Re: Which machine do your play the most?
Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:13 pm
Please post some pictures of your EMGXa and Expert Junior to the British forum if you have not already done so. We would love to see pictures!CarlosV wrote:For regular 78s it was the EMG Xa until the spring broke, and for the time being it's the Expert Junior until I get the EMG spring replaced. I also frequently use the Columbia 810 in my living room. I figure that if I keep using it, my wife would think twice before chopping it in little pieces - she hates that huge box in the living room.
For Pathé discs I like to use the Pathé Concert (made to play the 50 cm discs) and the concert automatique (coin-op), both sound great with their large horns.
Blue Amberols I hear with the Opera, and 2-minute cylinders with a Columbia BK equally shared with an Edison home (which I use to play wax amberols).
I also use frequenly the one I keep in my garage (where I store and clean the discs), it's a HMV made for India, theoretically transportable (it has a handle) but very heavy and bulky - great sound, though. I like to play it when I am cleaning the discs.