Hi Greg, Do they sound better than wood? I am very impressed by how much better wood sounds than tin, what a huge difference. I always sound test reproducers with my tin horn as all the defects are pronounced. Wood makes them sound better even when they are not. Steve
> Steve, the 1A and 1B horns are very odd. They're made of a fibrous > > material, molded or layed up against a form. Different from anything else > > that Edison ever did. Someone on one of these phono boards had the answer > > in a previous posting, but I can't remember the details. Hopefully they > > will respond with a clear description.> Anyway, the horns are well damped due > to this construction technique and > don't exhibit the ringing and resonances > that are common with metal horns, > which is one of the reasons they sound so > good.> > Greg Bogantz> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven > Medved" <steve_noreen at msn.com>> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at > oldcrank.org>> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:35 PM> Subject: Re: > [Phono-L] Research: Amberolas 1A and 1B> > > > Thanks so much, what was the > 1A horn made of?> >> > Steve> >> >> >> >> From: gbogantz1 at charter.net> To: > phono-l at oldcrank.org> Date: Mon, 27 Oct > >> 2008 22:40:02 -0400> Subject: > Re: [Phono-L] Research: Amberolas 1A and > >> 1B> > I have all three > machines, the Amberola 1A, 1B, and III. The III is > >> > very close to the > 1B in sound, but I think it's a little more midrangey > >> due > to the metal > horn. But it does sound very good, and it's my second > >> favorite > > 4-minute cylinder player on the basis of sound quality, the 1B > >> being the > > best commercially produced 4-minute cylinder machine ever > >> made in my > > opinion. George Paul and I are having this discussion > >> currently over on > the > OTV board, and we both agree also that the 1A is > >> the best sounding > > commercially available 2 minute machine. The horns > >> used in all these > > machines were the best that anybody ever made for > >> cylinder machines, the > > metal one in the III being a close derivative of > >> the shape of the ones > in > the 1A and 1B. This metal horn has a fairly > >> complex shape and was > never > used in any other Ediso> > n product.> > Greg Bogantz> > > > ----- > Original Message ----- > From: > > "Steven Medved" <steve_noreen at msn.com>> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" > > <phono-l at oldcrank.org>> Sent: Monday, > October 27, 2008 10:26 PM> Subject: > > Re: [Phono-L] Research: Amberolas 1A > and 1B> > > > How does it compare > > with the 1B sound wise since the horn > is different?> >> > Steve> >> >> >> > > >> Hey Jim,> > My Amberola III is > absolutely one of my very favorite > >> > > machines. Sounds > > superb....looks superb......plays wax Amberols like no > > > >> other vintage > machine > I have ever heard....... It makes me > >> > > happy.........> > > Bestest,> > Michael Khanchalian (cyldoc)>> > > > > _______________________________________________> > Phono-L mailing list> > > > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > > > _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> > > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org> > > _______________________________________________> > Phono-L mailing list> > > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
