Hi Dan, I appreciate your reply. I have seen the later Orthophonic reproducers and I have one with the spider trimmed off and the needle bar attached in the center and I have or have seen a later one that never had the spider. I have also noticed the later Orthophonic reproducers are mostly in good condition. It seems funny, the later Edison pot metal reproducers also remain nice. Thanks, Steve > It looks just like my VV2-65, yep - except mine doesn't have the X-shaped record > holder any longer. It's mostly wooden, so is quite a bit lighter than a 2-55, > but the final upward 'sweep' of the horn is fiberboard or cardboard, which makes > the tone softer than a 2-55; that could be good or bad, depending on how loud > you WANT it to be !> > The reproducer on mine, and apparently this one, isn't cracked or crumbling, > which is nice - mine also has the 'spiderless' diaphragm - the little feet > appear to have been trimmed off at the factory, and the needle-bar is attached > at the center with a double wire thingy, instead. I feel there's less > distortion with these, so use my 2-65's reproducer on the Credenza.> > Don't know about rarity, but it was probably one of the few Victor phonos to > sell in any quantity during the Depression.> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Medved" <steve_noreen at msn.com>> To: "phonolist" <phonolist at yahoogroups.com>> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:50 PM> Subject: [phonolist] VV2-65?> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230208956264> > http://tinyurl.com/2qdm8m> > How rare are these and is it a VV2-65?> > Steve> > > _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org