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Nice Silvertone portable.
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Re: Silvertone
This is a Silvertone Deluxe. Looks like it's in some kind of leather. This type of Deluxe is uncommon, and they are often is bad shape. Nice machine, but for the wrong price.
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Re: Silvertone
$200 !!
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Re: Silvertone
Now that's a break! It was $400 when I first posted on this topic. Definitely worth the purchase now. I'm not in the market for such a machine, but if anyone else is, this is the time to get it.briankeith wrote:$200 !!
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Re: Silvertone
Maybe I am missing something here. Why is $200.00 a good price for that machine? Are they really that rare? How do they compare to the Victrola Orthophonic, Columbia Vivetonal, and late Brunswick(I can't think of the name)portables?
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Re: Silvertone
I'm with you Harvey, while I've owned other Silvertones that were nice enough, they didn't hold a candle to something like a 2-55, 2-65, Brunswick Panatrope portable or my favorite, the HMV 102, but maybe I'm missing something too!
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Re: Silvertone
I had one- they are well constructed and very attractive and can sound decent, but just that - decent. Definitely several cuts above a Birch or a Phonola, or a Pal, but not enough to go with that price.
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Re: Silvertone
I have to agree that $200 is steep, considering the tear in the fabric on the lid.
When restored, these pump out a loud,clear tone, but they are somewhat lacking in the mid-range provide almost no hint of bass--this in spite of the rather long tone chamber which snakes around the motor. I think if the horn's mouth had been positioned at the back of the cabinet, reflecting off the lid--as was the case with all of the high quality portables--the sound quality would have been greatly improved.
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When restored, these pump out a loud,clear tone, but they are somewhat lacking in the mid-range provide almost no hint of bass--this in spite of the rather long tone chamber which snakes around the motor. I think if the horn's mouth had been positioned at the back of the cabinet, reflecting off the lid--as was the case with all of the high quality portables--the sound quality would have been greatly improved.
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Re: Silvertone
I've seen some Silvertones with that configuration- a large nickle plate grille behind the turntable. VERY loud, but not much bassOrthoFan wrote:I have to agree that $200 is steep, considering the tear in the fabric on the lid.
When restored, these pump out a loud,clear tone, but they are somewhat lacking in the mid-range provide almost no hint of bass--this in spite of the rather long tone chamber which snakes around the motor. I think if the horn's mouth had been positioned at the back of the cabinet, reflecting off the lid--as was the case with all of the high quality portables--the sound quality would have been greatly improved.
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