I followed vinyl vision's idea for iPod into machine. I just taped the speaker on the turnback crook of my Credenza.
It sounds great! Can't see using any other internal horn machine, except for a fun novelty. I'll probably find a ruined ortho reproducer to put the speaker on so I can switch to authentic needle playing. But it would be a hoot to head out to the beach with the speaker and iPhone attached to a cygnet horn… tuned to a heavy metal station, maybe! <grin> LeRoy "For $11 and a donor no-name reproducer, you can make one yourself. Remove the old diaphragm and needle bar and JB Weld this to the reproducer and Voila.... A Victor MP3 player. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Veho-Portable-Speaker-for-iPod-iPhone-MP3-VSS001360/14066650 Better yet, don't use a reproducer, just a repro replacement rubber adapter for a Victor..." On Monday, February 14, 2011, D P Ingram <dar...@ingram.fi> wrote: > Interesting idea. If the price is low we'd get one just for the novelty and > future place in the library. > > Darren > > > ¦ D P Ingram ¦ Ab Ingram Oy ¦ > ¦ darren at ingram.fi ¦ www.ingram.fi ¦ > ¦ > ¦ MUSIC LIBRARY FINLAND - www.musiclibrary.fi > ¦ > ¦ +358 6 781 0275 (FIN) ¦ extn 8001 > ¦ > > > > > > > > > > On 15 feb 2011, at 07.32, Vinyl Visions wrote: > >> >> Hi Guys, >> >> >> I need your input to see if this is a viable idea. I made a Tizit for my >> Edison that allows me to play my iPod or other audio source through my >> Cygnet horn. It really sounds great and you can play not only Edison mp3's >> but ANY genre of music. I don't need any more electronic speakers in my >> house or docking stations, so I thought why not use what I like to look at? >> Most of us have a cylinder player or two of some type. >> >> >> It's great when you want to listen to some favorites, but don't want to >> crank and change cylinders. No mods to the machine are necessary and when >> you want to go back to original operation, just remove the Tizit and replace >> it with the original. Is this a viable idea? If so, what price range? >> >> >> >> www.mp3tizit.com >> >> >> Thanks, >> Curt >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
