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Cygnet Horn for Ipad
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 3:56 pm
by Discman
My got a catalog today from Restoration Hardware and while flippiing through the pages I came across this:
http://www.restorationhardware.com/cata ... rod2320167
Dave
Re: Cygnet Horn for Ipad
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 4:26 pm
by estott
They did a very nice job on than antiqued crackle finish
Re: Cygnet Horn for Ipad
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 4:29 pm
by phonogfp
The article sounds like a lot of us:
http://images.restorationhardware.com/m ... ophone.pdf
The guy doesn't know a Victrola from a radio, but he's on the right track!
I like this statement,
"It doesn’t sound like a conventional stereo,
he adds, and that’s the beauty of it. “There’s
something about listening to a record on
an old phonograph…it doesn’t have the
fidelity of a CD or MP3 but it evokes a
feeling. It’s the same with this. It’s about
eliciting a feeling.”
Ahhh... Listening to a good old MP3...
George P.
Re: Cygnet Horn for Ipad
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 4:06 pm
by howardpgh
That almost looks like the Atwater Kent radio horn with that little tag on the front of the gooseneck base.
Re: Cygnet Horn for Ipad
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 5:35 pm
by Torjazzer
If my past experience with Restoration Hardware electronics is anything to go by, I'll give it a six-month lifespan. When it dies, it will be impossible to fix.
Re: Cygnet Horn for Ipad
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2014 6:14 pm
by estott
Torjazzer wrote:If my past experience with Restoration Hardware electronics is anything to go by, I'll give it a six-month lifespan. When it dies, it will be impossible to fix.
Part of the fun is, there are NO electronics in this - it is purely acoustic.
My experience with the company is mixed. I own one of their polar bear cocktail shakers. As a sculpture it is a wonderful piece- but as a cocktail shaker it is grossly overweight and clumsy to hold. Lovely shelf piece though.