a diehard Edison collector and outside of a few external horn machines I > have haven't owned a Victrola or similar lateral machine until recently. A couple months ago I > lucked onto a Victor Credenza in beautiful original condition. In the process of getting it in top > notch playing condition I became aware of the necessity of everything being absolutely airtight. > My thoughts turned to my Edison machines and the reproducer/horn connection. Was it really > airtight as I have read? Could it be improved if not? I decided to try a simple test. I bought an > 'O' ring....1 1/16" O.D. x 15/16 I.D. x 1/16" thick....this is the exact size of the end of the > reproducer. I placed the ring inside the horn against the stop and inserted the reproducer. > When I turned the lock ring I could feel the O ring compress against the stop. Then I tried a > record...a pleasant surprise...I COULD hear a difference. (All the better to hear the Ramblers > and Adrian Rollini on bass sax) I equipped all my Edison machines with this .47 gasket and > made a beeline to make this post. I'd like somebody else to try this and see what they have to > say about it. I don't *think* I'm hearing things..... > ->Guys? > -> > ->Bruce > -> > -> > ->_______________________________________________ > ->Phono-l mailing list > ->[email protected] > ->http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://t2.cwihosting.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com
