Right you are Eric. Some of those prices were not that great. Roughly speaking, you could multiply them by a factor of four to get the prices in 2004 dollars.
In 1975 I was a senior in high school and I had been in the hobby for about a year. I started out with an Edison Amberola which was given to me by a friend. I used to buy mint Popular Series Blue Amberol cylinders from a local dealer in original boxes with lids for about $2 each. Back then I thought this was a little pricey and I bought very few. Today, this price would be considered a great bargain! You could also pick up nice cabinet model Victrolas at flea markets and through newspaper ads for about $100. Usually, they would include record albums in the deal. Of course, I was just a broke teenager, and $100 back then was a lot of money. Ah, those were the days! -Phil http://www.engineeringexpert.net/edphono.htm
