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CHRYSOVOX
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:15 am
by soundgen
Has anyone ever seen a CHRYSOVOX ?
I tried to buy one on Ebay recently but the item was removed before it was sold it can still be viewed here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gramophone-Wi ... _101wt_958
Re: CHRYSOVOX
Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2015 11:03 am
by Curt A
No, but I want one... it's like a Polly portable with a metal horn.
Re: CHRYSOVOX
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:09 pm
by soundgen
It's back on Ebay but I can' see anyone paying that price for it !
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gramophone-Wi ... 1553381627
Re: CHRYSOVOX
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:40 pm
by Lucius1958
Jeez.... how much does that resonator weigh?
Bill
Re: CHRYSOVOX
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:27 am
by Steve
Weigh? Probably not as much as you think. I have a similar machine: the "Phonos" diaphragm machine but with a celluloid type diaphragm and it is fairly lightweight.
As for the machine on eBay, it has a PAPER diaphragm similar to the Pathé Diffusor system. It is a rare beast but not really worth £500! Mind you, I've seen people paying near that sum for ordinary coloured cased 102's which are very common. I know which machine would interest me more.
Re: CHRYSOVOX
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:22 am
by Lucius1958
Steve wrote:Weigh? Probably not as much as you think. I have a similar machine: the "Phonos" diaphragm machine but with a celluloid type diaphragm and it is fairly lightweight.
As for the machine on eBay, it has a PAPER diaphragm similar to the Pathé Diffusor system. It is a rare beast but not really worth £500! Mind you, I've seen people paying near that sum for ordinary coloured cased 102's which are very common. I know which machine would interest me more.
Ah: I thought the whole damn thing was metal....
Bill
Re: CHRYSOVOX
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:19 am
by Edisone
Very more similar to the Pathé than anything else, and probably sounds decent. Note the little curve at the outer edge of the cone - that's where all the flexing is possible. I have a nice Pathé Diffusor which is almost silent, because somebody replaced the cone with an actual CONE - no outer curve. It's as flexible as a paper brick!
Re: CHRYSOVOX
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2015 8:08 am
by tinovanderzwan
Edisone wrote:Very more similar to the Pathé that anything else, and probably sounds decent. Note the little curve at the outer edge of the cone - that's where all the flexing is possible. I have a nice Pathé Diffusor which is almost silent, because somebody replaced the cone with an actual CONE - no outer curve. It's as flexible as a paper brick!
try to find a modern speaker of the same diameter pref, second hand and use the outer rubber as a flex for the dissfusor
you sometimes see these on ebay they sell for the magnet if the speaker cone has holes but the rubber can sill be salvaged
tino
Re: CHRYSOVOX
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 1:48 pm
by soundgen