Cygnet Horn for Ipad

[Discman]

My got a catalog today from Restoration Hardware and while flippiing through the pages I came across this:
http://www.restorationhardware.com/cata ... rod2320167

Dave

[estott]

They did a very nice job on than antiqued crackle finish

[phonogfp]

The article sounds like a lot of us:

http://images.restorationhardware.com/m ... ophone.pdf

The guy doesn't know a Victrola from a radio, but he's on the right track!

I like this statement,
"It doesn’t sound like a conventional stereo,
he adds, and that’s the beauty of it. “There’s
something about listening to a record on
an old phonograph…it doesn’t have the
fidelity of a CD or MP3 but it evokes a
feeling. It’s the same with this. It’s about
eliciting a feeling.”

Ahhh... Listening to a good old MP3...

George P.

[howardpgh]

That almost looks like the Atwater Kent radio horn with that little tag on the front of the gooseneck base.

[Torjazzer]

If my past experience with Restoration Hardware electronics is anything to go by, I'll give it a six-month lifespan. When it dies, it will be impossible to fix.

[estott]

If my past experience with Restoration Hardware electronics is anything to go by, I'll give it a six-month lifespan. When it dies, it will be impossible to fix.

Part of the fun is, there are NO electronics in this - it is purely acoustic.

My experience with the company is mixed. I own one of their polar bear cocktail shakers. As a sculpture it is a wonderful piece- but as a cocktail shaker it is grossly overweight and clumsy to hold. Lovely shelf piece though.