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Victor Hyperion
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 7:27 pm
by phonophan79
I had never known of this model... and unfortunately it's just a cabinet... but thought I'd share anyway.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0416838668
and found it on...
http://www.victor-victrola.com/Hyperion.htm
Re: Victor Hyperion
Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:31 pm
by Uncle Vanya
This is a combination Electrola and Radiola (28) superhetrodyne. 1926 model. Essentially the same electronics as in the Borgia II, but with a
cone speaker rather than the Orthophonoic horn and driver. This machine cost about the same as a Borgia, but, being quite shallow (about 18 ¾")
was a better fit into most rooms. The original version of this instrument was fitted with a balanced armature cone speaker, a modified Radiola 100, and
its sonic performance could charitably be called medeocre, at best. Later examples were fitted with the Rice-Kellogg electrodynamic speaker, which is ampst perfectly baffled by this cabinet. The performance of these units is excellent.