Interesting machine, thanks for posting. I would have to disagree with your comment about records after 1925, though. Whilst it is true that from 1925, records were electrically recorded, they were still intended to be played back on acoustic machines. Victor introduced their orthophonic machines which worked better with these new electrically recorded records, but people still used older machines, or machines from other companies to play them. Electrical reproduction of records came a bit later, and indeed the formula of the records then started to change, and they got softer. I believe in America this happened sometime in the 1930s. In the UK, where I am, records continued to be suitable for acoustic reproduction for longer, and acoustic machines like the HMV 102 portable were made and sold well after WW11. Thanks 😀 👍
SONORA has its origins in,music box and bell, chime, cym ol type persuasion instuments. They made high end phoñographs, many of which had accessories enabling the to play, Edison, Pathe, Universal type records. It isn't true that accoustics can't be played on post 1925 machines, but they sound better on the acoustic machines the were Intended to be played on. Also the more recent, the phonograph the worse ACCOUSTIC records sound--- the RIAA standard adapted in 1955 makes tm sound dulll and a stereo machine adds many distortions.
Interesting machine, thanks for posting. I would have to disagree with your comment about records after 1925, though. Whilst it is true that from 1925, records were electrically recorded, they were still intended to be played back on acoustic machines. Victor introduced their orthophonic machines which worked better with these new electrically recorded records, but people still used older machines, or machines from other companies to play them. Electrical reproduction of records came a bit later, and indeed the formula of the records then started to change, and they got softer. I believe in America this happened sometime in the 1930s. In the UK, where I am, records continued to be suitable for acoustic reproduction for longer, and acoustic machines like the HMV 102 portable were made and sold well after WW11. Thanks 😀 👍
SONORA has its origins in,music box and bell, chime, cym ol type persuasion instuments.
They made high end phoñographs, many of which had accessories enabling the to play, Edison, Pathe, Universal type records.
It isn't true that accoustics can't be played on post 1925 machines, but they sound better on the acoustic machines the were Intended to be played on.
Also the more recent, the phonograph the worse ACCOUSTIC records sound--- the RIAA standard adapted in 1955 makes tm sound dulll and a stereo machine adds many distortions.