http://goo.gl/dPzWg 7th photo down, it appears to be a piece of rubber tubing that sits between the tone arm and reproducer. My guess is that it's a bit of quackery.
Loran Sent from my iPad On Jan 29, 2012, at 12:33 PM, "Jim Cartwright" <[email protected]> wrote: > Over the years, I seen various references from the mid-1920s, usually > quoting the British The Gramophone magazine about some aftermarket > attachment made of rubber tubing that supposedly dramatically improved the > tone quality of gramophones called a "lifebelt." I have "goggled" this & > found discussions of it from 1926 issues of The Gramophone as well as a > photo but the photo is too small to see what the thing is. Can any on the > list enlighten me as to what a "lifebelt" actually is, how it works & if > it's use results in an actual sonic improvement on acoustic machines? I > am always happy to have my antique phonographs perform as well as possible > since I play some nearly every day. > > > > Jim Cartwright > > Immortal Performances, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
