[Phono-L] Research: Amberolas 1A and 1B

[Greg Bogantz]

    I have all three machines, the Amberola 1A, 1B, and III.  The III is 
very close to the 1B in sound, but I think it's a little more midrangey due 
to the metal horn.  But it does sound very good, and it's my second favorite 
4-minute cylinder player on the basis of sound quality, the 1B being the 
best commercially produced 4-minute cylinder machine ever made in my 
opinion.  George Paul and I are having this discussion currently over on the 
OTV board, and we both agree also that the 1A is the best sounding 
commercially available 2 minute machine.  The horns used in all these 
machines were the best that anybody ever made for cylinder machines, the 
metal one in the III being a close derivative of the shape of the ones in 
the 1A and 1B.  This metal horn has a fairly complex shape and was never 
used in any other Edison product.

Greg Bogantz



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Medved" <steve_noreen at msn.com>
To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Research: Amberolas 1A and 1B


> How does it compare with the 1B sound wise since the horn is different?
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>> Hey Jim,> > My Amberola III is absolutely one of my very favorite 
>> machines. Sounds > superb....looks superb......plays wax Amberols like no 
>> other vintage machine > I have ever heard....... It makes me 
>> happy.........> > Bestest,> > Michael Khanchalian (cyldoc)>
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