The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

Now this is what Hell would look like.....
that is, of course, if it really exists somewhere.

Amen!

and you would spend eternity making sure not one of them stopped playing!

The Symphonia Crapophonia!

All that photo really needs is an approaching steamroller.

Orchorsol wrote:The Symphonia Crapophonia!

All that photo really needs is an approaching steamroller.

Or bomb!

or Lemmings all headed toward the same cliff

When Gramophones attack !

dutchman wrote:When Gramophones attack !

I think the condescending attitude of collectors with regard to "crapohones" is short-sighted. Yes, you all have nice, genuine machines and take a sincere interest in the Real Stuff. But everybody has to start somewhere, and one can only guess how many people begin with a crapohone and progress from there. I can personally attest to this, having bought one about 15 years ago as an office decoration. My interest then got the better of me and with the advent of eBay it became relatively simple to build a real collection. Had it not been for my cheap crapohone I'd probably not be reading this Forum every day!

I think they are fine as long as the Seller discloses their origin and they are priced accordingly, unfortunately, that rarely happens.