Victor "el-cheapo" orthophonic soundbox?

[frenchmarky]

Thanks for doin' me some learnin', now I think I understand the basic idea - acoustic soundboxes main job was wringing enough volume out of the record, so it had to sacrifice response... whereas modern pickups can focus on response because they don't have to be efficient, thanks to electricity : ) This will save me a lot of futile experimenting.
So now I'm gonna go lighten up my diaphragms and needlebars by drilling some little holes in them. Just kidding! ; )