Edison R4 radiogram - neat tip from a pro!

[richardh]

I found this great you tube video showing how yu can use an AM transmitter to play your MP3 fils through your vinatge machine! Neat

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=bMPtxVTn3Tk

I have direct lines wired into my restored radiograms, but this is a much neater solution!

Very ice machine too.

RJ

[phonophan79]

I'm pretty sure that is Wyatt aka MicaMonster. I haven't seen him online anywhere recently tho. He almost took my Edison R4 at the last Wayne MME. ...but it would have had to be restored.

[richardh]

Thes R4's are really nice machines. When restored they sound really great too - judging from the youtube videos. Are you going to have yours restored? It will be great when it is running. Yes I am sure that this is MicaMonster...I may contact him through his web site and invite him here.

RJ

[gregbogantz]

Not to put too fine a point on it, Phonophan, but that's an R5 from 1929 in your pictures. The R4 was in a larger cabinet, but used the same chassis. The C4 is the "combination" radio/phono or radiogram version (lateral record reproduction only) and is a bit larger than the R4. Again, the same 1929 chassis was used in all these 1929 Edison models. By the way, if anyone knows where an R8 might be, please let me know. This was a rehashed R5 with more gingerbread decoration on the cabinet and sold in the 1930 model year. The only other Edison radios sold in 1930 were the R6 and R7. No electric phonos were produced by Edison for the 1930 model year. For the sake of completeness, note that the only other Edison radio models were the R1, R2, and radio/phonos C1 and C2 (both featured vertical AND lateral record reproduction) all in the 1928 model year. There was no R3 nor C3 (at least none sold to the public with those model numbers).

[phonophan79]

Not to put too fine a point on it, Phonophan, but that's an R5 from 1929 in your pictures.

Sorry... I actually knew that, just got caught up in the Edison Radio fun. Good catch!

[Aaron]

Yep that would be Micamonster (Wyatt). I posted his website in the links forum.

Aaron

EDIT:Hey maybe thats what i need to get...an Edison radio...

[CarGuyZM10]

This is really great technology. I have one of those for FM, and plug it into my ipod, and I listen to it in the car on my drive to school. It's a lot easier to listen to my 78's this way on my drive to school, rather than bringing the Victrola

[brianu]

I've got an FM transmitter for my ipod as well, that allows the thing to be played through any inactive FM radio channel without any hardwiring. I wasn't aware of any transmitters that did the same for the AM band. would anyone know where one can be purchased?

[phonophan79]

A spammer got us talking about a 2-year old thread... maybe they're not all bad.

[penman]

There are a few different ones you can get. Just google "AM transmitter"