Anybody familiar with this "RCA Victor" machine?

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The slots in the cabinets rear, were a good indication this was designed to hold a valve amp, & as chance would have it, someone posted this record sleeve on the antique radio forum, for RCA Victors "new Orthophonic" demo disc that dates from 1953.

As for the acoustic machine in TA's original video, I'd be extremely surprized if it was a legitimate RCA product. I just cant see them making such a machine after being out of the gramophone business for at least a decade.
Also, the Canadian RCA Victor catalogue from the same period offered the HMV 102, 97 & 88 portables, so I would think if US RCA had such a machine, they would have been selling them to Canada as well, instead of letting them import acoustic machines from England.
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Hi Shane:

I, too, doubt that it's authentic. Most likely, a home-brew job. Judging by the owner's comments--possibly translated into English using translation software--on youtube, he buys most of his machines on eBay.

IF RCA sold anything to the overseas/Asia-Pacific market, it would have made far more sense for them to have produced a crank/electric combination unit such as this one --

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noRIZAxMjZg[/youtube]

-- or an all-battery powered unit, for that matter.

RCA, of course, did manufacture battery amplified/crank powered Victrolas. The most famous is the model designed by John Vassos. In fact, this one, on craigslist, has been for sale for some time --

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/atq/2431614737.html

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