Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-15 Thread Nicholas Williams
Message- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of DanKj Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 10:17 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine Not the best microphone placement, but this gives a hint of how

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-14 Thread bruce78rpm
13, 2013 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine Thanks for the detailed reply, Greg. I have seen pictures of this style already. Amazing. Ron -Original Message- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of Greg

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-14 Thread Nicholas Williams
: Greg Bogantz gbogan...@charter.net To: Antique Phonograph List phono-l@oldcrank.org Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 9:51:06 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine This topic of the Vitaphone had come up last year on the TMF forum. I posted some pictures there then that showed

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-14 Thread DanKj
PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine What an interesting machine. Does anyone have a video of one playing? ___ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-14 Thread Ron L'Herault
very nice! -Original Message- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of DanKj Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2013 10:17 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine Not the best microphone placement

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread Ron L'Herault
Do you put in different styli for the different brand of records? Ron L -Original Message- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of DanKj Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 3:18 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread Greg Bogantz
Hi Ron, I have a Vitaphone model 60 which is the consolette version of this machine. Yes, I'd say it is anemic compared with most other machines of this vintage. The reason is pretty obvious - the design of the acoustic system is pretty silly. What appears to be the tonearm is more

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread Ron L'Herault
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine Hi Ron, I have a Vitaphone model 60 which is the consolette version of this machine. Yes, I'd say it is anemic compared with most other machines of this vintage. The reason is pretty obvious - the design of the acoustic system is pretty silly

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread Greg Bogantz
3:59 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine Hi Ron, I have a Vitaphone model 60 which is the consolette version of this machine. Yes, I'd say it is anemic compared with most other machines of this vintage. The reason is pretty obvious - the design

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread DanKj
...@charter.net To: Antique Phonograph List phono-l@oldcrank.org Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine This topic of the Vitaphone had come up last year on the TMF forum. I posted some pictures there then that showed the way the thread

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread Greg Bogantz
, September 13, 2013 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine Your 60 is almost identical to my 50; was 60 the Canadian version? I also see that yours lacks the big weight that mine has, on the business end of the 'tone arm' ; I wonder if that would explain why mine is loud

Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine

2013-09-13 Thread Tim Fabrizio
From: DanKj ediso...@verizon.net To: Antique Phonograph List phono-l@oldcrank.org Sent: Fri, Sep 13, 2013 11:03 pm Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Vitaphone acoustic machine Your 60 is almost identical to my 50; was 60 the Canadian version? I also see that yours lacks the big weight that mine has