Good Evening, Good Morning, Good Night, Panatrope

[larryh]

Here is the record that I mentioned on the "tips" thread. It displays the depth to which this surprising little machine can go. The record while good it a hair fuzzy due to previous wear. Still you can get the idea of what a perfect record might do.


The record is by Ted Weems:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8_hDMY ... qwlzygtynw


Larry

[Oceangoer1]

Wow! Those few extra low notes come out really well, even through the video camera, which sometimes doesn't give justice to the bass. Even with the wear, that record sounded really nice! I'm definitely going to be following your improvements so that when I get around to tearing down my Pantrope 109, it will sound like that too!

-Connor

[larryh]

A friend of mine for over 50 years who also still has victrolas has followed my attempts to record these various machines. He said something I have found quite true. Some machines play certain types of records better than others. While I am very pleased with the little Pantrope, I found that some latter orthophonics simply have more sound that the horn can handle well. Oh you can play them, but they sound over driven. I took three of them over next door where my moms home has the 800 Columbia in the basement and on that those same records played quite nicely. I attribute that to several things. One the horn is way larger, if maybe not as well designed, and the reproducers are very different in which needles create the best sound. I remember on my Orthophonic Credenza that many records were far too loud with a loud or medium needle. The Columbia seems content to work rather well with medium tone where the Panatrope is far too loud even with a soft needle nearly out of the reproducer. I don't know if Columbia purposely did that to keep the machines within half decent listening levels using common needles or not? I just know what I can hear. I think however that if one had a large Brunswick Panatrope the reproducer it self would most likely beat the columbia, although not by much.

[tomb]

That is great sounds coming out of that portable. It sure beats my VV-50 playing but then it has a older model reproducer. Tom B