The vertical Cheney reproducer he did for me sounded very good on the lateral adapter on my C-19. > > at the end of the day, it comes down to Studebaker vs Nash, but those > gutta-percha diaphragms on the Cheneys don't age well, combined with > the stair-step sound passages, makes 'em pretty rough for most folks. > don't get me wrong, i love 'em - but for comic relief (read the ads!) > and visual appeal rather than wholesome aural enjoyment. pathes > aren't all ugly, and mostly sound pretty great.> > the late great Bob Waltrip spent many hours trying to improve the > Cheney sound, including the styrofoam approach, and well, lets just > say he tried.> > best part is the claim how with age the wood of the "tone chamber" > would age to mellow the tone, not unlike the finest stradevarii...> > On Jan 12, 2008, at 2:32 AM, estott wrote:> > > Excuse me, but my Cheney console sounds QUITE nice, and the cabinet > > is much more attractive than the typical boxy Pathe (I'm speaking of > > the American Pathe models)> >> > Eric Stott> >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Fraser" <pjfraser at alamedanet.net > > >> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 12:21 AM> > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Another new member (Why Majestic?)> >> >> >> gaaaaahhhhhhh!> >>> >> to look at, to laugh at, but surely not to listen to!> >>> >> proof: http://www.nipperhead.com/old/graphics/ephemera/cheney/cheney06.jpg> >>> >> "The universal delight which the Cheney brings to users..." erm, no.> >>> >> may i suggest, for more fulfilling vertical pleasure...> >>> >> perhaps, nay, probably: Pathe!> >>> >> On Jan 11, 2008, at 6:25 PM, estott wrote:> >>> >>>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Wright" <esroberto at hotmail.com> >>> >> >>> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>> >>> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:59 PM> >>> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Another new member (Why Majestic?)> >>>> >>>> >>>> I had a beautiful 1919 Sonora upright (not the elaborate one > >>>> with the wooden tonearm or anything, but a really nice one > >>>> nonetheless, in amazing original condition), but it couldn't > >>>> make the trip from TX to Nashville with me in '99, so a friend > >>>> has it on display in their living room. I wish I had it now > >>>> because I've since found an original sapphire ball stylus, and > >>>> now I have no swivel-soundbox phonograph to use it with. And > >>>> I've amassed a substantial collection of vertical records to > >>>> play in the last 8 years!> >>>>> >>>> >>> Sir, may I suggest that what you need is a CHENEY.> >>>> >>> Eric Stott> >>> _______________________________________________> >>> Phono-L mailing list> >>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org> >>> >> _______________________________________________> >> Phono-L mailing list> >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org> >>> >> > _______________________________________________> > Phono-L mailing list> > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org> > _______________________________________________> Phono-L mailing list> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
