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Re: What is your ”Holy Grail” machine? Have you found it?
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:15 pm
by VanEpsFan1914
My favorite "Holy Grail"phonograph is this Victor III. I grew up reading Phonophan (Tim Fabrizio) and Paul Edie on the library computer and being impressed by the Victor disc phonographs. Thought I would not be able to afford one, so I didn't bother trying to get one. I collected first a Victrola XIV which I still have, then a Standard banner case, and portables. Eventually I got very fortunate and bought the Victor III from Shop Goodwill still in the original carry case (probably my favorite phonograph finding experience).
Of course I never really had a good place to display it. But it now lives on a modest lower-end Herzog record cabinet now in matching oak.
Looks cool, plays records, sounds great, and lasts a long time just like every Victor or Victrola ever.
Re: What is your ”Holy Grail” machine? Have you found it?
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 8:46 pm
by Ben the phono man
VanEpsFan1914 wrote: Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:15 pm
My favorite "Holy Grail"phonograph is this Victor III. I grew up reading Phonophan (Tim Fabrizio) and Paul Edie on the library computer and being impressed by the Victor disc phonographs. Thought I would not be able to afford one, so I didn't bother trying to get one. I collected first a Victrola XIV which I still have, then a Standard banner case, and portables. Eventually I got very fortunate and bought the Victor III from Shop Goodwill still in the original carry case (probably my favorite phonograph finding experience).
Of course I never really had a good place to display it. But it now lives on a modest lower-end Herzog record cabinet now in matching oak.
Looks cool, plays records, sounds great, and lasts a long time just like every Victor or Victrola ever.
1695852537970~2.jpg
Jesus, you look just like me. haha
Re: What is your ”Holy Grail” machine? Have you found it?
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:04 pm
by gramophone-georg
Ben the phono man wrote: Thu Sep 28, 2023 8:46 pm
VanEpsFan1914 wrote: Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:15 pm
My favorite "Holy Grail"phonograph is this Victor III. I grew up reading Phonophan (Tim Fabrizio) and Paul Edie on the library computer and being impressed by the Victor disc phonographs. Thought I would not be able to afford one, so I didn't bother trying to get one. I collected first a Victrola XIV which I still have, then a Standard banner case, and portables. Eventually I got very fortunate and bought the Victor III from Shop Goodwill still in the original carry case (probably my favorite phonograph finding experience).
Of course I never really had a good place to display it. But it now lives on a modest lower-end Herzog record cabinet now in matching oak.
Looks cool, plays records, sounds great, and lasts a long time just like every Victor or Victrola ever.
1695852537970~2.jpg
Jesus, you look just like me. haha
Not sure that's Jesus, though.
Re: What is your ”Holy Grail” machine? Have you found it?
Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:14 pm
by Ben the phono man
gramophone-georg wrote: Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:04 pm
Ben the phono man wrote: Thu Sep 28, 2023 8:46 pm
VanEpsFan1914 wrote: Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:15 pm
My favorite "Holy Grail"phonograph is this Victor III. I grew up reading Phonophan (Tim Fabrizio) and Paul Edie on the library computer and being impressed by the Victor disc phonographs. Thought I would not be able to afford one, so I didn't bother trying to get one. I collected first a Victrola XIV which I still have, then a Standard banner case, and portables. Eventually I got very fortunate and bought the Victor III from Shop Goodwill still in the original carry case (probably my favorite phonograph finding experience).
Of course I never really had a good place to display it. But it now lives on a modest lower-end Herzog record cabinet now in matching oak.
Looks cool, plays records, sounds great, and lasts a long time just like every Victor or Victrola ever.
1695852537970~2.jpg
Jesus, you look just like me. haha
Not sure that's Jesus, though.
Maybe If my doppelganger here grew his hair out a little : )