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Does anyone know if there is a version of a mica diaphragm reproducer that would fit the orthophonic portable arms?

Larry

You can use the Victrola #2 reproducer if you switch the isolator in the back.

So the victrola #2 rubber gasket I suppose is the isolator. And that will fix both the reproducer as well as the arm. Is the #2 thicker or thinner than the ortho model? Seems like the orthophonic has a larger connection than the 2 but not sure? I haven't owned a regular victor in probably 40 years.

Does the #4 victor fit it? Although I had one way back and found the sound poor for some reason.

Larry

The isolator gaskets for both the # 2 and Orthophonic reproducers have the same outside diameter, but of course the tone arm fittings are different.

Larry, I think what Estott means is that an orthophonic isolator will fit in a # 2 shell. Only the brass insert is larger.
The # 4 insert is same as # 2 and fits the pre-ortho machines.

wjw wrote:Larry, I think what Estott means is that an orthophonic isolator will fit in a # 2 shell. Only the brass insert is larger.
The # 4 insert is same as # 2 and fits the pre-ortho machines.

Exactly.

Suggestion as to where to obtain one?

Larry

Ron Sitko, APSCO, Wyatt's Musical Americana, just to name a few. Contact info are in the Links section.

Andreas