Sonora portable in Spain EUR 400

[Inigo]

Seems a very nice and rare machine. Not commonly seen.. But they have installed an Exhibition soundbox on it. Surely it carried a pot metal diaphragm that has dead.

The price seems high to me...

https://www.todocoleccion.net/radios-gr ... x152200322#

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[OrthoFan]

You'll lose any advantage you might have had when playing electrically recorded records with the replacement Exhibition sound box, but with that very short horn--really it's just a pocket--it probably wouldn't make that much of a difference in terms of overall sound quality.

I realize that this type of portable may not come up for sale very often in Spain, but I think that 400-Euros ($450.00 USD) is WAY too much. From what I've tracked, lower end portables of this type, in the US market, normally sell for $50-$75, depending on condition.

OrthoFan

[Inigo]

Yes. It's a provincial seller... Those usually charge surprisingly high price. A dealer from Barcelona or Madrid would have asked 100 eur or so...

[OrthoFan]

Yes. It's a provincial seller... Those usually charge surprisingly high price. A dealer from Barcelona or Madrid would have asked 100 eur or so...

By the way, that's a Sonora No. 1 portable, original price $25.00, circa 1927:

FROM: Sonora Phonographs by R.J. Wakeman,Page 89

OrthoFan