Oh man, you guys are getting my chops salivating. Boy howdy what I wouldn't give for a sonic shoot-out between the Amberola V, the 1B, and an Opera... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Bogantz" <gbogantz1 at charter.net> > > The Amberola 1B is hardly ever mentioned by collectors and they don't > command near the price of a 1A, but they are actually harder to find in my > experience. With the same horn as in the 1A, the superior motor makes the > 1B the quietest, smoothest, BEST sounding Edison acoustic phonograph ever > made. I use mine almost exclusively now for playing BAs. > Greg Bogantz > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Albert" <cenfin at comcast.net> > >>I have a beautiful original Amberola 5 in Mahogany and it has the medium >>brown finish. Of my entire collection the 5 is the phonograph of choice >>to listen to Blue amberols. The motor is silent, and the fidelity is >>awsome. Al Menashe