On A Lighter Note:

[travisgreyfox]

Which phonographs do you prefer for playing specific records, especially when you first acquire them? For example, when you get a new Victor batwing label acoustic record, which machine do you play it on first?

Personally, when I get an acoustic record, I always look forward to spinning it on my Victrola VV-XVII (as I'm buying it in a store or ordering it i envision it on that machine) Right after that, I usually walk over and play it again on my Victor III.

For early electrically recorded records, I have to play them on my Credenza (I think that’s a federal law or something!). However, I also enjoy playing some inexpensive, common early '40s records, like Columbia red labels on my Victor III. They tend to sound much better there than on the Credenza and any other acoustic machine in my collection.
My collection is pretty tiny though compared to most here though.

[gramophone-georg]

It really all depends on the mood I am in, really. Usually I play all my new acquisitions on my 331 Duo but sometimes it's my HMV No 32. I hope to have some extra time to get my RAE-84 together (finally!) this summer, then I'm sure it will be a major contender.

Incidentally, I sent the Exhibition soundbox on that III out to Mica Monster when I first got the machine as he is an expert at tweaking those to play whatever electric records you want to feed it. Use soft tone needles on electrics, though. My personal needle preference on that machine was a soft tone Tungs-Tone. Something about the design of those needles really "wakes up" your records.

[kiwiatlarge]

It all depends. Normally my Victrola XXV because it’s nearest to where I open my packages. If they make it upstairs first, then it’s my Victor IV as it’s the quietest of my upstairs external horn machines and has a mica monster rebuilt exhibition.

[Inigo]

Lately I tend to use my daily player on the study room, where main body of my record collection resides... It's a dearest old french HMV 127 tabletop fitted with a no5b soundbox, much better than the original no4.

[travisgreyfox]

It really all depends on the mood I am in, really. Usually I play all my new acquisitions on my 331 Duo but sometimes it's my HMV No 32. I hope to have some extra time to get my RAE-84 together (finally!) this summer, then I'm sure it will be a major contender.

Incidentally, I sent the Exhibition soundbox on that III out to Mica Monster when I first got the machine as he is an expert at tweaking those to play whatever electric records you want to feed it. Use soft tone needles on electrics, though. My personal needle preference on that machine was a soft tone Tungs-Tone. Something about the design of those needles really "wakes up" your records.

The RAE-84 will be great because you can play many and be lazy at the same time!

[travisgreyfox]

That HMV is very charming Inigo. I would like to have something similar to put next to my bed upstairs with a stack of records, but my wife wont let me

[VanEpsFan1914]

1928 Panatrope 15-8. I paid forty dollars from it and dragged it home on the roof of my old car. Brunswick motors don't always work that well in the long term as the mainsprings tend to go weak, same with Columbia springs seems like, but that doesn't mean it's a bad machine.

[gramophone-georg]

It really all depends on the mood I am in, really. Usually I play all my new acquisitions on my 331 Duo but sometimes it's my HMV No 32. I hope to have some extra time to get my RAE-84 together (finally!) this summer, then I'm sure it will be a major contender.

Incidentally, I sent the Exhibition soundbox on that III out to Mica Monster when I first got the machine as he is an expert at tweaking those to play whatever electric records you want to feed it. Use soft tone needles on electrics, though. My personal needle preference on that machine was a soft tone Tungs-Tone. Something about the design of those needles really "wakes up" your records.

The RAE-84 will be great because you can play many and be lazy at the same time!

I am VERY lazy. That's why I have a 10-50, a 10-35, and a 331 Duo also. I keep forgetting that I have a Capehart "Amusement Park Ride" flipover changer in my project pile, too. That one will be intense!